Achim Walcher

Achim Walcher

Personal information
Born	(1967-12-01) 1 December 1967 (age 58) Schladming, Austria
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Skiing
Club	WSV Ramsau
World Cup career
Seasons	1993–2003
Indiv. starts	79
Indiv. podiums	0
Team starts	22
Team podiums	7
Team wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (29th in 2000)
Discipline titles	0

Achim Walcher (born 1 December 1967) is an Austrian cross-country skier. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics. ^[1] He was disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics for using blood doping. ^[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). ^[3]

Olympic Games

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km   relay
1998	30	23	—N/a	11	—	38	—N/a	9
2002	34	—N/a	—	DSQ	DSQ	—	—	—

World Championships

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km   relay
1995	27	—	—N/a	—	61	—	—N/a	—
1997	29	35	—N/a	22	60	—	—N/a	13
1999	31	—	—N/a	—	19	10	—N/a	—
2001	33	—N/a	35	24	—	—	—	5
2003	35	—N/a	—	—	—	DSQ	—	DSQ

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1993	25	NC	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1994	26	NC	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1995	27	NC	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1996	28	41	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1997	29	87	NC	—N/a	—
1998	30	50	38	—N/a	68
1999	31	39	25	—N/a	66
2000	32	29	66	16	35
2001	33	40	—N/a	—N/a	—
2002	34	100	—N/a	—N/a	—
2003	35	DSQ	—N/a	—N/a	—

Team podiums

• 1 victory
• 7 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1997–98	11 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Botvinov / Stadlober / Hoffmann
2	1998–99	20 December 1998	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Marent / Stadlober / Botvinov
3	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Marent / Botvinov / Urain
4		13 January 2000	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Marent / Botvinov / Hoffmann
5		27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Urain / Botvinov / Hoffmann
6		5 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Urain / Botvinov / Hoffmann
7	2000–01	9 December 2000	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Urain / Botvinov / Hoffmann

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Achim Walcher Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
2. "Achim Walcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. "WALCHER Achim". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2019.