Laura Dahlmeier

Laura Dahlmeier
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	22 August 1993 (age 28); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Website	http://www.laura-dahlmeier.de/
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Partenkirchen
World Cup debut	2013
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 (2013–2019)
Medals	15 (7 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 (2012/13–2018/19)
Individual races	83
All races	101
Individual victories	22
All victories	33
Individual podiums	50
All podiums	62
Overall titles	1 (2016–17)
Discipline titles	2:; 1 Individual (2016–17); 1 Pursuit (2016–17)
show Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Laura Dahlmeier (German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊ.̯ʁa ˈdaːlˌmaɪ̯ɐ] (listen); 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.

Career[]

Biathlon 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. She became the first woman in biathlon history to win five gold medals at a World Championships.^[5]

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]^[6]

Post-Biathlon Career[]

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

For the 2019-2020 Biathlon World Cup season, she served as an expert commentator for the German broadcaster ZDF.^[7]

Since retiring from competitive biathlon Dahlmeier has competed in mountain running. In June 2019 she won the 39-kilometer Basetrail XL race of the Zugspitz Ultratrail in Grainau, Germany.^[8] In September 2019 she won and set a new women's course record in the 52-kilometer Karwandelmarsch race from Scharnitz to Pertisau in Austria.^[9] In November of that year she placed 27th at the 2019 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in Argentina.^[10]

Biathlon results[]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[11] On 17 May 2019, she announced her retirement from biathlon.^[12]

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
Season	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2012/13	7/26	220	35th	0/3	—	—	3/10	101	32nd	2/8	69	36th	2/5	50	29th
2013/14	17/22	410	15th	2/2	54	12th	6/9	138	23rd	6/8	145	14th	3/3	73	14th
2014/15	17/25	725	8th	2/3	81	8th	7/10	292	8th	5/7	224	4th	3/5	128	12th
2015/16	18/25	786	6th	2/3	80	10th	6/9	213	9th	5/8	265	5th	5/5	228	3rd
2016/17	24/26	1211	1st	3/3	180	1st	8/9	372	2nd	8/9	411	1st	5/5	254	2nd
2017/18	19/22	730	4th	1/2	—	—	7/8	252	4th	6/7	271	3rd	5/5	207	2nd
2018/19	15/25	554	12th	2/3	75	9th	5/9	191	10th	4/8	163	14th	4/5	125	13th

Individual victories[]

22 victories – (4 SP, 11 PU, 3 IN, 4 MS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	2014/15	5 February 2015	Nové Město, Czech Republic	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
2	2014/15	17 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	12.5 km Mass start	World Cup
3	2015/16	12 December 2015	Hochfilzen, Austria	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
4		19 December 2015	Pokljuka, Slovenia	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
5		9 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
6		10 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup
7		6 March 2016	Holmenkollen, Norway	10 km Pursuit	World Championships
8	2016/17	30 November 2016	Östersund, Sweden	15 km Individual	World Cup
9		9 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
10		10 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
11		19 January 2017	Antholz, Italy	15 km Individual	World Cup
12		12 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	10 km Pursuit	World Championships
13		15 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	15 km Individual	World Championships
14		19 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	12.5 km Mass Start	World Championships
15		2 March 2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
16		4 March 2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
17		11 March 2017	Kontiolahti, Finland	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
18	2017/18	16 December 2017	Annecy, France	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
19		20 January 2018	Antholz, Italy	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
20		10 February 2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	7.5 km Sprint	Winter Olympic Games
21		12 February 2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	10 km Pursuit	Winter Olympic Games
22	2018/19	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva, Italy	12.5 km Mass Start	World 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
1	10 March 2013	Sochi	Relay
2	12 December 2013	Pokljuka	Relay
3	8 January 2014	Ruhpolding	Relay
4	25 January 2015	Antholz	Relay
5	13 March 2015	Kontiolahti	Relay
6	11 December 2016	Pokljuka	Relay
7	12 January 2017	Ruhpolding	Relay
8	22 January 2017	Antholz	Relay
9	9 February 2017	Hochfilzen	Mixed Relay	(with Hinz / Peiffer / Schempp)
10	17 February 2017	Hochfilzen	Relay	(with Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand)
11	10 December 2017	Hochfilzen	Relay	(with Hinz / Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt)
12	13 January 2018	Ruhpolding	Relay	(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
Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place	3	4	11	4	12	1	22	13	35
2nd place	–	9	4	5	3	1	18	4	22
3rd place	2	4	3	2	3	–	11	3	14
Podiums	5	17	18	11	18	2	51	20	71
4–10	5	13	13	9	4	1	40	5	45
11–20	3	6	6	4	1	–	19	1	20
21–40	–	7	2	3	–	–	12	–	12
41–60	1	1	1	–	–	–	3	–	3
Others	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
DNS	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1
Starts	15	44	40	27	23	4	126	27	153

* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

References[]

^ "Profile".
^ "Über mich (German)". Laura Dahlmeier (personal homepage). Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Martin Fourcade, Laura Dahlmeier win biathlon gold medals". Espn.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Laura Dahlmeier Retires". International Biathlon Union. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
^ "Germany's Dahlmeier wins record fifth biathlon gold". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ Die Gier weicht der Ruhe, sueddeutsche, 20190517
^ zdf.de. "Als TV-Expertin - Laura Dahlmeier verstärkt ZDF-Team". ZDF. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "SALOMON ZUGSPITZ ULTRATRAIL 2019". Plan B Registration. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "Laura Dahlmeier Siegt beim 11. Karwendelmarsch". Bergsteiger.de. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "WORLD LONG DISTANCE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHALLENGE / CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women individual (41.5 km/+-2184m/84 participants)". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ International Biathlon Union. Laura Dahlmeier. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
^ 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

[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.

[retire-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Laura Dahlmeier Retires". International Biathlon Union. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[5] "Germany's Dahlmeier wins record fifth biathlon gold". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[6] Die Gier weicht der Ruhe, sueddeutsche, 20190517

[7] zdf.de. "Als TV-Expertin - Laura Dahlmeier verstärkt ZDF-Team". ZDF. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[8] "SALOMON ZUGSPITZ ULTRATRAIL 2019". Plan B Registration. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[9] "Laura Dahlmeier Siegt beim 11. Karwendelmarsch". Bergsteiger.de. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[10] "WORLD LONG DISTANCE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHALLENGE / CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women individual (41.5 km/+-2184m/84 participants)". World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[IBUprofile-11] International Biathlon Union. Laura Dahlmeier. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

[12] Karolos Grohmann, Alexander Smith (17 May 2019). "Double Olympic champion Dahlmeier retires at 25". Reuters. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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show v t World champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 5 km	1984: (Venera Chernyshova, , 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: (, Svetlana Davidova, Elena Golovina) 1990: (, 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)

show v t World champions in biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km mixed relay
4 × 7.5 km	2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2006: (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Sergei Tchepikov, Irina Malgina, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km	2007: (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman) 2008: (Sabrina Buchholz, Magdalena Neuner, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis) 2009: (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 2010: (Simone Hauswald, Magdalena Neuner, Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer) 2011: (Tora Berger, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø) 2012: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2013: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2015: (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Michal Šlesingr, Ondřej Moravec) 2016: (Anaïs Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 2019: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
4 × 6 km	2020: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø)