Frank Luck
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Frank Luck (born 5 December 1967) is a German and, before 1990, East German former biathlete.
Career
Luck started early with cross-country skiing, but in 1980 he went over to biathlon. By 1988 at the age of 21 he had already qualified for the Winter Olympics in Calgary, where he finished sixth in the sprint event. His big breakthrough came with the 10 km sprint world title in 1989. Having originally competed for the East German team, by 1991, Germany had unified and Luck was now competing for the combined Germany team. Because of illness he missed the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, but at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer he won the gold medal with the German relay team which he repeated four years later at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. During his seventeen-year career, Luck won eleven world championship gold medal with the last one in the relay in 2004 at Oberhof where he retired as a biathlete after this event. With five silver and three bronze medals he is one of the most successful world championship competitors of all time.
Luck also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with two wins in the pursuit (1999, 2000) and one win in the sprint (2002). He is the Brother-in-law to his one-time teammate Sven Fischer.
Doping
In April 2009, Luck, on the German TV show Sport Inside (WDR), acknowledged having unwittingly been given the anabolic steroid Oral Turinabol by his trainer in the 1980s.[1][2]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]
Olympic Games
5 medals (2 gold, 3 silver)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon 1988 Calgary | — | 6th | — | — |
| Template:Flagicon 1994 Lillehammer | Silver | 6th | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 1998 Nagano | — | 7th | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 2002 Salt Lake City | Silver | 29th | 11th | Silver |
- *Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.
World Championships
20 medals (11 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Team | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon 1989 Feistritz | 4th | Gold | — | — | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 1990 Minsk | 6th | 5th | — | — | Gold | Bronze |
| Template:Flagicon 1991 Lahti | — | Silver | — | — | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 1992 Novosibirsk | — | — | — | — | 7th | — |
| Template:Flagicon 1993 Borovets | 10th | — | — | — | Gold | Bronze |
| Template:Flagicon 1995 Antholz-Anterselva | 11th | 7th | — | — | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 1996 Ruhpolding | 8th | 33rd | — | — | 6th | Silver |
| Template:Flagicon 1997 Brezno-Osrblie | — | 7th | 9th | — | Silver | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 1998 Pokljuka | — | — | 16th | — | Silver | — |
| Template:Flagicon 1999 Kontiolahti | 24th | Gold | Silver | 20th | — | 4th |
| Template:Flagicon 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen | Bronze | 4th | Gold | 17th | — | Bronze |
| Template:Flagicon 2001 Pokljuka | — | 11th | 17th | 22nd | — | 12th |
| Template:Flagicon 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen | — | — | — | 6th | — | — |
| Template:Flagicon 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 36th | 30th | 5th | 17th | — | Gold |
| Template:Flagicon 2004 Oberhof | — | — | — | — | — | Gold |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.
Individual victories
12 victories (1 In, 9 Sp, 2 Pu)
- *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
References
External links
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- ↑ Später Reim auf die blauen Pillen , Süddeutsche Zeitung, 10 May 2010
- ↑ Biathlon: Ex-Biathlet Frank Luck entlastet Ullrich, focus.de, 7 April 2009
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Schmalkalden
- Biathletes from Thuringia
- National People's Army sportspeople
- German male biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for East Germany
- East German male biathletes
- Olympic biathletes for Germany
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Doping cases in biathlon
- German sportspeople in doping cases
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl
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