Frank Luck

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Frank Luck
Personal information
Full name	Frank Luck
Date of birth	December 5, 1967 (1967-12-05) (age 40)
Place of birth	Schmalkalden, DDR
Height	179 cm
Professional information
Club	WSV Oberhof O5
Skis	Fischer
World Cup
Seasons	1986-2004
Wins	12
Additional podiums	27
Total podiums	39
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Frank Luck (b December 5, 1967 in Schmalkalden) is a former German biathlete. Frank Luck started early with cross country skiing, but in 1980 he went over to biathlon. Already in 1988, 21 years old he qualified for the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, where he finished sixth in the sprint event. His big breakthrough came with the World title in 1989. 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 championships with the last one in the relay in 2004 at Oberhof where retired as a biathlete after this event. With five silver and three bronze medals, respectively, he is one of the biggest world championship competitors of all time.

Luck also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition win two wins in the pursuit (1999, 2000) and one win in the sprint (2002). He is the Brother-in-law to Sven Fischer

[edit] International titles

• 1989 World Champion 10 km and relay
• 1990 Team World Champion
• 1991 Relay World Champion
• 1993 Team World Champion
• 1994 Relay Olympic Champion
• 1995 Relay World Champion
• 1997 Relay World Champion
• 1998 Olympic Relay Champion
• 1999 10 km World Champion
• 2000 Pursuit World Champion
• 2003 Relay World Champion
• 2004 Relay World Champion

[edit] External links

• Holmenkollen biathlon information
• IBU Profile
• Official website (German)

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