Simon EDER

Austria
Biathlon
23 Feb 1983
38
Male
ZELL AM SEE
 
Austria
SAALFELDEN
 
Austria

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BTH Biathlon Men's 20km Individual 20
Men's 10km Sprint 18
Men's 12.5km Pursuit 37
Men's 15km Mass Start 7
Men's 4x7.5km Relay
AUT
Austria
 10
Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)
AUT
Austria
 10

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 20km Individual
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 10km Sprint
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 12.5km Pursuit
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 4x7.5km Relay
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 15km Mass Start
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
24 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2010Vancouver, CAN
34 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
4Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
420 kilometres2014Sochi, RUS
412.5 kilometres Pursuit2010Vancouver, CAN
620 kilometres2010Vancouver, CAN
710 kilometres Sprint2014Sochi, RUS
812.5 kilometres Pursuit2014Sochi, RUS
10Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
11Men's 20 kilometres2018PyeongChang, KOR
1110 kilometres Sprint2010Vancouver, CAN
14Men's 12.5 kilometres Pursuit2018PyeongChang, KOR
14Men's 15 kilometres Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
1615 kilometres Mass Start2014Sochi, RUS
2515 kilometres Mass Start2010Vancouver, CAN
28Men's 10 kilometres Sprint2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Mixed Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
2Men's 4x7.5km Relay2009PyeongChang, KOR
3Men's 15km Mass Start2017Hochfilzen, AUT
3Men's 4x7.5km Relay2017Hochfilzen, AUT
3Men's 20km Individual2016Oslo, NOR
World Cup
RankEventSeason
2Men's Individual2015/16
2Men's Pursuit2013/14
2Men's Individual2013/14
2Men's Pursuit2009/10
4Men's Mass Start2014/15
4Men's Mass Start2008/09
5Men's Total2015/16
5Men's Pursuit2015/16
5Men's Total2013/14
5Men's Sprint2012/13
5Men's Pursuit2010/11
6Men's Pursuit2008/09
7Men's Mass Start2020/21
7Men's Individual2020/21
7Men's Individual2018/19
7Men's Individual2017/18
8Men's Total2018/19
8Men's Mass Start2018/19
8Men's Pursuit2016/17
8Men's Total2009/10
8Men's Individual2007/08
9Men's Pursuit2018/19
9Men's Pursuit2017/18
9Men's Sprint2015/16
9Men's Sprint2013/14
9Men's Mass Start2012/13
10Men's Individual2011/12
10Men's Mass Start2009/10
11Men's Total2012/13
11Men's Pursuit2012/13
11Men's Total2010/11
11Men's Sprint2009/10
12Men's Sprint2018/19
12Men's Sprint2010/11
12Men's Total2008/09
13Men's Pursuit2020/21
13Men's Total2016/17
13Men's Mass Start2010/11
14Men's Mass Start2019/20
14Men's Mass Start2016/17
15Men's Total2020/21
15Men's Mass Start2017/18
15Men's Sprint2016/17
15Men's Total2014/15
16Men's Sprint2008/09
17Men's Individual2019/20
18Men's Total2017/18
18Men's Individual2016/17
18Men's Pursuit2014/15
18Men's Individual2009/10
18Men's Total2007/08
18Men's Pursuit2007/08
18Men's Mass Start2007/08
19Men's Individual2010/11
20Men's Sprint2020/21
21Men's Sprint2014/15
21Men's Sprint2007/08
22Men's Mass Start2015/16
23Men's Sprint2017/18
24Men's Total2019/20
25Men's Mass Start2013/14
32Men's Individual2014/15
33Men's Pursuit2019/20
34Men's Total2011/12
36Men's Sprint2011/12
36Men's Individual2008/09
37Men's Pursuit2011/12
40Men's Sprint2019/20
40Men's Individual2012/13
49Men's Mass Start2011/12
49Men's Individual2006/07
58Men's Sprint2006/07
68Men's Total2006/07
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Sam, Lucky Luke (due to his quick-draw shooting)

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Cycling, sport

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Athlete, Sports soldier (Platoon leader)

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Wife, Katrin "Kati" Brunner (married 2017). Daughter, Marlene (born 2014). Parents, Alfred and Helene. Sister, Daniela.

