Franziska Preuß

Franziska Preuß
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	11 March 1994 (age 30); Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Haag
World Cup debut	2013
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020)
Medals	6 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 (2013/14–)
Individual victories	1
All victories	9
Individual podiums	5
All podiums	17
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	1:; 1 Mass start (2014–15)
Medal record
World Championships
European Championships
Winter Youth Olympics
Biathlon Junior World Championships

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]

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	—
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
Season	Age	Races	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2013–14	20	18/22	378	19th	139	22nd	149	13th	25	27th	65	17th
2014–15	21	22/25	651	9th	194	13th	194	8th	45	20th	218	1st
2015–16	22	17/25	533	12th	203	11th	213	9th	22	40th	95	18th
2016–17	23	8/26	230	35th	57	45th	92	34th	43	24th	38	33rd
2017–18	24	17/22	306	22nd	99	25th	113	21st	20	36th	74	25th
2018–19	25	22/25	570	9th	180	12th	181	9th	57	16th	152	7th
2019–20	26	18/21	573	6th	215	6th	133	10th	109	5th	116	17th

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	2013–14	8 January 2014	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	Biathlon World Cup	with Sachenbacher-Stehle / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
3	2014–15	13 December 2014	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	Biathlon World Cup	with Kummer / Hildebrand / Hinz
4	2014–15	25 January 2015	Antholz, Italy	Relay	Biathlon World Cup	with Kummer / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
5	2014–15	13 March 2015	Kontiolahti, Finland	Relay	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	Biathlon World Cup	with Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
8	2017–18	13 January 2018	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	Biathlon World Cup	with Herrmann / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier

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		2014–15	15 March 2015	Kontiolahti, Finland	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup	2nd
3		2014–15	21 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	10 km Pursuit	World Cup	3rd
4		2018–19	21 March 2019	Holmenkollen, Norway	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup	2nd
5		2019–20	8 March 2020	Nové Město, Czech Republic	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup	3rd
6		2019–20	13 March 2020	Kontiolahti, Finland	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup	2nd
1	Relay	2013–14	17 December 2013	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	World Cup	2nd	Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
2		2014–15	30 November 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Mixed Relay	World Cup	3rd	Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
3		2014–15	14 January 2015	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	World Cup	3rd	Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier
4		2015–16	13 December 2015	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	World Cup	2nd	Hildebrand/ Hinz / Hammerschmidt
5		2016–17	7 January 2018	Oberhof, Germany	Relay	World Cup	2nd	Hinz / Herrmann / Hammerschmidt
6		2016–17	17 March 2018	Holmenkollen, Norway	Relay	World Cup	2nd	Hammerschmidt / Herrmann/ Dahlmeier
7		2018–19	13 January 2019	Oberhof, Germany	Relay	World Cup	2nd	Horchler / Hildebrand / Herrmann
8		2015–16	13 February 2016	Presque Isle, USA	Relay	World Cup	3rd	Kummer / Neureuther / Horchler
9		2016–17	27 November 2016	Östersund, Sweden	Single Mixed Relay	World Cup	3rd	Lesser
10		2017–18	26 November 2017	Östersund, Sweden	Mixed Relay	World Cup	3rd	Hammerschmidt / Doll / Peiffer
11		2018–19	19 January 2019	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	World Cup	3rd	Hinz / Dahlmeier / Herrmann
12		2019–20	30 November 2019	Östersund, Sweden	Single Mixed Relay	World Cup	2nd	Lesser
13		2019–20	7 March 2020	Nové Město, Czech Republic	Relay	World Cup	3rd	Horchler / Hinz / Herrmann

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

References

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

External links

Franziska Preuss at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
Franziska Preuss at IBU BiathlonResults.com
Franziska Preuss at Olympics.com
Franziska Preuß at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Franziska Preuß at Team Deutschland (in German)

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[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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v t e World champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 5 km	1984: (Venera Chernyshova, Liudmila Zabolotnaya, Kaija Parve) 1985: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve) 1986: (Kaija Parve, Nadiya Billova, Venera Chernyshova) 1987: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve) 1988: (Venera Chernyshova, Elena Golovina, Kaija Parve)
3 × 7.5 km	1989: (Natalia Prikazchikova, Svetlana Davidova, Elena Golovina) 1990: (Elena Batsevich, Elena Golovina, Svetlana Davidova) 1991: (Elena Belova, Elena Golovina, Svetlana Davidova)
4 × 7.5 km	1993: (Jana Kulhavá, Jiřina Adamičková, Iveta Knížková, Eva Háková) 1995: (Uschi Disl, Antje Harvey, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Petra Behle) 1996: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle) 1997: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle) 1999: (Uschi Disl, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Katrin Apel, Martina Zellner) 2000: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Tchernousova, Galina Kukleva, Albina Akhatova) 2001: (Olga Pyleva, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova)
4 × 6 km	2003: (Albina Akhatova, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Tchernousova) 2004: (Linda Tjørhom, Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée) 2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Zaitseva) 2007: (Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Magdalena Neuner, Kati Wilhelm) 2008: (Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Magdalena Neuner, Kati Wilhelm) 2009: (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 2011: (Andrea Henkel, Miriam Gössner, Tina Bachmann, Magdalena Neuner) 2012: (Tina Bachmann, Magdalena Neuner, Miriam Gössner, Andrea Henkel) 2013: (Hilde Fenne, Ann Kristin Flatland, Synnøve Solemdal, Tora Berger) 2015: (Franziska Hildebrand, Franziska Preuß, Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier) 2016: (Synnøve Solemdal, Fanny Horn Birkeland, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Maren Hammerschmidt, Franziska Hildebrand, Laura Dahlmeier) 2019: (Synnøve Solemdal, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland) 2020: (Synnøve Solemdal, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland) 2021: (Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Tiril Eckhoff, Ida Lien, Marte Olsbu Røiseland) 2023: (Samuela Comola, Dorothea Wierer, Hannah Auchentaller, Lisa Vittozzi) 2024: (Lou Jeanmonnot, Sophie Chauveau, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon)