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Magdalena Neuner
Neuner at the World Cup in Trondheim, March 2009
Personal information
OccupationAlpine skier
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Sport
CountryGermany Germany
Skiing career
DisciplinesBiathlon
ClubSC Wallgau[1]
World Cup debut13 January 2006[2]
Websitemagdalena-neuner.de
Olympics
Teams0[2]
Medals0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 (2007, 2008 and 2009)[2]
Medals7 (6 gold)
World Cup
Seasons4[2]
Wins14
Podiums22
Overall titles1
Discipline titles3
Last updated on: March 29, 2009

Magdalena "Lena" Neuner (born 9 February 1987) is a German professional biathlete. She started biathlon when she was nine years old and won five junior world championship titles from 2004 to 2006. Neuner made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2006 and won her first World Cup race in January 2007. One month later, she claimed three gold medals at her first appearance at the Biathlon World Championships. In the 2007–08 season, Neuner—at the age of 21—became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). At the 2008 World Championships, she again won three titles, becoming the youngest six-time world champion.

As of March 2009, Neuner has won 14 World Cup races and has achieved 22 podium finishes. As part of the German World Cup team, she has also won seven relay races and one mixed relay event. During three appearances at the Biathlon World Championships, Neuner has claimed six gold medals and one silver medal. In addition, she has won seven junior world championship titles. Neuner has established herself as one of the fastest cross-country skiers in biathlon, but she is also noted for her volatile shooting performances in the standing position, often at the expense of better results.

Neuner has lived in the Bavarian town of Wallgau since birth. At the age of 16, she joined the German Customs Administration to become a member of the government-funded Customs-Ski-Team. After winning three world championship gold medals in 2007, Neuner emerged as one of her home country's most popular female athletes and was named German Sportswoman of the Year in 2007.

Early life

Magdalena Neuner was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the second of four children of bank clerk Paul Neuner and his wife Margit.[3] She has an elder brother Paul, and two younger siblings—her brother Christoph and her sister Anna, who are both aspiring biathletes as well and participate in junior competitions.[4]

Neuner grew up in the small Bavarian town of Wallgau, approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[5] She started alpine skiing when she was four years old and later tried various other winter sports at her hometown ski club SC Wallgau.[3] At the age of 16, Neuner finished high school (Realschule) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and decided to pursue a career in biathlon. Her parents were reluctant, but they eventually supported her ambition to become a professional biathlete.[6]

Career

Early career

Neuner started biathlon when she was nine years old after she had participated in a try out course at her local ski club.[5] She won 29 races at the biathlon Student's Cup of the German Ski Association (DSV),[4] claiming the overall title in her respective age-group for four years in a row from 1999 to 2002.[3] After finishing school, Neuner joined the German Customs Administration in August 2003 to become a member in the government-supported Customs-Ski-Team (Zoll-Ski-Team). She officially holds the rank of Zollhauptwachtmeisterin (head costums officer),[7] although she is a full time professional athlete with no customs obligations. One of her team mates is alpine skiing world champion Maria Riesch.[8]

In December 2003, Neuner won the German Cup for 17-year olds, which led to her appointment for the 2003–04 European Cup competition for juniors.[5] With four wins at European level, Neuner qualified for the 2004 Junior/Youth World Championships in Haute Maurienne, France, where she won the sprint and relay events, as well as a silver medal in the pursuit race.[5] One year later at the 2005 Junior/Youth World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland, she claimed two silver medals (pursuit and relay), and repeated her win in the sprint discipline.[2]

2005–06 season: World Cup debut

Neuner at the World Cup in Antholz, January 2006

During the 2005–06 season, Neuner made her first appearances in the Biathlon World Cup. Germany's women's national coach Uwe Müßiggang had already considered her for the team two years earlier, however, her parents and her hometown coaches Bernhard Kröll and Herbert Mayer were reluctant to let her start prematurely.[3] On 13 January 2006, Neuner made her debut in the World Cup sprint race in Ruhpolding, Germany, where she substituted for the injured Uschi Disl. Although her first appearance ended unsuccessfully, coming in 41st place,[9] she was appointed for nine more World Cup races for the remainder of the season.[2]

Neuner returned as one of the favourites at the 2006 Junior/Youth World Championships in Presque Isle, Maine, United States, where she won two more titles (pursuit and relay) in addition to a silver medal in the sprint race.[2] She did not participate in the 2006 Winter Olympics for the German team. At the World Cup in Kontiolahti in March 2006, Neuner achieved her first top ten finishes: she was fourth in the sprint and came in ninth in the mass start race.[10][11]

