Antje Harvey

Antje Harvey, born Misersky ( born May 10, 1967 in Magdeburg ) is a former German cross country skier and biathlete.

Life

Antje Misersky began as a cross-country skier and won in 1985 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld the bronze medal in the relay of the GDR. When her father Misersky Henner, who worked as cross-country skiing coach of the East German team until 1985, refused his daughter to administer the prescribed for the A-team doping agent, in 1985 he was summarily dismissed. Antje Misersky even had her career in the GDR end, she appeared - under pressure - from the Children and Youth Sports School of.

In 1989, she was already before the opening of the border begin with the Biathlon and won at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville gold over 15 km, silver over 7.5 miles and with the relay as well as in 1994 in Lillehammer silver team. At the 1995 World Championships in Antholz, she won gold in the relay. In the World Cup, she won three victories and four other podiums.

In spring 1993 she married Ian Harvey, whom she had met a year earlier at a trip to America and launched since then under the name of Harvey. She retired in 1995 from the competitive sport back and lives with her ​​husband and two daughters in Heber City (Utah ), where she runs a shop with her husband. In 2000, she participated in the American citizenship.

2005 Antje Harvey was the Heidi Krieger Medal for their courageous stance in Berlin, an award from the Association doping -victim assistance awarded. In 2012 she and her father were inducted into the Hall of Fame of German sport.

Balance in the Biathlon World Cup

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).

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