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{{Short description|German biathlete and politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox biathlete <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biathlon -->
| name              = Frank Ullrich
| image             = Frank Ullrich (2021) (cropped).jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Ullrich in 2021
| fullname          = Frank Ullrich 
| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|1|24}}
| birth_place       = [[Trusetal]], [[East Germany]]
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| residence         = 
| occupation        = 
| height            = 1.85 m
| weight            = 
| website           = 
| disciplines       = [[Biathlon]]
| club              = ASK Vorwärts Oberhof
| skis              = 
| rifle             = 
| wcdebut           = 13 January 1978
| retired           = 
| olympicteams      = '''3''' ([[Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]], [[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]], [[Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]])
| olympicmedals     = '''4'''
| olympicgolds      = 1
| worldsteams       = '''6''' ([[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983]])
| worldsmedals      = '''14'''
| worldsgolds       = 9
| wcseasons         = '''7''' (1977/78–1983/84)
| wcraces           = 
| wcraceswithrelays = 
| wcwins            = '''17'''
| wcrelayswins      = 
| wcpodiums         = '''28'''
| wcrelayspodiums   = 
| wcoveralls        = '''4''' (1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82)
| wctitles          = 
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| updated           = 
| medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[biathlon]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Biathlon at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]] |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Sprint|10 km sprint]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]] |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Individual|20 km individual]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]] |[[Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] |[[Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Biathlon World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978 Hochfilzen]]| 10 km sprint}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978 Hochfilzen]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979 Ruhpolding]]| 10 km sprint}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979 Ruhpolding]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981 Lahti]]| 10 km sprint}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981 Lahti]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982 Minsk]]| 20 km individual}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982 Minsk]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1983|{{nowrap|1983 Antholz-Anterselva}}]]| {{nowrap|20 km individual}}}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978 Hochfilzen]]| 20 km individual}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981 Lahti]]| 20 km individual}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982 Minsk]]| 10 km sprint}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983 Antholz-Anterselva]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977 Lillehammer]]| 4 × 7.5 km relay}}
}}

'''Frank Ullrich''' ({{IPA|de|fʁaŋk ˈʊlʁɪç}}, {{Audio|De-Frank Ullrich.ogg|audio}}; born 24 January 1958) is a German politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] and former [[biathlete]] and [[athletic trainer|trainer]] of the German national team. Since [[2021 German federal election|2021]], he has been a member of the [[Bundestag]].

==Career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0312-031, Frank Ullrich.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ullrich in 1982]]
Biathlon was in Ullrich's family as his father was a biathlon referee. His first appearance was in 1967 at the [[East Germany|GDR]] Children Championships. In 1972, he placed second over 5&nbsp;km at the [[Spartakiad]], in 1975 he became Youth World Champion in [[relay race|relay]]. He won a bronze medal at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] with the 4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay team. At the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] he won 3 medals with silvers in the 20&nbsp;km individual and the 4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay and a gold medal in the 10&nbsp;km sprint,<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frank-ullrich-1.html Olympic results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025213003/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frank-ullrich-1.html |date=25 October 2009 }}</ref> an event he dominated at world level between 1978 and 1981.

In 1982 his wife fell ill and died, soon after which he switched to training.<ref name=BesprFU>{{cite web |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article381675/In-meiner-Stasi-Akte-erkannte-ich-zwoelf-Leute.html |title=In meiner Stasi-Akte erkannte ich zwölf Leute|publisher= Hamburger Abendblatt|date=18 February 2006|work= newspaper interview|author2=Frank Ullrich (as interviewee)|author1=Achim Leoni (as interviewer)}}</ref> He undertook a period of study at the [[:de:Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur|National Academy for Body Culture]] and then, in 1987, became the trainer of the East Germany national team, and, following [[German reunification]], national trainer for the sprint.

Speaking to Ullrich's dominance in the World Cup, even though he retired in the mid-80s, only five male biathletes have surpassed him in terms of World Cup victories. [[Sven Fischer]] won his 17th World Cup victory on 18 March 2000, [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] won his on 12 January 2001, [[Raphaël Poirée]] won on 18 January 2002, whilst [[Emil Hegle Svendsen]] won on 2 December 2010 and [[Martin Fourcade]] won on 12 January 2013.
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== Politics ==
Ullrich, who has a working class background and whose grandfather was a "passionate social democrat", was a direct candidate for the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] in the [[2021 German federal election]]. He won his electoral constituency ([[Suhl – Schmalkalden-Meiningen – Hildburghausen – Sonneberg]] in [[Thuringia]]) with 33.5 %, making him a member of the 20th [[Bundestag]]. The local election was observed closely by the German public because Ullrich ran against [[Hans-Georg Maaßen]], the controversial former head of the German domestic intelligence service.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fr.de/politik/bundestagswahl-2021-maassen-hans-georg-cdu-frank-ullrich-spd-suedthueringen-wahlkreis-196-91005964.html | title=Bundestagswahl 2021: Wer ist Maaßen-Bezwinger Frank Ullrich? | date=26 September 2021 }}</ref>

==Biathlon results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Biathlon Union]].<ref name="IBUprofile">{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTGER12401195801 |title=Frank Ullrich |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
''4 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!style="width:70px;"|Individual
!style="width:70px;"|Sprint
!style="width:70px;"|Relay
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]]
| —
| {{n/a}}
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|United States}} [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]]
| 5th
| 17th
| 4th
|}
:''*Sprint was added as an event in 1980.''

===World Championships===
''14 medals (9 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!style="width:70px;"|Individual
!style="width:70px;"|Sprint
!style="width:70px;"|Relay
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977 Lillehammer]]
| —
| —
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|-
| align=left |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978 Hochfilzen]]}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979 Ruhpolding]]
| 4th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981 Lahti]]
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|URS}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982 Minsk]]
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983 Antholz-Anterselva]]
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 8th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|}
:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

===Individual victories===
''17 victories (6 In, 11 Sp)''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
! Level
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1977–78 Biathlon World Cup|1977–78]]''' <br /> 3 victories <br /> (1 In, 2 Sp) || 22 February 1978 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 4 March 1978 ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 27 March 1978 ||{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Murmansk]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1978–79 Biathlon World Cup|1978–79]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Sp) || 31 January 1979 ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1979–80 Biathlon World Cup|1979–80]]''' <br /> 5 victories <br /> (1 In, 4 Sp) || 19 January 1980 ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 26 January 1980 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 19 February 1980 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| 22 March 1980 ||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hedenäset]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 27 March 1980 ||{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Murmansk]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1980–81 Biathlon World Cup|1980–81]]''' <br /> 2 victories <br /> (2 Sp) || 31 January 1981 ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 14 February 1981 ||{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1981–82 Biathlon World Cup|1981–82]]''' <br /> 4 victories <br /> (2 In, 2 Sp) || 16 January 1982 ||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Egg, Switzerland|Egg am Etzel]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 23 January 1982 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 28 January 1982 ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ruhpolding]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 10 February 1982 ||{{flagicon|URS}} [[Minsk]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1982–83 Biathlon World Cup|1982–83]]''' <br /> 2 victories <br /> (2 In) || 9 February 1983 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 24 February 1983 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|}
:''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the [[Biathlon World Cup]], [[Biathlon World Championships]] and the [[Winter Olympic Games]].''

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IBU profile}}
* {{Olympics.com|frank-ullrich}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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