Franziska Preuß

Franziska Preuß (also spelled Preuss, born 11 March 1994) is a German biathlete.[2] Preuß started in her first world cup races in the 2013/14-season after winning two medals at the last European Championships, three medals at the Junior World Championships and 3 gold medals (4 in total) at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. In 2014, she is going to participate in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014.[3]

Franziska Preuß
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994
Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubSC Haag
World Cup debut2013
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014, 2018)
Medals0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020)
Medals6 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 (2013/14–)
Individual victories1
All victories9
Individual podiums5
All podiums17
Overall titles0
Discipline titles1:
1 Mass start (2014–15)

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
2014 Sochi DNF 41st 40th — 11th —
2018 Pyeongchang 4th — — 12th 8th —
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

6 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti — 14th 13th Silver Gold 6th N/A
2016 Oslo — 14th 6th 8th Bronze Silver
2019 Östersund 38th 16th 27th 19th — — —
2020 Antholz 5th 8th 7th 8th Silver 4th Silver
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Winter Youth Olympics
Event Sprint Pursuit Relay Mixed Relay
2012 Innsbruck Gold Silver Gold Gold

World Cup
Season Age Overall Sprint Pursuit Individual Mass start
Races Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2013–142018/2237819th13922nd14913th2527th6517th
2014–152122/256519th19413th1948th4520th2181st
2015–162217/2553312th20311th2139th2240th9518th
2016–17238/2623035th5745th9234th4324th3833rd
2017–182417/2230622nd9925th11321st2036th7425th
2018–192522/255709th18012th1819th5716th1527th
2019–202618/215736th2156th13310th1095th11617th

Shooting statistics
Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay
2013–14 80.2 (299/373) 80.0 (32/40) 76.3 (61/80) 82.9 (116/140) 85.0 (51/60) 73.6(39/53)
2014–15 85.2 (381/447) 90.0 (36/40) 78.9 (71/90) 87.5 (105/120) 90.0 (90/100) 81.4 (79/97)
2015–16 89.9 (295/328) 85.0 (17/20) 87.1 (25/30) 94.2 (113/120) 90.0 (54/60) 86.2 (50/58)
2016–17 87.8 (144/164) 85.0 (17/20) 83.3 (25/30) 90.0 (54/60) 90.0 (18/20) 88.2 (30/38)
2017–18 86.8 (330/380) 91.7 (55/60) 81.4 (57/70) 85.8 (103/120) 93.3 (56/60) 84.3 (59/70)
2018–19 85.6 (196/229) 95.0 (19/20) 84.0 (42/50) 87.5 (70/80) 92.5 (37/40) 71.8 (28/39)

Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.[4]

Individual victories
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2018–19 20 January 2019 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon World Cup

Relay victories
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2013–14 12 December 2013 Annecy, France Relay Biathlon World Cup with Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
2 8 January 2014 Ruhpolding, Germany with Sachenbacher-Stehle / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
3 2014–15 13 December 2014 Hochfilzen, Austria with Kummer / Hildebrand / Hinz
4 25 January 2015 Antholz, Italy with Kummer / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
5 13 March 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland World Championships with Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier
6 2015–16 7 February 2016 Canmore, Canada Mixed Relay Biathlon World Cup with Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
7 2016–17 12 January 2017 Ruhpolding, Germany Relay with Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
8 2017–18 13 January 2018 Ruhpolding, Germany with Herrmann / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
9 2020–21 16 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany with Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann

World Cup Highlights
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level Place
1 Individual 2014–15 18 January 2015 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup 2nd
2 15 March 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland 12.5 km Mass Start 2nd
3 21 March 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 10 km Pursuit 3rd
4 2018–19 21 March 2019 Holmenkollen, Norway 7.5 km Sprint 2nd
5 2019–20 8 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic 12.5 km Mass Start 3rd
6 13 March 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland 7.5 km Sprint 2nd
7 2020–21 11 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km Sprint 3rd
8 17 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start 2nd
1 Relay 2013–14 17 December 2013 Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2nd Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
2 2014–15 30 November 2014 Östersund, Sweden Mixed Relay 3rd Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
3 14 January 2015 Ruhpolding, Germany Relay 3rd Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier
4 2015–16 13 December 2015 Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2nd Hildebrand/ Hinz / Hammerschmidt
5 13 February 2016 Presque Isle, USA Relay 3rd Kummer / Neureuther / Horchler
6 2016–17 27 November 2016 Östersund, Sweden Single Mixed Relay 3rd Lesser
7 2017–18 26 November 2017 Östersund, Sweden Mixed Relay 3rd Hammerschmidt / Doll / Peiffer
8 7 January 2018 Oberhof, Germany Relay 2nd Hinz / Herrmann / Hammerschmidt
9 17 March 2018 Holmenkollen, Norway Relay 2nd Hammerschmidt / Herrmann/ Dahlmeier
10 2018–19 13 January 2019 Oberhof, Germany Relay 2nd Horchler / Hildebrand / Herrmann
11 19 January 2019 Ruhpolding, Germany Relay 3rd Hinz / Dahlmeier / Herrmann
12 2019–20 30 November 2019 Östersund, Sweden Single Mixed Relay 2nd Lesser
13 7 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 3rd Horchler / Hinz / Herrmann
14 2020–21 5 December 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland Relay 3rd Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Herrmann

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References
  1. "IBU profile".
  2. "IBU Datacenter – Franziska Preuß". IBU. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. "Olympiamannschaft mit 151 Athleten nach Sotschi (German)". Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. "PREUSS Franziska personal data, photos". www.biathlon.com.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2019.


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