Frank Luck (b December 5, 1967 in Schmalkalden) is a former Germanbiathlete. Frank Luck started early with cross country skiing, but in 1980 he went over to biathlon. Already in 1988, 21 years old he qualified for the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, where he finished sixth in the sprint event. His big breakthrough came with the World title in 1989. Because of illness he missed the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, but at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer he won the gold medal with the German relay team which he repeated four years later at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. During his seventeen-year career, Luck won eleven world championships with the last one in the relay in 2004 at Oberhof where retired as a biathlete after this event. With five silver and three bronze medals, respectively, he is one of the biggest world championship competitors of all time.
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