Markus Gandler

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Markus Gandler
Markus Gandler in 2009
Personal information
Born (1966-08-20) 20 August 1966
Kitzbühel, Austria
Sport
Country Austria
SportSkiing
ClubKitzbüheler SC
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (1988–2000)
Indiv. starts85
Indiv. podiums1
Indiv. wins0
Team starts20
Team podiums2
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (17th in 1990, 1995, 1996)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1998 Nagano10 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Ramsau4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place1986 Lake Placid30 km
Bronze medal – third place1985 Täsch3 × 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were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1] The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the International Ski Federation dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach Alfred Eder and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.[2]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

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

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km  Pursuit   30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198821—N/a——N/aDNS——
19922534—N/a28—41—
199831Silver—N/a7——9

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 gold)
 Year   Age   10 km  15 km
 classical 		  15 km
 freestyle 		  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
198720—N/a——N/a—N/a——9
198922—N/a—46—N/a——11
199124——N/a51—N/a—45—
19952823—N/a—N/a12—165
19973038—N/a—N/aDNF54—13
19993212—N/a—N/aDNF——Gold

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
19882130—N/a—N/a—N/a
198922NC—N/a—N/a—N/a
19902317—N/a—N/a—N/a
199124NC—N/a—N/a—N/a
199225NC—N/a—N/a—N/a
19932655—N/a—N/a—N/a
199427NC—N/a—N/a—N/a
19952817—N/a—N/a—N/a
19962917—N/a—N/a—N/a
19973042NC—N/a24
19983143NC—N/a35
19993236NC—N/a21
20003379——44

Individual podiums

  • 1 podium
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1989–90 16 December 1989Canada Canmore, Canada15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 2 victories
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
11998–9910 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stMarent / Botvinov / Hoffmann
226 February 1999Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]1stStadlober / Botvinov / Hoffmann

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

References

  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.