Ricco Groß

Ricco Groß is a German former biathlete, born on 22 August 1970, and one of the most successful biathletes of all time at the Winter Olympics and the World Championships. He began as a cross-country skier and switched to biathlon at thirteen, with SG Dynamo Klingenthal as his first club. He won relay gold in the men's 4 x 7.5 km at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, and at the 2002 Games took silver in the relay and bronze in the pursuit, eight Olympic medals in all including four relay golds. At the World Championships he took nine gold medals, and in World Cup competition he reached the podium 53 times in individual races. He later coached the German women, then the Russian men and the Austrian men.