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Katrin Apel

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Katrin Apel, born 4 May 1973 in Erfurt, is a retired German biathlete who lives in Gräfenroda and belongs to the club SV Eintracht Frankenhain. She began as a cross-country skier, taking junior world championship relay silver in 1990 and 5 km classical bronze in 1993, and switched to biathlon with her training partner Steffi Kramer after failing to qualify for the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. She started in the European Cup in 1994 and reached the World Cup in 1995/96, finishing her best season, 2001/02, in fifth place overall. She has 18 World Cup podiums, four of them wins, four Olympic medals (two gold, one silver, one bronze, the bronze being her only solo medal, in the 1998 sprint) and ten World Championships medals.

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Birth Year
1973 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
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is a retired German biathlete
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1. Olympedia: Katrin Apel (Olympedia)
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  • Biographical information
    Born 4 May 1973
  • Biographical information, gender
    Sex Female
  • Medals, Olympic Games total
    Total 4
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Results, 2002 Winter Olympics
    2002 Winter Olympics
  • Competed In: 2006 Winter Olympics, Results, 2006 Winter Olympics
    2006 Winter Olympics
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    is a retired German biathlete
  • Competed In: 1998 Winter Olympics, Career, Olympic medals
    Her only solo medal is a bronze in the sprint in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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