Marc Walker contested his first international races in 1999 in Champex-Lac as part of the Biathlon European Cup and was 39th in the individual and 36th in the sprint. A year later he took part in the 2000 Biathlon World Championships on Holmenkollen in Oslo and finished 91st in the sprint. The first pure biathlon World Cup race was an individual in Antholz , in which Walker finished 90th in 2002. In that year he also took part in the 2002 European Biathlon Championships in Kontiolahti . He started in four races at the European Championships: in the individual he was 38th, in the sprint he was 48th, in the pursuit 45th and with the relay the Briton reached 12th. In Khanty-Mansiysk , Walker started again at a World Championship and reached the positions 86 in the individual and 85 in the sprint. A year later he ran in Oberhof on a good 51st place in the individual and 102nd in the sprint. In the 2004/05 season , Walker reached his best World Cup placement as the 39th of a sprint in Pokljuka . At the peak of the season, the Biathlon World Championships 2005 in Hochfilzen , Walker finished 86th in the individual and 83rd in the sprint and 20 with the relay. The Briton ran his last World Cup in 2007 in Antholz , where he only started in the relay and finished 21st.
Marc Walker during training
Nationally, Walker is the most successful biathlete of the 2000s. In 2002 he won the titles in individual, sprint and pursuit as well as bronze in the relay and in the team, in 2003 he was third in the sprint, 2004 champion with the relay and in the team, runner-up in the sprint and third in the mass start. In 2005 he was champion in the individual, second in the team and third in the sprint and in the relay, in 2006 he was champion in the sprint and mass start and runner-up in the individual, with the relay and in the team. In 2007 the title in individual, sprint, with the relay and in the team was added, in 2008 again the titles with the relay and in the team. In 2008 he ended his active international career and now works as a trainer for the British Association. His protégés include his wife Adele Walker , Amanda Lightfoot , Andy McCann, Robert Chudley and Pete Beyer . Nevertheless, he continued to take part in national competitions and in 2009 won the individual, mass start and military patrol titles. He also won bronze in the team competition. Also in 2010 he won gold twice in the team and the relay, silver with the military patrol and bronze in the sprint and mass start.
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
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