Gottlieb Taschler

Gottlieb Taschler ( born August 21, 1962 in Antholz ) is a former Italian biathlete. He took part in three Winter Olympics and nine World Biathlon Championships.

Gottlieb Taschler launched for the sports club Antholz and belonged in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, to the best biathletes of Italy. In 1983, he took in his hometown Antholz first time at the World Championships in part, in which he and the Single Page tenth in the relay was 18th. In 1984, he took in Sarajevo for the first time participate in the Olympics. In the sprint race, he finished 19th place and was with Adriano Danioli, Johann Andreas Zingerle Passler and fifth in the relay race. This was followed in the following year, the World Championships 1985 in Ruhpolding, where Taschler was fifth in singles and finished in eighth place in the relay. In 1986, he took in Oslo for the first time participated in all three possible competitions. The Italian finished sixth of the sprint, and won 29 of the Single Page with Werner Kiem, Passler and Zingerle behind the Soviet Union and the GDR the bronze medal in the relay race. In 1987, he started only in Lake Placid in singles and was 18 in 1988, he raced in Calgary for the second time in the Olympics. In individual Taschler Eleventh, in the relay race he won with Kiem, Passler and Zingerle behind the Soviet Union and the German Federal Republic the bronze medal. This was followed by attendance at the Biathlon World Championships 1989 in Feistritz an der Drau, where the Italians of the 16th sprints and 23 of the Single Page was. In 1990 he reached the rank 50 in singles and nine with the team in Kontiolahti. The last time took Taschler 1991 in Lahti in a World Cup part. With Hubert Leitgeb, Simon Demetz and Wilfried Pallhuber he became world champion in the team race. Last major event and at the same time End of career were the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, where the Italians only in individual came into use and was 44th.

In the Biathlon World Cup Taschler started since the first half of the 1980s, and took for about 15 years participated in this race. In 1986, he reached for a single in Antholz behind Valeri Medwedzew in second place his best result. After his playing career Taschler remained faithful to the biathlon. He is currently Vice President with responsibility for sport of the International Biathlon Union.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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