Portrait

Name: Gernot Kerschbaumer

Year of birth: 1983

Domicile: Sparberegg (Commune Pinggau)

Club: HSV Pinkafeld, Pan-Kristianstad (SWE)

Coach: Andreas Vock

Discipline: Orienteering, since 1993

Member of the Austrian National Orienteering Team

Profession: Professional sportsman in the Austrian Military Team, HLSZ 11 Seebenstein

Best results:

2011: World Cup Czech Republic, Liberec: 3. Middle distance, 9. Long distance Chasing start

Military World Championships, Rio de Janeiro: 1. Long distance

2. Short distance

Austrian Champion: Middle, Long, Night, Relay (with Markus Lang and Martin Binder)

Team (with Markus Lang and Helmut Gremmel)

2010: 5th place at Portugal Orienteering Meeting

Austrian Champion in Sprint, Middle, Night and Team (with Markus Lang and Martin Binder)

3rd place Austrian Championship SkiO Relay (with Markus Lang and Helmut Gremmel)

2nd place Austrian Cross Country Championship Team (with Markus Lang and Wolfgang Siegert, 5th place individual

8:58 on 3.000m track

2009: World Championships in Hungary, Miskolc: 17. Middle distance

23. Sprint distance

Military World Championships in Estonia: 13. Long distance

Austrian Champion in Sprint, Middle, Long, Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang),

Team (with Thomas Lang and Helmut Gremmel), Night

2008: Student World Championships: 3. Middle distance

World Championships in Czech Republic (WOC): 9. Sprint distance

11. Middle distance

Military World Championships: 8. Long distance

Austrian Champion in Sprint, Middle, Long, Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang) and

Ski-O Relay (with Markus and Thomas Lang)

2007: WOC Ukraine: 17. Sprint distance

19. Middle distance

Austrian Champion in Long and Relay (with Martin Binder and Markus Lang)

2006: Student World Championshipsi: 8. Middle distance

Austrian Champion in Sprint

2005: WOC Japan: 9. Middle distance

17. Sprint distance

WOC Development

Personal Bests:

5000m: 15:36 (2011)

1000m: 2:38,86 (2011)

3000m: 8:58 (2010)