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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hall in Tirol, Austria [1] | 31 December 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SCV Bernau [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 3 December 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Individual podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 23 March 2024 |
Felix Leitner (born 31 December 1996) is an Austrian biathlete. He made his World Cup debut in December 2016, and won the 20km individual race at the 2018 IBU Open European Championships. [3] [4] He competed in six events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, with his best placing being 10th in the pursuit. [5] Leitner took his first individual World Cup podium on 17 January 2021 in the 15 km mass start event.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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2022 Beijing | 16th | 46th | 10th | 29th | 10th | 10th |
0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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2019 Östersund | 30th | 36th | 22nd | 19th | 8th | — | — |
2020 Rasen-Antholz | 27th | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 8th | — |
2021 Pokljuka | 14th | 51st | 44th | — | 10th | — | — |
2024 Nové Město na Moravě | 57th | 49th | 39th | — | 12th | — | — |
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