Markus Gandler

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.

Markus Gandler
Markus Gandler in 2009
Country Austria
Born (1966-08-20) August 20, 1966
Kitzbühel, Austria
Ski clubKitzbüheler SC
World Cup career
Seasons1988–2000
Individual wins0
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums1
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts85
Team starts20
Overall titles0 – (17th in 1990, 1995, 1996)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano 10 km classical
World Championships
1999 Ramsau 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
1986 Lake Placid 30 km
1985 Täsch 3 × 5 km relay

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were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1] The bans on Gandler and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the International Ski Federation dropped doping charges against Gandler, biathlon coach Alfred Eder and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.[2]

World Cup results

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

World Cup standings
 Season   Age  Season standings
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
19882230N/AN/AN/A
198923NCN/AN/AN/A
19902417N/AN/AN/A
199125NCN/AN/AN/A
199226NCN/AN/AN/A
19932755N/AN/AN/A
199428NCN/AN/AN/A
19952917N/AN/AN/A
19963017N/AN/AN/A
19973142NCN/A24
19983243NCN/A35
19993336NCN/A21
20003479——44

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

Team podiums
  • 2 victories
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
12007–0810 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stMarent / Botvinov / Hoffmann
1226 February 1999 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.
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