Pier Alberto Carrara
Encyclopedia
Pier Alberto Carrara (born February 14, 1968 in Bergamo
) is an Italian
former biathlete
. At the 1998 Olympics
he won a silver in the 20 km individual. In the 1992/93 season he ended in third in the overall World cup standings behind Mikael Löfgren
and Mark Kirchner
.
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
former biathlete
Biathlon
Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
. At the 1998 Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
he won a silver in the 20 km individual. In the 1992/93 season he ended in third in the overall World cup standings behind Mikael Löfgren
Mikael Löfgren
Mikael Löfgren is a former World Champion Swedish biathlete. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France he won two bronze medals, one in the 4 x 7.5 km relay and one in the 20 km individual...
and Mark Kirchner
Mark Kirchner
Mark Kirchner is a German former biathlete. He won gold in the 10km sprint at the Albertville Olympics in 1992 and followed that up by taking silver in the 20 km individual and gold in the relay...
.