Markus Gandler
Austrian cross-country skier
Markus Gandler Markus Gandler in 2009
Country Austria Born (1966-08-20 ) 20 August 1966 (age 57) Kitzbühel , AustriaSki club Kitzbüheler SC Seasons 13 – (1988 –2000 ) Starts 85 Podiums 1 Wins 0 Overall titles 0 – (17th in 1990 , 1995 , 1996 ) Discipline titles 0
Markus Gandler (born 20 August 1966 in Kitzbühel ) is an Austrian former cross-country skier who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.
At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti , his team ranked 11th in the 4 × 10 km relay. In the winter of 1989/1990 he had his best World Cup finish with a third in Canmore , Canada .
He won an Olympic silver medal in the men's 10 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .
At the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau , he won gold in 4 × 10 km relay with his relay teammates Alois Stadlober , Mikhail Botwinov , and Christian Hoffmann .
Since 2003, and also at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy he has been director of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams.
He received a life ban from the Austrian Olympic Committee in 2007 as one of 14 team officials who were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics .[1] The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the International Ski Federation dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach Alfred Eder and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.[2]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) .[3]
Olympic Games
World Championships
Year
Age
10 km
15 km classical
15 km freestyle
Pursuit
30 km
50 km
4 × 10 km relay
1989
22
—
—
46
—
—
—
11
1995
28
23
—
—
12
—
16
5
1997
30
38
—
—
DNF
54
—
13
1999
32
12
—
—
DNF
—
—
Gold
World Cup
Season standings
Season
Age
Overall
Long Distance
Middle Distance
Sprint
1988
21
30
—
—
—
1989
22
NC
—
—
—
1990
23
17
—
—
—
1991
24
NC
—
—
—
1992
25
NC
—
—
—
1993
26
55
—
—
—
1994
27
NC
—
—
—
1995
28
17
—
—
—
1996
29
17
—
—
—
1997
30
42
NC
—
24
1998
31
43
NC
—
35
1999
32
36
NC
—
21
2000
33
79
—
—
44
Individual podiums
No.
Season
Date
Location
Race
Level
Place
1
1989–90
16 December 1989
Canmore , Canada
15 km Individual F
World Cup
3rd
Team podiums
References
External links
1933: Per-Erik Hedlund , Sven Utterström , Nils-Joel Englund , Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Martti Lappalainen , Veli Saarinen
1935: Mikko Husu , Klaes Karppinen , Väinö Liikkanen , Sulo Nurmela
1937: Annar Ryen , Oskar Fredriksen , Sigurd Røen , Lars Bergendahl
1938: Jussi Kurikkala , Martti Lauronen , Pauli Pitkänen , Klaes Karppinen
1939: Pauli Pitkänen , Olavi Alakulppi , Eino Olkinuora , Klaes Karppinen
1950: Nils Täpp , Karl-Erik Åström , Martin Lundström , Enar Josefsson
1954: August Kiuru , Tapio Mäkelä , Arvo Viitanen , Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sixten Jernberg , Lennart Larsson , Sture Grahn , Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Lars Olsson , Sture Grahn , Sixten Jernberg , Assar Rönnlund
1966: Odd Martinsen , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter , Gjermund Eggen
1970: Vladimir Voronkov , Valery Tarakanov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: Gerd Heßler , Dieter Meinel , Gerhard Grimmer , Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck , Christer Johansson , Tommy Limby , Thomas Magnuson
1982: Lars Erik Eriksen , Ove Aunli , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Oddvar Brå 0 and Vladimir Nikitin , Oleksandr Batyuk , Yuriy Burlakov , Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Arild Monsen , Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass , Tor Håkon Holte , Ove Aunli
1987: Erik Östlund , Gunde Svan , Thomas Wassberg , Torgny Mogren
1989: Christer Majbäck , Gunde Svan , Lars Håland , Torgny Mogren
1991: Øyvind Skaanes , Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Sture Sivertsen , Vegard Ulvang , Terje Langli , Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Markus Gandler , Alois Stadlober , Mikhail Botvinov , Christian Hoffmann
2001: Frode Estil , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Thomas Alsgaard , Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Thomas Alsgaard
2005 : Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Frode Estil , Lars Berger , Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Lars Berger , Petter Northug
2009 : Eldar Rønning , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Tore Ruud Hofstad , Petter Northug
2011 : Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Eldar Rønning , Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Petter Northug
2013 : Tord Asle Gjerdalen , Eldar Rønning , Sjur Røthe , Petter Northug
2015 : Niklas Dyrhaug , Didrik Tønseth , Anders Gløersen , Petter Northug
2017 : Didrik Tønseth , Niklas Dyrhaug , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Finn Hågen Krogh
2019 : Emil Iversen , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Sjur Røthe , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021 : Pål Golberg , Emil Iversen , Hans Christer Holund , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2023 : Hans Christer Holund , Pål Golberg , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo