Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm

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Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995
Antholz-Anterselva
4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Ruhpolding Team event
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Kontiolahti 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995
Antholz-Anterselva
Team event
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1987 Asiago3 × 5 km relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1987 Asiago15 km freestyle

Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm (born 15 September 1967) is a German cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1987 to 1997 in cross-country skiing and from 1992 to 2000 in biathlon.

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She was born in Jena, as Simone Greiner-Petter, as a cross-country skier at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Greiner-Petter-Memm finished fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay and 15th in the 20 km event. She also finished 15th in the 20 km event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. Greiner-Petter-Memm's only individual World Cup victory was in a 20 km event in 1988.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [1]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  20 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1988 20 21 15 5

World Championships

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  20 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1987 19154

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Overall
1987 1930
1988 208

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 2 podiums
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1987–88 13 December 1987 Flag of France.svg La Clusaz, France5 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
215 January 1988 Flag of Italy.svg Toblach, Italy20 km Individual FWorld Cup1st

Biathlon results

Switching to biathlon in 1992, Greiner-Petter-Memm earned a total of four individual World Cup career victories and had her best overall World cup finish of sixth in the 1993-94 season. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she earned a silver medal in the 4 × 7.5 km relay despite blowing a noticeable lead during the standing phase of her leg. Greiner-Petter-Memm missed all five of her targets and missed with her three additional bullets, which results in five 150 m penalty loops afterwards.

She also earned gold medals at the Biathlon World Championships in the 4 × 7.5 km relay event (1995–1997, 1999).

Personal life

Her husband is Silvio Memm, a former nordic combined skier.

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References

  1. "GREINER PETTER Simone". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2019.