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Mark Kirchner (born April 4, 1970 in Neuhaus, Thuringia) is a German former biathlete. He was the first German to become Olympic champion in 1992 in the 10 km race in Albertville. He followed that up by taking silver in the 20 km and gold in the relay. at the Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer two years later he was a part of the winning German relay team. In addition did Kirchner became World Champion: Many times
- 1990: World Champion on the sprint and in the team competition
- 1991: World Champion on the 10 km, 20 km and the relay
- 1993: World Champion on the 10 km
- 1995: World Champion on the relay
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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×7.5 km biathlon relay |
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1968: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev • 1972: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov & Viktor Mamatov • 1976: Soviet Union Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Biakov & Nikolay K. Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov • 1980: Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev • 1984: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Yuri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin • 1988: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergey Tchepikov, Alexander Popov & Valery Medvedtsev • 1992: Germany Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner & Fritz Fischer • 1994: Germany Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner & Sven Fischer * 1998: Germany Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer & Frank Luck • 2002: Norway Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland & Ole Einar Bjørndalen • 2006: Germany Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Groß & Michael Rösch |
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