Algimantas Šalna (September 12, 1959 in Vidiškės, Utena County

Utena County

Utena County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the most sparsely-populated county in Lithuania. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is located from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania...

, Lithuanian SSR

Lithuanian SSR

The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Lithuanian SSR, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union...

) is a former Olympic biathlete

Biathlon

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Šalna won gold medals in World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won a Gold Medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics

1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...

- he was the first Lithuanian-born athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. As an individual he placed fifth in its 10-kilometer competition. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 and coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon teams of 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.