Frank-Peter Roetsch (born 19 April 1964) is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to win a World Cup race using the skating technique when he won in Oberhof in 1985.
Achievements
World Championships 2 time Junior World Champion 5 time World Champion
World Cup 3 times a winner of the World Cup overall
Holmenkollen Won the sprint event at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition in 1985 and 1988
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 3 medals (2 gold, 1 silver) EventIndividualSprintRelay 1984 Sarajevo Silver 7th 4th 1988 Calgary Gold Gold 5th 1992 Albertville 53rd 9th —
World Championships 10 medals (5 gold, 5 silver) EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay 1983 Antholz-Anterselva Silver 4th Silver 1985 Ruhpolding Silver Gold Silver 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen 23rd 8th Silver 1987 Lake Placid Gold Gold Gold 1989 Feistritz 8th 5th — Gold 1991 Lahti 7th — 4th — *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was added as an event in 1989.
Individual victories 15 victories (4 In, 11 Sp) Season Date Location Discipline Level 1982–83 1 victory (1 Sp) 10 March 1983 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1983–84 1 victory (1 Sp) 3 March 1984 Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1984–85 5 victories (1 In, 4 Sp) 19 January 1985 Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 24 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 16 February 1985 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 3 March 1985 Lahti10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 9 March 1985 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1986–87 3 victories (2 In, 1 Sp) 15 January 1987 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 12 February 1987 Lake Placid20 km individualBiathlon World Championships 14 February 1987 Lake Placid10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 1987–88 4 victories (1 In, 3 Sp) 21 January 1988 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 20 February 1988 Calgary20 km individualWinter Olympic Games 23 February 1988 Calgary10 km sprintWinter Olympic Games 12 March 1988 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1988–89 1 victory (1 Sp) 28 January 1989 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
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SGD Zinnwald