Birk Anders

Birk Anders
Personal information
Full name Birk Anders
Born (1967-11-03) 3 November 1967
Bad Schlema,
East Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club SG Dynamo Zinnwald
World Cup debut 18 December 1986
Olympic Games
Teams 1 (1988)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 (1987, 1989, 1990)
Medals 3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 4 (1986/87–1989/90)
Individual victories 4
Individual podiums 6

Birk Anders (born 3 November 1967) is a former East German biathlete. During his career he won two gold medals at the World Championships..[1][2]

Biathlon results

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

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Relay
Canada 1988 Calgary 4th

World Championships

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Team Relay
United States 1987 Lake Placid 27th N/A
Austria 1989 Feistritz 21st 9th Gold
Soviet Union 1990 Minsk 32nd 13th Gold Bronze
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Team was added as an event in 1989.

Individual victories

4 victories (2 In, 2 Sp)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
1988–89
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)
15 December 1988 France Albertville20 km individualBiathlon World Cup
21 January 1989 People's Republic of Bulgaria Borovets10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1989–90
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)
16 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1 February 1990 Austria Walchsee20 km individualBiathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

  1. Historie Biathlon-Weltmeisterschaften (Herren)
  2. Autogrammliste Ski Nordisch und Biathlon
  3. "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links

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