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Laura Dahlmeier

Dahlmeier in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 30) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.62 m
Weight	52 kg
Website	http://www.laura-dahlmeier.de/
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Partenkirchen
World Cup debut	2013
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 (2013–2019)
Medals	15 (7 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 (2012/13–2018/19)
Individual races	124
All races	152
Individual victories	22
All victories	35
Individual podiums	50
All podiums	71
Overall titles	1 (2016–17)
Discipline titles	2: 1 Individual (2016–17) 1 Pursuit (2016–17)
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Germany Olympic Games Gold 2018 Pyeongchang 7.5 km sprint Gold 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km pursuit Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 15 km individual World Championships Gold 2015 Kontiolahti 4 × 6 km relay Gold 2016 Oslo 10 km pursuit Gold 2017 Hochfilzen 10 km pursuit Gold 2017 Hochfilzen 15 km individual Gold 2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km mass start Gold 2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km relay Gold 2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay Silver 2015 Kontiolahti 10 km pursuit Silver 2016 Oslo 12.5 km mass start Silver 2017 Hochfilzen 7.5 km sprint Bronze 2016 Oslo 15 km individual Bronze 2016 Oslo 7.5 km sprint Bronze 2016 Oslo 4 × 6 km relay Bronze 2019 Östersund 7.5 km sprint Bronze 2019 Östersund 10 km pursuit Junior World Championships Gold 2013 Obertilliach 12.5 km individual Gold 2013 Obertilliach 7.5 km sprint Gold 2013 Obertilliach 3 × 6 km relay Silver 2013 Obertilliach 10 km pursuit Bronze 2011 Nové Město 10 km pursuit Bronze 2011 Nové Město 3 × 6 km relay European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Gold 2011 Liberec 10 km individual Gold 2011 Liberec 6 km sprint Gold 2011 Liberec Mixed relay World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Sprint 4 9 4 Pursuit 11 4 3 Mass Start 4 5 2 Individual 3 0 2 Relay 12 3 3 Mixed Relay 1 1 0

Laura Dahlmeier (German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊ.̯ʁa ˈdaːlˌmaɪ̯ɐ]; born 22 August 1993) is a retired German biathlete. Dahlmeier started in her first world cup races in the 2012/13 season. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She won a record of five gold medals at the World Championships of 2017. In 2018 she became the first woman to win the biathlon sprint and pursuit in the same Olympics. During her career she has won a total of two golds and one bronze at the Olympics, seven gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals at World Championships, one overall World Cup and two discipline World Cup titles. Dahlmeier announced her retirement from competition in May 2019, at the age of 25. In October 2019, she released a children's book.

Career

Biathlon career

At the 2013 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, Austria, Dahlmeier took three gold medals in the individual, sprint and relay, as well as a silver in the pursuit. Following this, she was selected for the German team in the women's relay at the 2013 Biathlon World Championships: racing in the third leg, she shot clean and overcame a 38 second deficit to hand over with Germany in the lead. Dahlmeier completed her first full World Cup campaign the following season: she enjoyed further success in World Cup relays, however she was unable to secure a solo podium finish, and did not make an impact at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Dahlmeier's start to her 2014–15 season was delayed due to injury, and she made her World Cup season debut at Pokljuka in December 2014. Two months later she took her first World Cup win in Nové Město na Moravě, following which she took another six podiums, including a second win, and her first two senior World Championship medals, a silver in the pursuit and a gold in the women's relay.

In 2015–16 she took five World Cup wins, and at the World Championships in Oslo she took her first solo gold medal in the pursuit along with a silver in the mass start and bronzes in the sprint, individual and women's relay.

Dahlmeier enjoyed her best season in 2016–17, winning the overall World Cup and winning five golds and a silver at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, missing out on a sixth gold by four seconds in the sprint to Gabriela Koukalová. She became the first woman in biathlon history to win five gold medals at a World Championships.

The following season Dahlmeier's focus was on the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang: at the Games she became the second German woman to take the Olympic gold in the sprint, shooting clean as one of only three competitors to hit all targets in windy conditions, before doubling up with a second title in the pursuit and additionally taking a bronze in the individual.

Dahlmeier's 2018–19 season was disrupted by illness, however she took a World Cup race win at Antholz in January 2019 before going on to take two bronzes at the 2019 World Championships in Östersund in the sprint and the pursuit. After the end of the season, in May 2019 she announced her retirement from competition, stating that she no longer feels the 100% passion necessary for professional biathlon.

