A South Tyrolean in the World Biathlon Association

Nathalie Santer from Dobbiaco was elected to the IBU board, and Fabrizio Curtaz, the former racing director of the Italian national team, to the technical commission.

Nathalie Santer achieved her best results as an active biathlete in the 90s. In 1994 she finished the overall World Cup in an excellent second place. The 2-year-old from Puster won three World Cup races and was on the podium a total of 50 times. In her career she took part in five consecutive Winter Olympics: Albertville 15 (1992th in the sprint, 16th in the individual and 8th in the relay), Lillehammer 13 (1994th in the sprint, her best Olympic result, 7th in the individual ), Nagano 25 (1998th in the sprint, 10th in the individual), Salt Lake City 18 (2002th in the sprint, gave up in the individual, 40th in the relay) and Turin 11 (2006th in the sprint, 26nd in the individual). , 52th in the pursuit and 38th in the relay).

Nathalie Santer.

“I am of course overjoyed and believe that it is very important for Italy, which will host the Olympic biathlon competitions in Antholz in 2026, to have a strong representation in the world association. “I have to thank President Flavio Roda for the successful diplomatic work in advance, one should not forget that we were 13 candidates for only six places,” said Santer after the election. The woman from Dobbiaco, who was also a technical delegate at the World Cup cross-country skiing competitions in the Nordic Arena and sits on the board of the South Tyrolean Equestrian Regional Association, received 23 votes. Here are the results of the IBU election in Salzburg IBU President - Olle Dahlin (SWE) IBU Vice President - Jiri Hamza (CZE) Treasurer - Christian Scherer (AUT)

Executive board Franz Steinle (GER) 41 votes Tim Farcnik (SLO) 38 Goals Boygard (NOR) 34 Fabien Saguez (FRA) 24 Nathalie Santer (ITA) 23 Ekaterina Dafoska (BUL) 19

IBU Technical Committee Felix Bitterling (GER) 44 votes Ulrika Öberg (SWE) 41 Michal Zichacek (CZE) 41 Sara Studebaker-Hall (USA) 40 Christophe Vassallo (FRA) 40 Hillar Zahkna (EST) 40 Fabrizio Curtaz (ITA) 39 Per Arne Botnan (NOR) 37 Tomi-Pekka Riihivuori (FIN) 35 Dejan Brajdic (CRO) 24

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A South Tyrolean in the World Biathlon Association

Great success for the Italian Winter Sports Federation FISI at the 15th Ordinary IBU Congress held on Saturday in Salzburg. After many years, Italy now has two representatives in the World Biathlon Association - on the board and on the technical commission.

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