Karin Oberhofer

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Karin Oberhofer
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Personal information
Born (1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 (age 35)
Brixen, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
World Cup
All victories1
Individual podiums1
All podiums6

Karin Oberhofer (born 3 November 1985) is an Italian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Oberhofer has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 (4x6 km relay). [1] She also competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics (11th place in the relay). Together with Dorothea Wierer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.

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Record

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 75th47th53rd11thN/A
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 14th4th8th13th6thBronze

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay
Flag of Italy.svg 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 75th47th53rd8th
Flag of Russia.svg 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 15th49thDNS4th
Flag of Germany.svg 2012 Ruhpolding 41st61st12th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 Nové Město na Moravě 29th29th26th20thBronze4th
Flag of Finland.svg 2015 Kontiolahti 17th30th40thBronzeBronze7th

World Cup

Podiums

SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2009–10 Flag of Finland.svg Kontiolahti Mixed Relay3rd
2014–15 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen Sprint2nd
2014–15 Flag of Norway.svg Holmenkollen Relay2nd
2015–16 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen Relay1st
2015–16 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding Relay3rd
2015–16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore Mixed Relay2nd

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References

  1. "Tora Pulls Norway to Relay Gold". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2013.