 Johanna Puff in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 2002 Rosenheim , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Bayrischzell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2023 – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johanna Puff (born July 2, 2002, in Rosenheim) is a German biathlete. [1] She won several medals with German relay teams at the Junior World Championships. [2]
She started her youth career for SC Bayrischzell and is trained by Andreas Birnbacher at the Ruhpolding base in the Chiemgau Arena.
Puff appeared internationally for the first time in 2020 as a participant in the Youth Olympic Winter Games, where she narrowly missed out on medals with fifth place in the individual and fourth place in the sprint. Ten days later she took part in the youth category at the Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she won bronze in the relay.
For the 2021/22 season, Johanna Puff promoted from youth to junior level and started to compete in the IBU Junior Cup. There she achieved top results right from the start and won a super sprint race in Martell and gold in the single mixed relay at the Junior European Championships on Pokljuka together with Darius Lodl. She won the silver medal in relay race at the Junior World Championships in Soldier Hollow, USA.
During the inaugural event at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan, she clinched gold medals in both the relay and mixed relay and became junior world champion for the first time. [3] [4]
At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, she won her first race in the sprint in just her third individual start at the IBU Cup in Idre. She was then nominated for the World Cup in Lenzerheide after Hanna Kebinger and Anna Weidel were absent due to illness, where she narrowly missed qualifying for the pursuit by finishing 61st place in the sprint. [5]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [2] [6]
4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2020 Lenzerheide | 17 | — | 50th | 36th | Bronze | — |
 2021 Obertilliach | 18 | 15th | 22nd | 12th | 4th | — |
 2022 Soldier Hollow | 19 | 27th | 21st | 13th | Silver | — |
 2023 Shchuchinsk | 20 | 30th | 15th | 14th | Gold | Gold |
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