Magdalena Neuner

former German biathlete

Magdalena Neuner (born 9 February 1987 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria) is a German biathlete.

Magdalena Neuner

Magdalena Neuner in 2011
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 10 km pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 12.5 km mass start
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 7.5 km sprint

Career change

She had her first Biathlon World Cup race in the 2005-06 season. One year later, she became one of the stars of the German biathlon team with three gold medals in the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz, Italy. In 2008, she won three other gold medals in the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund, Sweden, and reached also the first place of the Biathlon World Cup in that year.

In the 2010 Winter Olympics she was one of the gold medal favourites. The first race (on 13 February) was the 7.5 km sprint, where she reached a silver medal, beaten only by Anastasia Kuzmina from Slovakia. Three days later (on 16 February), she won the gold medal in the pursuit race. On 21 February, her second gold medal followed in the mass start.[1]

References change

  1. "Magdalena Neuner". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

Other websites change

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