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German, English, Italian

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HSV Saalfelden

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National: Ricco Gross (GER)

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Father Alfred Eder (Biathlon): Six-time Olympian (1976-1994), with a best finish of fourth in the relay at Calgary 1988. Competed at 17 World Championships, collecting two bronze medals in the sprint (1983) and individual (1986). Career-high fourth in the 1984/85 World Cup season, which included his only victory (Antholz sprint). Has coached the Austrian and Belarusian national teams.

Cousin Sandra Flunger (Biathlon): Junior-level biathlete, competing at two Junior World Championships (2002, 2003). Worked with the Austrian women's team, before being appointed head coach of the Swiss women's team in 2018.

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2003 World Cup in Ruhpolding (Sprint - DNF)

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January 2017: Illness resulted in missing the Ruhpolding and Antholz World Cup legs. Returned in February for the World Championships in Hochfilzen.

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2008

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Started biathlon at age 12. (biathlon2b.com, 4 May 2009)

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His father encouraged him to take up the sport. As a child, he imitated his father's major races with cousin Sandra in their garden using wooden "rifles". (Platzhirsch, Mar 2018)

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"Complete the (Beijing 2022) Olympic Games successfully." (krone.at, Jan 2019)

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First World Cup podium, a second-place finish at the Antholz pursuit in January 2009. “That was very important to me because I had a hard time going into the season and I was sick until Christmas. And my mum was there too. That was really good for me." (krone.at, Jan 2019)

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Eight-time Olympic cross-country skiing gold medallist Bjorn Daehlie (NOR), and eight-time biathlon world champion Raphael Poiree (FRA). (salzburgerland.com, 1 Mar 2017)

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"Definitely my dad. He's been with me all my career. But I have a second important contact person with [my cousin] Sandra Flunger." (laola1.at, 2015)

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"Run fast, shoot clean. Shoot fast, run clean." (edersam.com, 2013)

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Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009)

General Interest

ANTI-DOPING STANCE
After several cross-country skiers, including Austrians, were arrested as a result of doping raids at the 2019 Nordic World Ski Championships, Eder said that he had also been offered doping in the past, which he immediately reported to Federal Criminal Police Office. Later, Eder, who was also in favour of harsher doping penalties against the Russian Federation in 2017, justified his motivation to publicise the events, wanting to show that athletes work cleanly in Austrian biathlon. (sport.orf.at, Mar 2019, tt.com, Dec 2019)

TRAINING GROUP
From 2016-2018 he trained separately from the national team with a group called the "Biathlon Forge", established by his father Alfred and cousin Sandra Flunger. When the group was disbanded the respective athletes, including Eder, returned to the training regime of the national team. (salzburger-nachrichten, Jan 2016, salzburger-nachrichten, Jan 2018)

WEDDING
Got married in Las Vegas at the "Graceland Wedding Chapel", together with an Elvis impersonator as the bride's male attendant and singer.

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Milestones

Three-time Olympian, winning Austria's first silver medal, as part of the Vancouver 2010 relay team that finished 0.2 seconds ahead of bronze medallists Russian Federation. Missed out on an individual medal in Vancouver by 2.8 seconds (pursuit) and at Sochi 2014 by 3.3 seconds (individual).

Five World Championship medals in 12 successive appearances. Winning three in relays, he has two individual bronze medals in the individual (2016) and mass start (2017). Finished in the top-10 in six of seven races in 2021 (Pokljuka).

Sixteen World Cup seasons, finishing a career-high fifth twice (2014, 2016), including second overall the individual both seasons. Has three individual victories (first in March 2009 at Khanty mass start), with 18 podium appearances. Has not been on the podium as an individual since December 2018, after finishing third in the Pokljuka individual.

Junior World Championship gold medallist, winning the individual in 2002 (Ridnaun). Added a bronze medal in 2004 (Haute Maurienne) in the sprint. Won European junior gold (sprint) and silver (pursuit) in 2003.
Legend
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