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Markus Gandler

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Markus Gandler
Markus Gandler in 2009
Country Austria
Born (1966-08-20) 20 August 1966 (age 58)
Kitzbühel, Austria
Ski clubKitzbüheler SC
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (19882000)
Starts85
Podiums1
Wins0
Overall titles0 – (17th in 1990, 1995, 1996)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 10 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Lake Placid 30 km
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Täsch 3 × 5 km relay

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were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1] The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the International Ski Federation dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach Alfred Eder and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.[2]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

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km  Pursuit   30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1988 21 DNS
1992 25 34 28 41
1998 31 Silver 7 9

World Championships

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  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 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

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Season standings

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 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

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  • 1 podium
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1989–90  16 December 1989 Canada Canmore, Canada 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

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  • 2 victories
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2007–08 10 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Marent / Botvinov / Hoffmann
12 26 February 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 1st Stadlober / Botvinov / Hoffmann

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

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  1. ^ Oleksyn, Veronika (29 May 2007). "Austrian Olympic Committee bans 14 team officials for life after Turin doping scandal". usatoday.com. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ Willemsen, Eric (8 September 2009). "Austria: Olympic ban on 12 biathlon coaches lifted". Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Athlete : GANDLER Markus". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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