Frank-Peter Roetsch

Frank-Peter Roetsch is a German former biathlete, born on 19 April 1964, who was the first biathlete to win a World Cup race using the skating technique, when he won in Oberhof in 1985. He was a two time Junior World Champion and a five time World Champion, and he won the overall World Cup three times. At the Winter Olympics he won three medals, two gold and one silver, and at the World Championships ten medals, five gold and five silver. He recorded 15 individual victories, four in the individual and eleven in the sprint, and won the sprint at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition in 1985 and 1988. He competed at the Winter Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 1992, and the article lists him with the East German and the German biathletes.