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Klaus Siebert ( 29 April 1955  24 April 2016 ) was a German biathlete and ___MASK60___ coach who raced for East Germany . The 1998 Winter Olympics , officially the , was a winter multi - ___MASK47___ event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano , Japan . Sven Fischer ( born 16 April 1971 ) is a former German biathlete . He trained with the WSV Oberhof 05 club , and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer ( national coaches ) and Klaus Siebert ( club coach ). After the 2006 / 07 ___MASK60___ season , he retired . Annette Sikveland ( born April 25 , 1972 in Stavanger ) is a former Norwegian biathlete . During her career as biathlete Sikveland won three relay medals , bronze at the World Championships 1995 in Antholz , silver at the World Championships 1997 in Brezno - Osrblie and bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . Her best individual olympic placing is 8th from the 15 km at the same Olympics . She retired as biathlete after that Olympics . She lives today in the German town of Schmalkalden A period , she lived together with the German biathlete Sven Fischer . The Thuringian Forest (" Thüringer Wald " in German ), is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia , ___MASK76___ northwest to southeast between the valley of the river Werra near Eisenach and the Thuringian - Vogtlandian Slate Mountains . The geographical boundary with the latter range follows approximately a line from Gehren via Großbreitenbach to Schönbrunn near Schleusingen , defined by the rivers Schleuse and Neubrunn on the southwestern slope , and Talwasser , Wohlrose and Möhre on the northeastern slope . The Thuringian Forest forms a continuous chain of ancient rounded mountains with steep slopes to both sides and poses ample difficulties in transit routing save through a few navigable passes . It is about long and wide . The highest elevation is " Großer Beerberg " at a . s . l . Schmalkalden is a town in the Schmalkalden - Meiningen district , in the southwestern portion of Thuringia state in Germany . It is situated on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river , a tributary to the Werra . , the town had a population of 19 , 978 . A multi - ___MASK47___ event is an organized sports event , often held over multiple days , featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from ( mostly ) nation states . The first major , modern , multi - ___MASK47___ event of international significance is the modern Olympic Games .