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Birk Anders

Personal information

Full name

Birk Anders

Born

3 November 1967 (age 56)
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

World Championships

Teams

3 (1987, 1989, 1990)

Medals

3 (2 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

4 (1986/87–1989/90)

Individual victories

Individual podiums

Medal record

Men's biathlon

Representing East Germany
World Championships
	1989 Feistritz	4 × 7.5 km relay
	1990 Oslo	Team event
	1990 Kontiolahti	4 × 7.5 km relay

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]^[3]

Biathlon results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[4]

Olympic Games[edit]

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1988 Calgary	—	4th	—

World Championships[edit]

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
1987 Lake Placid	—	27th	—	—
1989 Feistritz	21st	9th	—	Gold
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[edit]

4 victories (2 In, 2 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	15 December 1988	Albertville	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	21 January 1989	Borovets	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1989–90 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	16 December 1989	Obertilliach	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1989–90 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	1 February 1990	Walchsee	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References[edit]

^ Historie Biathlon-Weltmeisterschaften (Herren)
^ Autogrammliste Ski Nordisch und Biathlon
^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Washington Post.
^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links[edit]

Birk Anders at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Birk Anders at Olympics.com

v t e World champions in men's biathlon – Team event
4 × 20 km (time)	1958: (Adolf Wiklund, Olle Gunneriusson, Sture Ohlin, Sven Nilsson)
3 × 20 km (time)	1959: (Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1961: (Kalevi Huuskonen, Paavo Repo, Antti Tyrväinen) 1962: (Vladimir Melanin, Valentin Pzhenitsyn, Nikolay Puzanov) 1963: (Vladimir Melanin, Nikolay Mezharyakov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1965: (Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
4 × 20 km	1989: (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov) 1990: (Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck) 1991: (Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, Simon Demetz, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1992: (Evgeny Redkin, Alexander Tropnikov, Anatoly Zhdanovich, Alexandr Popov) 1993: (Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
4 × 10 km	1994: (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1995: (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum) 1996: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1997: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1998: (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)