Günther Beck (biathlete)
Günther Beck | |||||||
Association | Austria | ||||||
birthday | December 31, 1976 | ||||||
place of birth | innsbruck | ||||||
Career | |||||||
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job | Human medicine | ||||||
society | SC Höhnhart | ||||||
Debut in the World Cup | 1997 | ||||||
World Cup victories | 1 | ||||||
status | resigned | ||||||
End of career | 2003 | ||||||
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Günther Beck (born December 31, 1976 in Innsbruck ) is a former Austrian biathlete .
Günther Beck, who grew up in Höhnhart , devoted himself entirely to biathlon after graduating from high school . In 1997 he made his debut in Östersund in the biathlon world cup . Together with Wolfgang Perner , Ludwig Gredler and Wolfgang Rottmann , he won the relay race in Hochfilzen in December 1999 . This was his only victory in a World Cup race. His greatest individual success was winning the European Championship in singles in Haute-Maurienne in 2001 ahead of the German Andreas Stitzl . In 2003 he reached second place at the Austrian individual championships in Obertilliach before ending his sporting career that same year.
From 2003 to 2009 he studied medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck and graduated with a doctorate on October 10, 2009 . He has been married to the former German biathlete Martina Beck since July 24, 2008 .
Since the 2010 Winter Olympics he has been working for ORF as a co-commentator on biathlon broadcasts.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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1st place | 1 | 1 | ||||
2nd place | ||||||
3rd place | ||||||
Top 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Scoring | 1 | 8th | 9 | |||
Starts | 12 | 20th | 6th | 8th | 46 | |
Status: after the end of your career |
Web links
- Günther Beck (biathlete) in the IBU database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaudeamus igitur. (No longer available online.) In: biathlon2b.com. XNX GmbH, October 13, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 13, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Beck, Günther |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian biathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Innsbruck , Austria |