Jens Steinigen

Jens Steinigen

Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
Personal information
Full name	Jens Steinigen
Born	(1966-09-02) 2 September 1966 (age 58) Dippoldiswalde, East Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Ruhpolding
World Cup debut	23 January 1986
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (1992, 1994)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 (1992, 1993, 1994)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96)
Individual victories	2
Individual podiums	4
Medal record Men's biathlon Representing   Germany Olympic Games 1992 Albertville 4 × 7.5 km relay World Championships 1993 Borovets 4 × 7.5 km relay 1994 Canmore Team event

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

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)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1992 Albertville	29th	6th	Gold
1994 Lillehammer	5th	—	—

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
1992 Novosibirsk	—	—	7th	—
1993 Borovets	33rd	—	—	Bronze
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)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1991–92 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	19 December 1991	Hochfilzen	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
	18 January 1992	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.

References

1. 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.

External links

• Jens Steinigen at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
• Jens Steinigen at IBU BiathlonResults.com
• Jens Steinigen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)