Jens Steinigen
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Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
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| Full name | Jens Steinigen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1966 Dippoldiswalde, East Germany |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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]
Contents
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 gold)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
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 1992 Albertville |
29th | 6th | Gold |
 1994 Lillehammer |
5th | — | — |
World Championships
2 medals (2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Team | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1992 Novosibirsk |
N/A | N/A | 7th | N/A |
 1993 Borovets |
33rd | — | — | Bronze |
 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 |
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| 1991–92 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) |
19 December 1991 |  Hochfilzen |
20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| 18 January 1992 |  Ruhpolding |
10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
- *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
References
External links
- Jens Steinigen at the International Biathlon Union
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Male biathletes
- German biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes of Germany
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- German lawyers
