Markus Gandler (born 20 August 1966 in

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...

) is an

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n former cross-country skier who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. At the

1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These cha ...

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, 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,

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. He won an Olympic silver medal in the men's 10 km at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano. At the

1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 took place February 19–28, 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria. The large hill ski jumping events took place at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen. The 7.5 km Nordic combined sprint ...

in Ramsau, he won gold in 4 × 10 km relay with his relay teammates

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, and

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. Since 2003, and also at the

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he has been director of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams. 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

. The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the

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dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach

Alfred Eder Alfred Eder (born 28 December 1953) is an Austrian 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 W ...

and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 gold)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 podium

Team podiums

* 2 victories * 2 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

External links

Personal Website

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gandler, Markus 1966 births Living people Skiers from Kitzbühel Austrian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportsmen