Markus Gandler

Markus Gandler
Markus Gandler
	Markus Gandler in 2009
Country	Austria
Born	20 August 1966 (age 57) ; Kitzbuhel , Austria
Ski club	Kitzbuheler SC
World Cup career
Seasons	13 ? ( 1988 ? 2000 )
Starts	85
Podiums	1
Wins	0
Overall titles	0 ? (17th in 1990 , 1995 , 1996 )
Discipline titles	0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships

Markus Gandler (born 20 August 1966 in Kitzbuhel ) 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 ^[1] The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the International Ski Federation dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach Alfred Eder and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.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 [ edit ]

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

Olympic Games [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Season standings [ edit ]

Season	Age
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 [ edit ]

1 podium

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

Team podiums [ edit ]

2 victories
2 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	2007?08	10 January 1999	Nove M?sto , Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Marent / Botvinov / Hoffmann
12	2007?08	26 February 1999	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 [ edit ]

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

External links [ edit ]

Personal Website (in German)
Markus Gandler at Database Olympics
Markus Gandler at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

[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 .

[FISprofile-3] "Athlete : GANDLER Markus" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . Retrieved 13 April 2018 .

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