Wolfgang Rottmann

Wolfgang Rottmann
Association	Austria
birthday	May 15, 1973
place of birth	Altenmarkt im Pongau ,  Austria
Career
society	USC Altenmarkt
Debut in the World Cup	1993
World Cup victories	1
status	resigned
End of career	2006
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Biathlon world championships gold 2000 Oslo singles bronze 2005 Hochfilzen Season
World Cup balance

Wolfgang Rottmann (born May 15, 1973 in Altenmarkt im Pongau ) is a former Austrian biathlete .

Career

At the Biathlon World Championships in 2000 at Holmenkollen ( Norway ) he was world champion over 20 km. At his home world championship in 2005 in Hochfilzen he won the bronze medal in the team of the 4 × 7.5 km relay .

The Austrian Rottmann, who was never one of the best shooters, showed one of his weakest races at the relay race on January 25, 2003 in Antholz. After an error-free shooting performance in prone shooting, Rottmann didn't hit a single one of the five targets in standing shooting, neither with the regular five cartridges nor the three spare rounds available in the relay race. Rottmann had to run five penalty loops, which pushed the Austrian team, which had been doing well up to that point, back to eighth place.

After an unannounced doping raid in the house of the Austrian biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Rottmann and his colleague Wolfgang Perner left in a rush. Both were then excluded from the Austrian Olympic team. However, doping could not be proven in the athletes. In March 2006 he announced his final retirement from competitive sports.

In April 2007, Rottmann and Perner and four Austrian cross-country skiers were banned from the Olympic Games for life by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In the opinion of the IOC, all were considered convicted of having jointly used doping substances. IOC justification for the severe penalty: "These cases go beyond the simple possession of prohibited substances and methods, and are clear examples in which a network, including athletes, came together to manipulate blood and engage in doping practices." Their results from Turin have been deleted.

In 2000 Rottmann was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .

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
1st place	1				1	2
2nd place		1				1
3rd place		1			2	3
Top 10	4th	11	6th	2	25th	48
Scoring	17th	41	33	19th	30th	140
Starts	37	81	48	19th	31	216

Web links

• Wolfgang Rottmann in the IBU database (English)
• Wolfgang Rottmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website by Wolfgang Rottmann

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season result from January 25, 2003 in Antholz
2. ↑ "… these cases go further than straightforward possession of prohibited substances and methods and are clear instances where a network, including athletes, colluded to manipulate blood and to engage into doping practices." IOC press release of April 25, 2007
3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)