2006–07 season: Three world championship titles

While she had only competed in ten races during her first World Cup winter, Neuner became a fixture in the German team in the 2006–07 season.[5] She quickly proved to be one of the fastest cross-country skiers in biathlon, and at 19 years old, regularly set the fastest course times.[12][note a] On 5 January 2007, Neuner won her first World Cup event, the sprint race in Oberhof, Germany.[13] Two days later at the pursuit race, she forgot to reload her rifle after warm-up. She was handed a new magazine during the prone shooting and managed to finish third despite a total of six shooting errors.[14]

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Neuner with one of her gold medals at the 2007 World Championships

Neuner was originally scheduled to compete at the junior world championships in 2007. However, following her first World Cup win, she was instead appointed for the senior World Championships in Antholz, Italy.[5] On 3 February 2007, she won gold in the sprint race, beating Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson by 2.3 seconds.[15] It was her first world championship event ever and only her second victory at senior level.[note b] One day later, she also claimed the pursuit title, in spite of four shooting errors.[16] Following a 14th place in the mass start, Neuner, alongside Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel and Kati Wilhelm, won the gold medal in the relay race on 11 February 2007.[17] With three titles, Neuner was the championship's most successful athlete and became the youngest triple world champion.[18]

At the end of the season, she continued her successful run with four more World Cup wins. In March 2007, Neuner won the pursuit and mass start races at the World Cup at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway,[19][20] and she won the sprint and pursuit events at the season final in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia,[21][22] giving her seven career World Cup wins. She ended her first complete season fourth in the Overall Biathlon World Cup and finished second in the pursuit discipline.[2]

Following her three world championship titles, Neuner quickly emerged as one of Germany's most popular female sport stars and signed several endorsement deals.[18] She received two Biathlon Awards, Best Newcomer and Female Athlete of the Year, chosen by the national coaches of the World Cup teams.[23] Neuner was also awarded the Goldener Ski (Golden Ski), the highest award of the DSV,[24] and in December, was voted the 2007 German Sportswoman of the Year by the country's sports journalists.[25]

2007–08 season: Overall World Cup winner

After missing the podium at the 2007–08 season's first two World Cups, Neuner was part of the winning German relay team in Pokljuka, Slovenia in December 2007.[26] She claimed her eighth World Cup win at the mass start race in Oberhof in January 2008,[27] and later that month, she won the relay race in Ruhpolding with the German team.[28] Shortly before her 21st birthday, Neuner decided to again compete at the Junior/Youth World Championships, held in Ruhpolding in January 2008—the last time she was eligible to enter.[29] She won gold in both the sprint and the pursuit race, however, did not start in the individual race in order to prepare for the senior world championships alongside her German team mates.[2]

Neuner in the yellow jersey of the Overall World Cup leader, March 2008

At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, Sweden, Neuner failed to defend her titles in the sprint and pursuit races, with shooting errors preventing better results; she finished 17th and sixth respectively.[2] On 12 February 2008, she won the mixed relay event with Sabrina Buchholz, Andreas Birnbacher and Michael Greis to claim her first gold medal.[30] Four days later, she won her second title in the mass start race, beating Norway's Tora Berger by 3.0 seconds.[31] Alongside Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel and Kati Wilhelm, Neuner also claimed gold in the relay race on 17 February 2008.[32] By winning three more titles, she became the youngest six-time world champion.[33]

In the following World Cups, she won the sprint races in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and in Khanty-Mansiysk—her tenth and eleventh World Cup victories.[34][35] With a second place finish in the penultimate mass start race of the season in Khanty-Mansiysk, Neuner won the 2007–08 Mass Start World Cup.[36] At the season final in Oslo, she also claimed the 2007–08 Sprint World Cup and took over the yellow jersey of the Overall World Cup leader for the first time in her career.[37] In the last race of the season, a ninth place in the mass start ensured Neuner the 2007–08 Overall Biathlon World Cup victory.[38]

Neuner was the youngest Overall World Cup winner since the International Biathlon Union was established in 1993.[39][note c] She again won the Biathlon Award for Female Athlete of the Year,[23] and was voted the best biathlete of the season by the Forum Nordicum, a consortium of journalists form twelve countries, beating Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen.[40] She also received her second Goldener Ski of the DSV,[24] and came in third, behind Olympic gold medalists Britta Steffen and Britta Heidemann, for the 2008 German Sportswoman of the Year award.[41]

2008–09 season: First setbacks

Neuner's preparation for the 2008–09 season was affected by several illnesses. In the summer, she battled an intestinal fungus which forced her to pause training for seven weeks;[42] she later attributed it to pressure of public expectations.[43] In October 2008, she contracted influenza and in November, a bacterial infection caused her to miss two weeks of training.[44] Subsequently, her skiing performances saw a substantial drop at the start of the season. In the first four World Cups, Neuner only achieved three podium finishes. Due to faultless shooting, she came in third in both the sprint and the individual race at the season premiere in Östersund,[45][46] and she won the relay race as part of the German team in Hochfilzen, Austria, in December 2008.[47][note d]

Neuner leaving the shooting range at the World Cup in Antholz, January 2009.

