Xaver Kraus

Xaver Kraus
Association	BR Germany
birthday	December 10, 1934
place of birth	Reit im Winkl ,  Germany
Career
society	WSV Reit im Winkl
status	resigned
World Cup balance

Xaver Kraus (born December 10, 1934 ) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier .

Xaver Kraus started for the WSV Reit im Winkl . He first took part in the biathlon world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1966 and finished tenth in the relay race with Peter Uhlig , Theo Merkel and Jürgen Seifert . A year later he was 16th of the individual in Altenberg . The highlight of his career was his participation in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . Kraus was used in both races. In the individual he was 39th and with Herbert Hindelang , Theo Merkel and Gerhard Gehring ninth in the relay race. In cross-country skiing he was Bavarian champion in 1964 over 15 kilometers and in 1965 over 30 kilometers. With the season he also won these titles from 1961 to 1964 four times in a row and from 1966, to 1968 and 1970.

Web links

• Xaver Kraus in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Kraus at the-sports.org
• Honor roll of the Bavarian Masters ( Memento from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.6 MB)