Full name Mark Kirchner Individual podiums 12 Individual victories 7 Overall titles 1 | Seasons 9 (1989/90–1997/98) Height 1.78 m Sport Biathlon Name Mark Kirchner Teams 2, 6 | |
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Olympic medals Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics - Men's 20km Individual Similar People Ricco Gros, Frank Luck, Sven Fischer, Arnd Peiffer, Fritz Fischer | ||
World cup debut December 14, 1989 | ||
Mark kirchner on summer training the new season
Mark Kirchner (born 4 April 1970) is a German former biathlete.
Contents
- Mark kirchner on summer training the new season
- Oberhof 2017 interview with mark kirchner
- Life and career
- Biathlon results
- Olympic Games
- World Championships
- Individual victories
- References
Oberhof 2017 interview with mark kirchner
Life and career
Kirchner won gold in the 10 km sprint at the Albertville Olympics in 1992 and followed that up by taking silver in the 20 km individual and gold in the relay. Therefore, the only race he could not claim a gold medal in was the 20 km individual where the out-of-the-blue win by Eugeni Redkine of Russia prevented him from becoming an absolute champion of these Games.
In 1994 in Lillehammer, he was his country's flag bearer and was part of the gold-medal winning relay team. He made the youngest triple Olympic Champion in biathlon ever as by February 1994 he was just 23 years and 10 months old.
Kirchner came second in the overall World Cup standings twice which happened in the two consecutive seasons of 1990–91 and 1991–92 the former behind Sergei Tchepikov of the USSR and the latter behind Mikael Löfgren of Sweden.
In addition Kirchner became World Champion multiple times.
He retired relatively early in 1998 at the age of 28.
Subsequently, Kirchner was employed as an assistant of Frank Ullrich, the German biathlon male team head coach with responsibilities including youth development. In April 2014, he was appointed as men's coach for the national team.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
4 medals (3 gold, 1 silver)
World Championships
10 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.**Pursuit was added as an event in 1997.Individual victories
11 victories (6 In, 5 Sp)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.