Algimantas Šalna
Lithuanian and Soviet biathlete
Algimantas Šalna (also transliterated Shalna , born 12 September 1959) is a former Lithuanian , Soviet biathlete .
Šalna won gold medals during the World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics – he was the first Lithuanian-born athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. As an individual he placed fifth in its 10 km competition. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 and coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon teams of 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.
In 2012 Šalna opened a bagel shop in Burlington, Vermont called The Bagel Place.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union .[ 1]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 gold)
World Championships
2 medals (2 gold)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Team was added as an event in 1989.
Individual victories
4 victories (1 In, 3 Sp)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup , Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games .
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1968 : Alexander Tikhonov , Nikolay Puzanov , Viktor Mamatov , Vladimir Gundartsev (URS )
1972 : Alexander Tikhonov , Rinnat Safin , Ivan Biakov , Viktor Mamatov (URS )
1976 : Aleksandr Elizarov , Ivan Biakov , Alexander Tikhonov , Nikolay Kruglov (URS )
1980 : Vladimir Alikin , Alexander Tikhonov , Vladimir Barnashov , Anatoly Alyabyev (URS )
1984 : Dmitry Vasilyev , Juri Kashkarov , Algimantas Šalna , Sergei Bulygin (URS )
1988 : Dmitry Vasilyev , Sergei Tchepikov , Alexandr Popov , Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS )
1992 : Ricco Groß , Jens Steinigen , Mark Kirchner , Fritz Fischer (GER )
1994 : Ricco Groß , Frank Luck , Mark Kirchner , Sven Fischer (GER )
1998 : Ricco Groß , Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Frank Luck (GER )
2002 : Halvard Hanevold , Frode Andresen , Egil Gjelland , Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR )
2006 : Ricco Groß , Michael Rösch , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis (GER )
2010 : Halvard Hanevold , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen , Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR )
2014 : vacant
2018 : Peppe Femling , Jesper Nelin , Sebastian Samuelsson , Fredrik Lindström (SWE )
2022 : Sturla Holm Lægreid , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR )
1966: (Ivar Nordkild , Olav Jordet , Jon Istad , Ragnar Tveiten )
1967: (Ola Wærhaug , Olav Jordet , Jon Istad , Ragnar Tveiten )
1969: (Alexander Tikhonov , Viktor Mamatov , Vladimir Gundartsev , Rinnat Safin )
1970: (Alexander Tikhonov , Rinnat Safin , Alexander Ushakov , Viktor Mamatov )
1971: (Alexander Tikhonov , Nikolay Muzhytov , Rinnat Safin , Viktor Mamatov )
1973: (Gennady Kovalev , Rinnat Safin , Juri Kolmakov , Alexander Tikhonov )
1974: (Alexander Ushakov , Alexander Tikhonov , Juri Kolmakov , Nikolay Kruglov )
1975: (Henrik Flöjt , Simo Halonen , Juhani Suutarinen , Heikki Ikola )
1977: (Aleksandr Elizarov , Alexander Ushakov , Nikolay Kruglov , Alexander Tikhonov )
1978: (Manfred Beer , Klaus Siebert , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1979: (Manfred Beer , Klaus Siebert , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1981: (Mathias Jung , Matthias Jacob , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1982: (Mathias Jung , Matthias Jacob , Frank Ullrich , Bernd Hellmich )
1983: (Sergei Bulygin , Algimantas Šalna , Juri Kashkarov , Petr Miloradov )
1985: (Juri Kashkarov , Algimantas Šalna , Andrei Zenkov , Sergei Bulygin )
1986: (Dmitry Vasilyev , Juri Kashkarov , Valeriy Medvedtsev , Sergei Bulygin )
1987: (Jürgen Wirth , Frank-Peter Roetsch , Matthias Jacob , André Sehmisch )
1989: (Frank Luck , André Sehmisch , Frank-Peter Roetsch , Birk Anders )
1990: (Pieralberto Carrara , Wilfried Pallhuber , Johann Passler , Andreas Zingerle )
1991: (Ricco Groß , Frank Luck , Mark Kirchner , Fritz Fischer )
1993: (Wilfried Pallhuber , Johann Passler , Pieralberto Carrara , Andreas Zingerle )
1995: (Ricco Groß , Mark Kirchner , Frank Luck , Sven Fischer )
1996: (Viktor Maigourov , Vladimir Drachev , Sergei Tarasov , Aleksey Kobelev )
1997: (Ricco Groß , Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Frank Luck )
1999: (Alexei Aidarov , Petr Ivashko , Vadim Sashurin , Oleg Ryzhenkov )
2000: (Viktor Maigourov , Sergei Rozhkov , Vladimir Drachev , Pavel Rostovtsev )
2001: (Gilles Marguet , Vincent Defrasne , Julien Robert , Raphaël Poirée )
2003: (Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Ricco Groß , Frank Luck )
2004: (Frank Luck , Ricco Groß , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis )
2005: (Halvard Hanevold , Stian Eckhoff , Egil Gjelland , Ole Einar Bjørndalen )
2007: (Ivan Tcherezov , Maxim Chudov , Dmitri Yaroshenko , Nikolay Kruglov Jr. )
2008: (Ivan Tcherezov , Nikolay Kruglov Jr. , Dmitri Yaroshenko , Maxim Chudov )
2009: (Emil Hegle Svendsen , Lars Berger , Halvard Hanevold , Ole Einar Bjørndalen )
2011: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Alexander Os , Emil Hegle Svendsen , Tarjei Bø )
2012: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Rune Brattsveen , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2013: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Henrik L'Abée-Lund , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2015: (Erik Lesser , Daniel Böhm , Arnd Peiffer , Simon Schempp )
2016: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2017: (Alexey Volkov , Maxim Tsvetkov , Anton Babikov , Anton Shipulin )
2019: (Lars Helge Birkeland , Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø )
2020: (Émilien Jacquelin , Martin Fourcade , Simon Desthieux , Quentin Fillon Maillet )
2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen )
2023: (Antonin Guigonnat , Fabien Claude , Émilien Jacquelin , Quentin Fillon Maillet )
2024: (Viktor Brandt , Jesper Nelin , Martin Ponsiluoma , Sebastian Samuelsson )