Birk Anders (born 3 November 1967) is a former

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. During his career he won two gold medals at the

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

World Championships

''3 medals (2 gold, 1 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

''4 victories (2 In, 2 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* * 1967 births Living people German male biathletes Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for East Germany East German male biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists People from Erzgebirgskreis Biathletes from Saxony Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub