Peter Sendel (born 6 March 1972) is a former

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. At the

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

in Nagano, Sendel was a part of the German team that won the gold medal. Later he earned a relay silver medal from the

2002 Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internationa ...

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...

. Sendel retired as a biathlete in 2004.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)'' :''*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.''

World Championships

''6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.''

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sendel, Peter 1972 births Living people People from Ilmenau People from Bezirk Suhl German male biathletes Sportspeople from Thuringia Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Germany Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf