Jens Steinigen

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Jens Steinigen
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Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
Personal information
Full nameJens Steinigen
Born (1966-09-02) 2 September 1966 (age 56)
Dippoldiswalde,
East Germany
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
ClubSC Ruhpolding
World Cup debut23 January 1986
Olympic Games
Teams2 (1992, 1994)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 (1992, 1993, 1994)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96)
Individual victories2
Individual podiums4
Medal record

Jens Steinigen (born 2 September 1966) is a former East German and German biathlete.

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He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won with the German relay team together with Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner and Fritz Fischer at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville the gold medal. The following year he did again win a medal with the German relay team this time a bronze medal at the World Championships. [1]

After his career as biathlete Steinigen became a courtlawyer. [1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

EventIndividualSprintRelay
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville 29th6thGold
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer 5th

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg 1992 Novosibirsk 7th
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 1993 Borovets 33rdBronze
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1994 Canmore Bronze
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Individual victories

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
1991–92
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)
19 December 1991 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen 20 km individual Biathlon World Cup
18 January 1992 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jens Steinigen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. "Jens Steinigen". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.