Alfred Eder (born 28 December 1953) is an

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n former biathlete.

Life and career

Eder was born in Piesendorf, and has been a soldier and thus competed as a member of the Heeressportverein (army sports club) Saalfelden. He competed in six Winter Olympics, and jointly holds the Austrian record for most Winter Olympic appearances along with Mario Stecher and Markus Prock. He is the father of biathlete

Simon Eder Simon Eder (born 23 February 1983) is an Austrian biathlete. Career His first World Cup win was in the Khanty-Mansiysk mass-start race on 29 March 2009. Eder represented Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in 2014 Winter Olympics. He won 2 ...

and was a coach of the Austrian biathlon team. He received a life ban from the

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in 2007, as one of 14 team officials who were implicated in doping activity at the

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. The bans on Eder and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the Fédération Internationale de Ski dropped doping charges against Eder, biathlon director for the Austrian ski federation Markus Gandler and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl. Eder was appointed as Klaus Siebert's replacement as coach of the Belarusian biathlon squad ahead of the 2014–15 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

:''*Sprint was added as an event in 1980.''

World Championships

''2 medals (2 bronze)'' :''*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

''1 victory (1 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eder, Alfred 1953 births Living people Austrian soldiers Austrian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1976 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Austria Biathlon World Championships medalists Cross-country skiing coaches Austrian sports coaches 20th-century Austrian sportsmen