Dominik Windisch

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Dominik Windisch
20110123 Dominik Windisch 1.jpg
Windisch in 2011
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 34)
Bruneck, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Centro Sportivo Esercito
World Cup debut2011
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams8 (20112020)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Individual victories2
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi Mixed relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Mixed relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Östersund 15 km mass start
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Antholz Mixed relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Östersund Mixed relay
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Ruhpolding 3 × 7.5 km relay

Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian biathlete. [1]

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Career

His 1st major individual results came in the Oslo Biathlon World Championships 2016, where he finished 4th in the Mass start & 5th in the Sprint.

At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the Sprint and won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer and Lukas Hofer).

At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in both the Sprint [2] as well as in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer). [3]

The highlight of his career however came at the Östersund Biathlon World Championships 2019, where he won the gold medal in the Mass start. Here he also won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).

In the following year at the Rasen-Antholz Biathlon World Championships 2020 he got his best Mixed-relay result with a silver medal (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).

His last major individual result came at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, where he finished 5th in the Mass start.

His brother Markus Windisch is also a former biathlete.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

3 medals (3 bronze medals)

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 64th11th25th25th5thBronze
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 50thBronze16th17th12thBronze
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 14th30th26th5th7th

World Championships

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Russia.svg 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 56th
Flag of Germany.svg 2012 Ruhpolding 68th4th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 Nové Město 18th57th33rd7th4th
Flag of Finland.svg 2015 Kontiolahti 91st23rd35th12th7th
Flag of Norway.svg 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 50th5th28th4th11th8th
Flag of Austria.svg 2017 Hochfilzen 21st18th25th24th5th4th
Flag of Sweden.svg 2019 Östersund 29th27th17thGold15thBronze
Flag of Italy.svg 2020 Rasen-Antholz 75th48th51st14th7thSilver
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka 44th33rd35th6th
*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.

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References

  1. IBU Profile Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Biathlon: Men sprint final results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. "Biathlon: Mixed relay results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.