Markus Windisch

Markus Windisch
	Windisch in Antholz-Anterselva in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	Markus Windisch
Born	12 May 1984 (age 40); Bruneck, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	C.S. Esercito
World Cup debut	5 December 2004
Retired	8 July 2014
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	10 (2004/05–2013/14)
Individual victories	0
All victories	1
Individual podiums	0
All podiums	2
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Italy
Summer World Championships

Markus Windisch (born 12 May 1984) is a former Italian biathlete.

Career

Windisch had three top-10 finishes in World Cup races, with his best World Cup overall finish was 26th in the 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup.^[1] He represented Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.^[2] His brother Dominik Windisch is also a biathlete.

He retired from the sport after the 2013–14 season.^[3]

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

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver	31st	44th	53rd	—	12th	—
2014 Sochi	71st	81st	—	—	5th	—

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2006 Pokljuka	—	—	—	—	—	DNS
2007 Antholz-Anterselva	57th	47th	DNF	—	4th	—
2008 Östersund	—	51st	55th	—	11th	—
2009 Pyeongchang	12th	19th	23rd	16th	7th	7th
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	83rd	18th	13th	28th	5th	—
2012 Ruhpolding	22nd	8th	30th	20th	4th	9th

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2002 Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	11th	5th	8th	7th
2003 Kościelisko	14th	11th	4th	10th
2004 Haute Maurienne	30th	19th	29th	8th
2005 Kontiolahti	19th	44th	24th	—

2007: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, mass start
2008: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, mass start
2009:
- 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint
- 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
2010:
- 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint
- 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
2011: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint

^ ^a ^b "Markus Windisch". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
^ "Markus Windisch Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ Paone, Francesco (8 July 2014). "Markus Windisch Announces Retirement". Snowalps. Neve Italia. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

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