Toni Lang
Toni Lang ( born April 22, 1982 in Hutthurm ) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skiers.
Toni Lang launched for the TV Hauzenberg, and was trained by Remo pitcher and Fritz Fischer. The former soldier sports the sports promotion group in Berchtesgaden belonged to the National Biathlon Team at ( B-Team ) of the DSV. The Ruhpolding first started out as cross-country skiers. His international debut came in December 2000 in Campra within the Continental Cup. In the 10 -kilometer race he was 36th in February 2001 he reached eighth over 15 km in Schonach be the first result in the top ten, in December, he was in Goms second behind Martin Tauber. Shortly thereafter, he started in Garmisch -Partenkirchen for the first time in the Cross Country World Cup and was 34th in the sprint. His first Continental Cup races won in February 2003 in Long Valdidentro at a Sprint event. First World Cup points he won in January 2004 as tenth in the sprint of New Town. The following month, he reached in Oberstdorf in the team sprint sixth. In October of that year he reached in this discipline in third place at the start of the new season in Dusseldorf with Andreas Stitzl his best result. At the German Championships 2005 in Munich, Lang won bronze in the sprint.
After not einstellten the expected success for long, he moved in 2006 to biathlon. Here he was in the first race of the Biathlon European Cup of the season 2006/ 07 in Obertilliach his debut, in which he was 22 in the sprint and thus immediately won first points. At the same place he reached tenth place at the next European Cup in the sprint his first top ten result. At the penultimate European Cup of the season in Haute -Maurienne Lang reached his first podium placing third in the pursuit. At the last European Cup in Ridnaun he finished as runner-up sprint its best-ever European Cup placement. At the German Championships, he won no medals, but was four times fourth. In the following season, Long was successful, although it did not achieve results on the podium. Nevertheless, he was at the end of season behind Vincent Porret second overall and won the overall title in the Sprint European Cup. Due to the good placement Lang reached a place in the final race in the Biathlon World Cup 2007/2008 at Holmenkollen in Oslo. Previously, he was. Biathlon at the 2008 European Championships in Nove Mesto tenth in the sprint, 12th in pursuit, 48th in singles and fourth in the relay missed a medal His two inserts in the World Cup ended on 38th in the sprint, which he qualified for the pursuit where he winning the first World Cup points fell just short as 32 . The German Championships in biathlon in 2008 were very successful for long. In the individual he was seventh in the persecution, he had only to admit defeat Christoph Stephan and was runner-up. In mass start long reached eighth place and with the relay Bavaria I, he was together with Andreas Birnbacher and Michael Greis German masters. 2010 came in Willingen at the side of Daniel Graf and John Kuhn added the profit of relay bronze.
In the Biathlon World Cup 2008/2009 Oberhof Long came in his first appearance in the World Cup, as the final runner of the German relay: 3rd place was for long the first podium finish in the World Cup. After the season 2010/2011 he announced his retirement from active competition known and began studying dentistry.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
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