Following the Christmas break, her skiing times had improved. At the World Cup in Ruhpolding in January 2009, Neuner was part of the winning German relay team.[48] She beat team mate Kati Wilhelm by 0.2 seconds in the Ruhpolding sprint race and also won the following pursuit event, which marked her World Cup wins twelve and thirteen.[49][50] At the World Cup in Antholz, Neuner again missed the podium. She was leading the mass start race by 53.6 seconds before the final shooting, in which she missed all five targets, eventually finishing seventh.[51]

At the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang, Neuner struggled with a cold and a high number of shooting errors.[52] She finished eighth in the sprint, in which she crashed on a downhill slope,[53] and came in eleventh in the pursuit race.[54] She was not appointed for the individual race and could not start in the mixed relay event due to her cold. On 21 February 2009, Neuner claimed the silver medal as part of the German relay team, alongside Martina Beck, Andrea Henkel and Kati Wilhelm.[55] On the last day of the championships, she came in seventh in the mass start race.[56]

In March 2009, Neuner finished fourth in the individual race at the World Cup in Vancouver, Canada. She thereby claimed the 2008–09 Individual World Cup, despite never having won a race in that discipline.[57] She also won the Vancouver relay race with the German team,[58] and was second in the sprint, 0.7 seconds behind Sweden's Helena Jonsson.[59] At the season final in Chanty-Mansijsk, Neuner won the pursuit race—her 14th World Cup win.[60] She ended the season fourth in the Overall Biathlon World Cup and finished second in the sprint discipline.[2]

Skiing

Neuner skiing using the skating technique, March 2009

Neuner is one of the fastest female cross-country skier in biathlon.[61][12] During 40 of her 84 World Cup races (48%), she has set the fastest course time (race time without time spent at the shooting range or in the penalty loop).[note a] In addition, she has been among the top three fastest skiers in 74% of her career races.[2]

During her first World Cup races in the 2005–06 season, Neuner achieved average course times; her best result was being fourth fastest in the pursuit race in Kontiolahti.[62] In her first full season in 2006–07, she finished among the top three fastest skiers in 19 of her 24 races and came in fastest in seven of them. Neuner won the 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup with dominating skiing performances. She set the fastest course time in 19 of her 25 races and was second or third fastest in the remaining six. At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Neuner had a substantial drop in her skiing times due to a series of illnesses. However, she recovered and set the fastest course time in 14 of the remaining 18 races from January onwards.[2]

Neuner had been a fast cross-country skier from an early age. When she was eight years old, she won the first cross-country skiing competition she entered at her local ski club. At junior level, her lap times at the German Student's Cup were comparable to older or male opponents.[3] At the age of 15, Neuner managed to set the same skiing times as her coeval male training partners. In preparation for the 2006–07 season, Neuner skied 5,300 kilometres (3,300 mi) in training; she increased the volume to 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) for the 2007–08 season.[63] Because of her skiing performances, she has often been able to compensate for one or sometimes two or three shooting errors (a penalty loop normally takes 21 to 26 seconds).[64]

During three of her 14 World Cup wins, Neuner completed three additional penalty loops compared to the second place finisher. At the 2007 World Championships pursuit race, she beat Norway's Linda Grubben with four shooting errors compared to Grubben's one.[16] She also bested Tora Berger of Norway in spite of four penalty loops at the 2008 World Championships mass start race,[31] and she won the Ruhpolding World Cup pursuit race in January 2009 against Russia's Ekaterina Iourieva, again with four missed targets.[50][note e]

Skiing statistics

Neuner at the World Cup pursuit race in Antholz, January 2009.
Course times 2005–06 season 2006–07 season 2007–08 season 2008–09 season Career
Fastest 0 / 10 0% 7 / 24 29% 19 / 25 76% 14 / 25 56% 40 / 84 48%
2nd fastest 0 / 10 0% 5 / 24 21% 4 / 25 16% 1 / 25 4% 10 / 84 12%
3rd fastest 0 / 10 0% 7 / 24 29% 2 / 25 8% 3 / 25 12% 12 / 84 14%
Other 10 / 10 100% 5 / 24 21% 0 / 25 0% 7 / 25 28% 22 / 84 26%
*Key:Number of respective times achieved / number of all races entered, percentage. Results in IBU World Cup races, no relay events.[2][65]

Shooting

Neuner shooting at the World Cup in Trondheim, March 2009.