Post-biathlon career

On 18 October 2019, Dahlmeier released the children's book Die Klima Gang: Laura Dahlmeier und Freunde im Einsatz für die Natur, which she co-authored.

For the 2019-2020 Biathlon World Cup season, she served as an expert commentator for the German broadcaster ZDF.

Since retiring from competitive biathlon Dahlmeier has competed in mountain running. In June 2019 she won the 39-kilometer Basetrail XL race of the Zugspitz Ultratrail in Grainau, Germany. In September 2019 she won and set a new women's course record in the 52-kilometer Karwandelmarsch race from Scharnitz to Pertisau in Austria. In November of that year she placed 27th at the 2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in Argentina.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. On 17 May 2019, she announced her retirement from biathlon.

Olympic Games

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2014 Sochi	21	13th	46th	30th	—	11th	DSQ	N/A
2018 Pyeongchang	25	Bronze	Gold	Gold	16th	8th	4th

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

15 medals (7 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze)

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2013 Nové Město	20	—	—	—	—	5th	—	N/A
2015 Kontiolahti	22	6th	4th	Silver	7th	Gold	—
2016 Oslo	23	Bronze	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	—
2017 Hochfilzen	24	Gold	Silver	Gold	Gold	Gold	Gold
2019 Östersund	26	4th	Bronze	Bronze	6th	4th	—	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Junior World Championships

Year	Age	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay	Mixed relay
2011 Nové Město	18	12th	14th	Bronze	Bronze
2012 Kontiolahti	19	16th	37th	34th	6th
2013 Obertilliach	20	Gold	Gold	Silver	Gold

European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Mixed relay
2011 Liberec	18	Gold	Gold	Gold

World Cup

Individual victories

• 22 victories – (4 SP, 11 PU, 3 IN, 4 MS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level
1	2014/15	5 February 2015	Nové Město, Czech Republic	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
2		17 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	12.5 km Mass start	World Cup
3	2015/16	12 December 2015	Hochfilzen, Austria	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
4		19 December 2015	Pokljuka, Slovenia	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
5		9 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
6		10 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup
7		6 March 2016	Holmenkollen, Norway	10 km Pursuit	World Championships
8	2016/17	30 November 2016	Östersund, Sweden	15 km Individual	World Cup
9		9 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
10		10 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
11		19 January 2017	Antholz, Italy	15 km Individual	World Cup
12		12 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	10 km Pursuit	World Championships
13		15 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	15 km Individual	World Championships
14		19 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	12.5 km Mass Start	World Championships
15		2 March 2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
16		4 March 2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
17		11 March 2017	Kontiolahti, Finland	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
18	2017/18	16 December 2017	Annecy, France	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
19		20 January 2018	Antholz, Italy	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
20		10 February 2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	7.5 km Sprint	Winter Olympic Games
21		12 February 2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	10 km Pursuit	Winter Olympic Games
22	2018/19	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva, Italy	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Relay victories

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Teammate
1	2012–13	10 March 2013	Sochi, Russia	World Cup	Henkel, Sachenbacher-Stehle, Neureuther
2	2013-14	12 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand, France		Henkel, Preuss, Hildebrand
3		8 January 2014	Ruhpolding, Germany		Sachenbacher-Stehle, Preuss, Hildebrand
4	2014–15	25 January 2015	Antholz, Italy		Kummer, Preuss, Hildebrand
5		13 March 2015	Kontiolahti, Finland	World Championships	Hinz, Preuss, Hildebrand
6	2016–17	11 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	World Cup	Hinz, Hammerschmidt, Hildebrand
7		12 January 2017	Ruhpolding, Germany		Hinz, Hammerschmidt, Preuss
8		22 January 2017	Antholz, Italy		Hinz, Hammerschmidt, Hildebrand
9		9 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	World Championshpis	Hinz, Peiffer, Schempp
10		17 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria		Hinz, Hammerschmidt, Hildebrand)
11	2017–18	10 December 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	World Cup	Hinz, Hildebrand, Hammerschmidt
12		13 January 2018	Ruhpolding, Germany		Preuss, Herrmann-Wick, Hildebrand
13	2018–19	8 February 2019	Canmore, Canada		Hildebrand, Hinz, Herrmann-Wick

Overall record

* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

See also

In Spanish: Laura Dahlmeier para niños