Alfred Eder

Alfred Eder (born 28 December 1953) is an Austrian former biathlete.

Life and career Eder was born in Piesendorf, and has been a soldier and thus competed as a member of the Heeressportverein (army sports club) Saalfelden. He competed in six Winter Olympics, and jointly holds the Austrian record for most Winter Olympic appearances along with Mario Stecher and Markus Prock. He is the father of biathlete Simon Eder and was a coach of the Austrian biathlon team. He received a life ban from the Austrian Olympic Committee in 2007, as one of 14 team officials who were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The bans on Eder and 11 others were subsequently rescinded in 2009, after the Fédération Internationale de Ski dropped doping charges against Eder, biathlon director for the Austrian ski federation Markus Gandler and cross-country ski coach Gerald Heigl.

Eder was appointed as Klaus Siebert's replacement as coach of the Belarusian biathlon squad ahead of the 2014–15 season.

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintRelay 1976 Innsbruck 21st 15th 1980 Lake Placid 24th 23rd 6th 1984 Sarajevo 34th 22nd 8th 1988 Calgary 26th 40th 4th 1992 Albertville 30th 53rd — 1994 Lillehammer 10th — — Sprint was added as an event in 1980.

World Championships 2 medals (2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay 1976 Antholz-Anterselva 29th 1977 Lillehammer 41st 35th — 1978 Hochfilzen 13th 11th 5th 1979 Ruhpolding 10th 8th 6th 1981 Lahti 19th 14th 10th 1982 Minsk 22nd — 9th 1983 Antholz-Anterselva 12th Bronze 7th 1985 Ruhpolding 21st 4th 10th 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen Bronze 10th 7th 1987 Lake Placid 29th 29th 6th 1989 Feistritz 9th 20th 7th 9th 1990 Minsk 27th 12th 5th 7th 1991 Lahti 18th 26th 9th — 1992 Novosibirsk 5th 1993 Borovets 30th — 4th — 1994 Canmore 6th 50th — — — 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 1 victory (1 Sp) Season Date Location Discipline Level 1984–85 1 victory (1 Sp) 26 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.