Arnd Peiffer

Arnd Peiffer (born 18 March 1987) is a German biathlete. His greatest successes so far are the victories in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in the sprint. In addition, he won as a relay member three more World Cup gold medals.

Arnd Peiffer
Personal information
Born (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987
Wolfenbüttel, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Websitearndpeiffer.de
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubWSV Clausthal-Zellerfeld
SkisFischer
RifleAnschütz
World Cup debut8 January 2009
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2010–2018)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams10 (2009–2020)
Medals16 (5 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 (2008/09–)
Individual victories10
All victories18
Individual podiums34
All podiums77
Updated on 22 February 2020.

Record

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[1]

Olympic Games

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver — 37th 37th 17th 5th N/A
2014 Sochi — 34th 19th 18th Silver —
2018 Pyeongchang 21st Gold 8th 13th Bronze 4th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

16 medals (5 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
2009 Pyeongchang — — — — Bronze Bronze N/A
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Gold
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 15th Gold 4th 8th 7th Silver
2012 Ruhpolding 7th 37th 17th 7th Bronze Bronze
2013 Nové Město 28th 16th 21st 23rd Bronze —
2015 Kontiolahti 22nd 30th 14th 22nd Gold —
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen — 7th 13th 5th Silver Silver
2017 Hochfilzen 34th 12th 19th 10th 4th Gold
2019 Östersund Gold 9th 13th 6th Silver Silver —
2020 Antholz 50th 7th 5th 21st Bronze 4th —
*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.

World Cup
Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2008–0920938th2454th14223rd4344th0N/A
2009–106469th4033rd2706th1609th1613rd
2010–117354th8414th3333rd1758th1427th
2011–127364th6912th2704th2573rd1408th
2012–1349118th4917th17716th16815th9720th
2013–145477th1440th2862nd18912th5822nd
2014–1553813th6017th2419th15113th8622nd
2015–1658911th0N/A2624th18110th1466th
2016–177464th4822nd2754th2983rd1418th

Individual victories

11 victories (7 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 In, 1 MS)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2008–09
1 victory
(1 Sp)		26 March 2009 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2009–10
1 victory
(1 Sp)		23 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2010–11
2 victories
(2 Sp)		4 February 2011 Presque Isle10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
5 March 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships
2011–12
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 Pu)		7 January 2012 Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
4 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2014–15
1 victory
(1 Sp)		14 February 2015 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2016–17
1 victory
(1 Pu)		11 March 2017 Kontiolahti12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2017–18
1 victory
(1 Sp)		11 February 2018 Pyeongchang10 km sprintWinter Olympic Games
2018–19
1 victory
(1 In)		13 March 2019 Ostersund20 km individualBiathlon World Championships
2020-21
1 victory
(1 MS)		20 December 2020 Hochfilzen15 km Mass StartBiathlon 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. "Arnd Peiffer". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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