Laura Dahlmeier

Laura Dahlmeier (born 22 August 1993) is a retired German biathlete. Dahlmeier started in her first world cup races in the 2012/13 season.[2] In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She won a record of five gold medals at the World Championships of 2017. In 2018 she became the first woman to win the biathlon sprint and pursuit in the same Olympics.[3] During her career she has won a total of two golds and one bronze at the Olympics, seven gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals at World Championships, one overall World Cup and two discipline World Cup titles. Dahlmeier announced her retirement from competition in May 2019, at the age of 25.[4] In October 2019, she released a children's book.

Laura Dahlmeier
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Websitehttp://www.laura-dahlmeier.de/
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubSC Partenkirchen
World Cup debut2013
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014, 2018)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 (2013–2019)
Medals15 (7 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 (2012/13–2018/19)
Individual races83
All races101
Individual victories22
All victories33
Individual podiums45
All podiums62
Overall titles1 (2016–17)
Discipline titles2:
1 Individual (2016–17)
1 Pursuit (2016–17)

Career

At the 2013 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, Austria, Dahlmeier took three gold medals in the individual, sprint and relay, as well as a silver in the pursuit. Following this, she was selected for the German team in the women's relay at the 2013 Biathlon World Championships: racing in the third leg, she shot clean and overcame a 38 second deficit to hand over with Germany in the lead. Dahlmeier completed her first full World Cup campaign the following season: she enjoyed further success in World Cup relays, however she was unable to secure a solo podium finish, and did not make an impact at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[4]

Dahlmeier's start to her 2014–15 season was delayed due to injury, and she made her World Cup season debut at Pokljuka in December 2014. Two months later she took her first World Cup win in Nové Město na Moravě, following which she took another six podiums, including a second win, and her first two senior World Championship medals, a silver in the pursuit and a gold in the women's relay. In 2015–16 she took five World Cup wins, and at the World Championships in Oslo she took her first solo gold medal in the pursuit along with a silver in the mass start and bronzes in the sprint, individual and women's relay.[4]

Dahlmeier enjoyed her best season in 2016–17, winning the overall World Cup and winning five golds and a silver at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, missing out on a sixth gold by four seconds in the sprint to Gabriela Koukalová. The following season Dahlmeier's focus was on the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang: at the Games she became the second German woman to take the Olympic gold in the sprint, shooting clean as one of only three competitors to hit all targets in windy conditions, before doubling up with a second title in the pursuit and additionally taking a bronze in the individual.[4]

Dahlmeier's 2018–19 season was disrupted by illness, however she took a World Cup race win at Antholz in January 2019 before going on to take two bronzes at the 2019 World Championships in Östersund in the sprint and the pursuit. After the end of the season, in May 2019 she announced her retirement from competition, stating that she no longer feels the 100% passion necessary for professional biathlon.[4][5]

On 18 October 2019, she released the children's book Die Klima Gang: Laura Dahlmeier und Freunde im Einsatz für die Natur, which she co-authored.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[6] On 17 May 2019, she announced her retirement from biathlon.[7]

Olympic Games

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2014 Sochi 13th 46th 30th — 11th DSQ
2018 Pyeongchang Bronze Gold Gold 16th 8th 4th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

14 medals (7 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed Relay
2013 Nové Město — — — — 5th — N/A
2015 Kontiolahti 6th 4th Silver 7th Gold —
2016 Oslo Bronze Bronze Gold Silver Bronze —
2017 Hochfilzen Gold Silver Gold Gold Gold Gold
2019 Östersund 4th Bronze Bronze 6th 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.

Junior World Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2011 Nové Město 12th 14th Bronze Bronze
2012 Kontiolahti 16th 37th 34th 6th
2013 Obertilliach Gold Gold Silver Gold

European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Event Individual Sprint Mixed relay
2011 Liberec Gold Gold Gold

World Cup
Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position
2012/137/2622035th0/3——3/1010132nd2/86936th2/55029th
2013/1417/2241015th2/25412th6/913823rd6/814514th3/37314th
2014/1517/257258th2/3818th7/102928th5/72244th3/512812th
2015/1618/257866th2/38010th6/92139th5/82655th5/52283rd
2016/1724/2612111st3/31801st8/93722nd8/94111st5/52542nd
2017/1819/227304th1/2——7/82524th6/72713rd5/52072nd
2018/1915/2555412th2/3759th5/919110th4/816314th4/512513th

Individual victories
  • 22 victories – (4 SP, 11 PU, 3 IN, 4 MS)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2014/155 February 2015 Nové Město, Czech Republic7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
217 March 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia12.5 km Mass startWorld Cup
3 2015/1612 December 2015 Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup
419 December 2015 Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
59 January 2016 Ruhpolding, Germany10 km PursuitWorld Cup
610 January 2016 Ruhpolding, Germany12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
76 March 2016 Holmenkollen, Norway10 km PursuitWorld Championships
8 2016/1730 November 2016 Östersund, Sweden15 km IndividualWorld Cup
99 December 2016 Pokljuka, Slovenia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
1010 December 2016 Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1119 January 2017 Antholz, Italy15 km IndividualWorld Cup
1212 February 2017 Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Championships
1315 February 2017 Hochfilzen, Austria15 km IndividualWorld Championships
1419 February 2017 Hochfilzen, Austria12.5 km Mass StartWorld Championships
152 March 2017 Pyeongchang, South Korea7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
164 March 2017 Pyeongchang, South Korea10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1711 March 2017 Kontiolahti, Finland10 km PursuitWorld Cup
18 2017/1816 December 2017 Annecy, France10 km PursuitWorld Cup
1920 January 2018 Antholz, Italy10 km PursuitWorld Cup
2010 February 2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea7.5 km SprintWinter Olympic Games
2112 February 2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea10 km PursuitWinter Olympic Games
22 2018/1927 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Relay victories
No. Date Location Discipline
110 March 2013 SochiRelay
212 December 2013 PokljukaRelay
38 January 2014 RuhpoldingRelay
425 January 2015 AntholzRelay
513 March 2015 KontiolahtiRelay
611 December 2016 PokljukaRelay
712 January 2017 RuhpoldingRelay
822 January 2017 AntholzRelay
99 February 2017 HochfilzenMixed Relay (with Hinz / Peiffer / Schempp)
1017 February 2017 HochfilzenRelay (with Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand)
1110 December 2017 HochfilzenRelay (with Hinz / Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt)
1213 January 2018 RuhpoldingRelay (with Preuß / Herrmann / Hildebrand)
13 8 February 2019 Canmore, Canada Relay (with Hildebrand / Hinz / Herrmann)

Overall record
Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed
relay		 Total
Individual events Team events All events
1st place34114121221335
2nd place–9453118422
3rd place24323–11314
Podiums5171811182512071
4–105131394140545
11–2036641–19120
21–40–723––12–12
41–60111–––3–3
Others––––––––0
DNS1–––––1–1
DNF––––––––0
DSQ–––––1–11
Starts1544402723412627153
* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

References
  1. "Profile".
  2. "Über mich (German)". Laura Dahlmeier (personal homepage). Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. "Martin Fourcade, Laura Dahlmeier win biathlon gold medals". Espn.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Laura Dahlmeier Retires". International Biathlon Union. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. Die Gier weicht der Ruhe, sueddeutsche, 20190517
  6. International Biathlon Union. Laura Dahlmeier. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  7. Karolos Grohmann, Alexander Smith (17 May 2019). "Double Olympic champion Dahlmeier retires at 25". Reuters. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
Awards
Preceded by
Angelique Kerber		 German Sportswoman of the Year
2017		 Succeeded by
Angelique Kerber
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