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 compe*ion. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 and coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon teams of 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.

Contents

• 1 Biathlon results
  • 1.1 Olympic Games
  • 1.2 World Championships
  • 1.3 Individual victories
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

World Championships

2 medals (2 gold)

*During Olympic seasons compe*ions 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.

References

External links

• Algis SHALNA (USA) at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
• Algimantas SHALNA (LTU) at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
• Alguimantas SHALNA at the International Olympic Committee
• Algimantas Šalna at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)