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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Andreas Berger, Andreas Rapatz, Andreas Vojta, Andrea Mayr, Andrea Scherney, Beate Schrott, Bil Marinkovic, Clemens Zeller, Dennis Wliszczak, Doris Auer, Eduard Schonecker, Elmar Lichtenegger, Eva Janko, Franz Stampfl, Georg Tischler, Gerhard Hartmann, Gerhard Mayer, Gottfried Wittgruber, Gregor Hogler, Gunther Weidlinger, Hermann Fehringer, Hermann Wraschtil, Herma Bauma, Ilona Gusenbauer, Ine Schaffer, Ivona Dadic, Johann Baptist Gudenus, Johann Lindner, Karin Mayr-Krifka, Karoline Kafer, Liese Prokop, Liesl Perkaus, Ljudmila Ninova, Markus Einberger, Mark McKoy, Martin Lachkovics, Martin Proll, Martin Schutzenauer, Michael Buchleitner, Monika Gollner, Nora Ivanova, Rene Schwarz, Rolf Majcen, Ryan Moseley, Sabine Skvara, Sabine Troger, Serhiy Osovych, Stephanie Graf, Theresia Kiesl, Thomas Geierspichler, Valentina Fedyushina, Willibald Monschein, Wolfgang Dubin, Wolfgang Tschirk. Excerpt: Gunther Weidlinger (born April 5, 1978 in Braunau am Inn) is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon. He first made his mark in athletics as a junior athlete in European competitions: winning the steeplechase at the 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships and a silver medal at the 1997 European Cross Country Championships. He set a national record in the event in the final of the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and also reached the final at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He reached a number of major championship finals over the following five years and represented Austria at the 2004 Athens Olympics, as well as the 2003 and 2005 World Championships. He began to focus on the 10,000 metres and road running in 2007. He won the silver at the 2007 European Cup 10000m and set a half marathon national record at the IAAF World Road Running Championships. Weidlinger won the 2008 Great Manchester Run in another national record time and ran in the 10,000 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He made his marathon debut in 2009 and broke the 23-year-old Austrian record in the marathon on his second attempt, running 2:10:47 at the Frankfurt Marathon. He won the 2009 Great Australian Run to set the 15 km national record. He is a multiple national record holder with best marks including: 1500 metres, 3000 m steeplechase, 5000 metres, 10,000 m on the track, and 10 km, 15 km, half marathon and marathon in road events. He won his fiftieth national title over all distances and surfaces in March 2011, claiming the Austrian half marathon title. Weidlinger started his career as a specialist in the 3000 metres steeplechase and he just missed out on a medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics, finishing fourth in the final. He won his first championship medal the following year, by winning the steeplechase race at the 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships. He began representing Austria in cr