Neuner has a career shooting accuracy of 74%. Her career average in the prone position is 87%, while her career average in the standing position is 62%.[2] Her shooting results in the prone position are similar to other top contenders; however, her standing position average is among the worst of the entire World Cup field.[65]

With a 78% accuracy, Neuner had her best shooting results during her 2005–06 debut. Her average dropped to 70% in her first complete season in 2006–07. Although she improved to a 76% average during the 2008–09 season,[65] she merely ranked 78th out of 113 competitors that year.[65] Neuner won the 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup with a shooting accuracy of 73%, which is the lowest result for an Overall World Cup winner ever and roughly ten per cent below the previous three winners' averages: Andrea Henkel (84%),[66] Kati Wilhelm (87%)[67] and Sandrine Bailly (81%).[68] In the standing position, Neuner achieved her career best result in the 2008–09 season: a 66% shooting average. However, this remains 26% below the result of the season's Overall World Cup winner, Helena Jonsson.[69]

Neuner's shooting performances have been a regular topic in the German media. At times she has been reluctant to discuss her shooting in interviews and has said the public's fixation on it contributes to the problem.[43] In the summer of 2008, Neuner worked with Bundeswehr shooting trainer and former large caliber world champion, Rudi Krenn, and subsequently changed her stance slightly.[70] She uses a handmade rifle by Bundeswehr gunsmith Sandro Brislinger.[71] Neuner has been wearing ear plugs during some of the races in order to better concentrate while shooting.[63] The individual race, which places a high emphasis on shooting, has traditionally been her worst discipline (each shooting error results in a one minute time penalty, instead of a penalty loop).[64]

The sprint race in Khanty-Mansiysk in March 2007 marks Neuner's only World Cup win with a perfect shooting record.[21] She also shot flawlessly on two other occasions, the World Cup sprint in Kontiolahti in March 2006, coming in fourth place,[72] and the World Cup sprint in Östersund in December 2008, finishing third.[45] Her worst shooting performance came in December 2008, with a total of nine shooting errors at the World Cup pursuit race in Hochfilzen.[73] Neuner's costliest shooting occurred during the World Cup mass start race in Antholz in January 2009. After 15 errorless shots, she was leading by 53.6 seconds before the final shooting, in which she missed all five targets, eventually dropping to seventh place.[51]

Shooting statistics

Neuner preparing to shoot in the standing position, January 2009.
Shooting 2005–06 season 2006–07 season 2007–08 season 2008–09 season Career
Prone position 73 / 80 91% 76 / 90 84% 189 / 218 87% 191 / 223 86% 529 / 611 87%
Standing position 52 / 80 65% 54 / 95 57% 133 / 222 60% 150 / 228 66% 389 / 625 62%
Total 125 / 160 78% 130 / 185 70% 322 / 440 73% 341 / 451 76% 918 / 1236 74%
*Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.[2][65]

Personal life

Neuner in Wallgau, Germany, May 2009

Neuner has lived in Wallgau, a small town in Bavaria, Germany, from birth.[5] In 2007, she bought her grandmother's house in Wallgau, where she now lives in her own flat.[6] Neuner had been involved in a nearly two-year relationship with Austrian ski technician and former biathlete Franz Perwein, whom she had met during the 2006 Junior/Youth World Championships. In January 2008, she announced they had split.[74] One month later, Neuner confirmed that she is involved in a relationship with DSV chief biathlon technician Björn Weisheit.[75]

Her interest in knitting has often been addressed by the German media and Neuner maintains a knitting website, which includes detailed knitting instructions and a "knitting blog".[6] She has stated that she usually takes knitting equipment on her travels during the season and that knitting is a way for her to relax.[76] In February 2007, Neuner declined an offer to appear nude in the German edition of Playboy.[77] She is good friends with her German team mate Kathrin Hitzer and both usually share a room during World Cup trips.[78] Neuner plays the harp and owns an enduro motorcycle.[79] She has said she also enjoys mountain biking and swimming during the off-season.[7] In addition, Neuner is an ambassador for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[80]

Record

World Championships

Neuner has won seven medals at the Biathlon World Championships—six gold and one silver. At her debut during the 2007 World Championships in Antholz, Italy, Neuner won three titles (sprint, pursuit and relay). One year later at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, Sweden, she again claimed three gold medals, winning the mass start, relay and mixed relay events. Neuner did not win a title at the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea; her best result was the silver medal in the relay event.[2]

