Alfred Eder

Alfred Eder, father of Simon Eder, was the first world class Austrian biathlete. He participated in six consecutive Winter Olympics from 1976 at Innsbruck to Lillehammer 1994. His best result was an unfortunate fourth place with the 4x7,5 km relay at Calgary in 1988. Individually, his best result was the tenth place over 20 km in his last Olympic race in 1994. Alfred Eder won two bronze medals at World Championships, in the 10 km sprint event in 1983 and the 20 km in 1988. Nationally, he won nine Austrian titles.

Eder later became national biathlon coach in Austria and from 2014 in Belarus. He received a life ban from the Austrian Olympic Committee in 2007 as one of 14 team officials who were implicated in doping activity at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The ban was rescinded in 2009.