Gottlieb Taschler

Personal information

Full name

Gottlieb Taschler

Born

21 August 1961
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Professional information

Sport

Biathlon

Club

Sportverein Antholz

Olympic Games

Teams

3 (1984, 1988, 1992)

Medals

1 (0 gold)

World Championships

Teams

7 (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991)

Medals

2 (1 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

11 (1981/82–1991/92)

Individual victories

Individual podiums

Medal record

Men's biathlon
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
	1988 Calgary	4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
	1991 Lahti	Team event
	1986 Oslo Holmenkollen	4 × 7.5 km relay

Gottlieb Taschler (born 21 August 1961) is a former Italian biathlete. He competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics. Currently he is a Vice-President of the International Biathlon Union.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, he finished 5th in the 4 × 7.5 km relay with the Italian team.^[1] At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won a bronze medal in the relay, and finished 11th in the 20 km individual.^[1]

In 2010 he contacted doping doctor Michele Ferrari to set up a meeting with his son Daniel Taschler. Wiretaps show that his son then acquired EPO from Dr. Ferrari.^[2]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[3]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1984 Sarajevo	—	19th	5th
1988 Calgary	11th	—	Bronze
1992 Albertville	44th	—	—

World Championships

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
1983 Antholz-Anterselva	18th	—	N/A	10th
1985 Ruhpolding	5th	—	N/A	8th
1986 Oslo Holmenkollen	29th	6th	N/A	Bronze
1987 Lake Placid	18th	—	N/A	8th
1989 Feistritz	23rd	16th	—	4th
1990 Minsk	50th	—	9th	—
1991 Lahti	—	—	Gold	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**Team was added as an event in 1989.

Further notable results

1983: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon
1986: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon
1987: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon
1988: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon

References

1 2 "Profile: Gottlieb Taschler". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
↑ "Doping involvement". Gazetta Dello Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
↑ "Gottlieb Taschler". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

External links

Gottlieb Taschler at the International Biathlon Union
Gottlieb Taschler at Sports Reference

World champions in men's biathlon – Team event
4 × 20 km (time)	1958: Sweden (Adolf Wiklund, Olle Gunneriusson, Sture Ohlin, Sven Nilsson)
3 × 20 km (time)	1959: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1961: Finland (Kalevi Huuskonen, Paavo Repo, Antti Tyrväinen) 1962: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Valentin Pzhenitsyn, Nikolay Puzanov) 1963: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Nikolay Mezharyakov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1965: Norway (Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
4 × 20 km	1989: Soviet Union (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov) 1990: East Germany (Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck) 1991: Italy (Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, Simon Demetz, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1992: CIS (Eugeni Redkine, Alexander Tropnikov, Anatoly Zhdanovich, Alexandr Popov) 1993: Germany (Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
4 × 10 km	1994: Italy (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1995: Norway (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum) 1996, 1997: Belarus (Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1998: Norway (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)

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