![]() Cisar in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | [1] Kranj, Slovenia [2] | 5 April 2000 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSK Triglav | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alex Cisar (born 5 April 2000) is a Slovenian biathlete. He is a two-time Biathlon Junior World champion in Pursuit and Sprint.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [4]
0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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![]() | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19th |
![]() | 47th | — | — | — | 8th | — | — |
![]() | 19th | 54th | 30th | 17th | 9th | — | — |
5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
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![]() | 35th | 14th | 13th | 12th |
![]() | 9th | 21st | 15th | 11th |
![]() | 11th | 4th | 7th | 5th |
![]() | 8th | Gold | Gold | Silver |
![]() | 16th | 11th | Bronze | 10th |
![]() | Silver | 22nd | 7th | 4th |
![]() | 28th | 20th | 23rd | 5th |
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