Jens Steinigen

Jens Steinigen

Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
Personal information
Full name Jens Steinigen
Born (1966-09-02) 2 September 1966
Dippoldiswalde,
East Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club SC Ruhpolding
World Cup debut 23 January 1986
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (1992, 1994)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 3 (1992, 1993, 1994)
Medals 2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96)
Individual victories 2
Individual podiums 4

Jens Steinigen (born 2 September 1966) is a former East German and German biathlete.

He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won with the German relay team together with Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner and Fritz Fischer at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville the gold medal. The following year he did again win a medal with the German relay team this time a bronze medal at the World Championships.[1]

After his career as biathlete Steinigen became a courtlawyer.[1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

Event Individual Sprint Relay
France 1992 Albertville 29th 6th Gold
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 5th

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Team Relay
Russia 1992 Novosibirsk N/A N/A 7th N/A
Bulgaria 1993 Borovets 33rd Bronze
Canada 1994 Canmore N/A N/A Bronze N/A
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Individual victories

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
1991–92
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)
19 December 1991 Austria Hochfilzen20 km individualBiathlon World Cup
18 January 1992 Germany Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon 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. 1 2 3 "Jens Steinigen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. "Jens Steinigen". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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