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Italy 2007 Antholz — Gold Gold 14th Gold —
Sweden 2008 Östersund — 17th 6th Gold Gold Gold
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang — 8th 11th 7th Silver —

World Cup

During her first World Cup season, Neuner only appeared in ten races, finishing 34th in the overall standings. In the 2006–07 season, she became a regular in the German team and ended the season in fourth place. Neuner won the Biathlon World Cup for the first time in 2007–08; she also won the sprint and mass start disciplines. She finished the 2008–09 season fourth, winning the individual discipline that year.[2]

Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position
2005–06 0/3 – – 4/10 65 33rd 4/8 65 30th 2/5 34 30th 10/26 164 34th
2006–07 2/4 34 25th 10/10 285 4th 8/8 283 2nd 4/5 114 10th 24/27 720 4th
2007–08 2/3 33 20th 10/10 326 1st 8/8 232 5th 5/5 186 1st 25/26 818 1st
2008–09 3/4 129 1st 10/10 358 2nd 7/7 231 5th 5/5 146 8th 25/26 891 4th
*Key:Races—number of entered races/all races; Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.[2]

Overall record

As of the end of the 2008–09 season, Neuner has competed in a total of 95 races at senior level, winning 22 of them (a 23.16 win percentage). She has reached 14 personal World Cup wins, which ranks her ninth for all-time career victories. In addition, she has won seven relay races and one mixed relay event as part of the German World Cup team. Overall, Neuner has scored World Cup points in all but three of her races.[note b] She has achieved 63 top ten finishes—66.32 per cent of all the races she has entered. The individual race is the only event she has not won.[2]

Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay Total
1st Place – 6 5 3 7 1 22
2nd Place – 1 – 1 3 – 5
3rd Place 1 4 1 – – – 6
Top 10 5 20 16 11 10 1 63
Points 6 33 26 16 10 1 92
Other 1 1 1 – – – 3
Starts 7 34 27 16 10 1 95
*Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.[2]

Junior/Youth World Championships

Neuner has won seven gold and four silver medals at the Biathlon Junior/Youth World Championships. With the exception of the individual discipline, she has won a medal in every race she entered. In 2004, at her first junior world championships in Haute Maurienne, France, Neuner won two titles (sprint and relay). One year later, she claimed gold in the sprint race in Kontiolahti, Finland, and in 2006, she again won two titles (pursuit and relay) in Presque Isle, Maine, United States. Neuner did not participate in the 2007 event. She returned to the junior world championships in 2008 when they were held in Ruhpolding, Germany, winning two more gold medals (sprint and pursuit).[2]

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
France 2004 Haute Maurienne — Gold Silver Gold
Finland 2005 Kontiolahti 4th Gold Silver Silver
United States 2006 Presque Isle 7th Silver Gold Gold
Germany 2008 Ruhpolding — Gold Gold —

Achievements and honours

Neuner wearing the red jersey as the leader in the 2007–08 Mass Start World Cup.

International titles

  • Overall Biathlon World Cup winner – 2007–08[2]
  • Sprint World Cup winner – 2007–08[2]
  • Mass Start World Cup winner – 2007–08[2]
  • Individual World Cup winner – 2008–09[2]
  • Biathlon World Championships – 6 gold medals[2]
    • 2007: Sprint, Pursuit, Relay
    • 2008: Mass Start, Relay, Mixed Relay
  • Biathlon Junior/Youth World Championships – 7 gold medals[2]

Awards

  • German Sportswoman of the Year – 2007[25]
  • Biathlon Award for Female Newcomer of the Year – 2007[23]
  • Biathlon Award for Female Athlete of the Year – 2007, 2008[23]
  • Goldener Ski of the DSV – 2007, 2008[24]
  • Biathlete of the Year of the Forum Nordicum – 2008[40]

Notes

a. a f Course times are a measure for a biathlete's skiing performance. They indicate the net skiing time (sum of all lap times), excluding time spent at the shooting range, in the penalty loop or time penalties (individual discipline only).[29]
b. b g World Championship results are included in Biathlon World Cup scores; gold medals are recognized as World Cup wins.[29]
c. c Jirina Pelcová was six months younger when she won the Overall World Cup in 1990 still under the UIPMB, not recognized by the IBU.[81]
d. d Germany originally finished second, winners Russia were later disqualified.[47]
e. e Ekaterina Iourieva was later disqualified.[50]

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Preceded by
 Andrea Henkel (GER)
 Women's Biathlon World Cup winner
2008 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by German Sportswoman of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by

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