Franziska Preuß

Franziska Preuss (born 11 March 1994 in Wasserburg am Inn ) is a German biathlete.

Sporting career

First Preuss was active in athletics, but got in March 2009 by her parents a voucher for the " Biathlon Experience " in Fritz Fischer's Biathlon Training Camp presented. As a result, she took on the advice of some fisherman in the Whitsun holidays on base training in Ruhpolding.

In her second biathlon season 2010/11 it secured at the German championships (classification J17 ) the title in the sprint and beyond second-place finishes in both the individual as well as the relay. In addition, she also won the overall title of the Germany Cup 2011 ( J17 ). Based on these achievements, she qualified for the C / D squad of the German Ski Association and was nominated by the DSV for in February 2011 in Liberec discharged European Youth Olympic Festival. There she missed a podium finish. Your biggest successes come Preuss almost a year later in January 2012, when she won a silver medal at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games three gold and and became the most successful athlete of the competitions. For about a month following the Junior World Championships in the Finnish Kontiolahti she ran in single and on the tenth in the relay to sixth place. In the sprint, it reached number 36 and in the pursuit of rank 29

In September 2012, it secured at the German Junior Championships in Oberhof first place in the mass start and second place in the special cross-country skiing. With good performances in Germany Cup beginning in January 2013, she qualified for the Junior World Championships in Obertilliach. At the start they finished the victory of her teammate Laura Dahl Meier finished fifth in the sprint and won in the subsequent prosecution and in single race bronze medals. With the season she became the first and so won her third medal overall.

Your first start on the women she denied in February 2013 at the European Championships in Bansko. After a moderate individual competition she finished fifth in the sprint. In the subsequent pursuit race could be improved to second place and was behind the Polish woman Monika Hojnisz Vice European Champion. The biggest success of the EM was the Relay competition, in which she was European Champion with Nicole Wötzel, Vanessa Hinz and Karolin Horchler against the Czech Republic. At the German Championships in Ruhpolding Langsdorf and she took in September 2013 in each case the title in the pursuit, in the individual and in the mass start.

At the start of the 2013/14 season Preuss was appointed to the World Cup squad. In her first race, a single in Östersund, she placed 44th. In Annecy- Le Grand Bornand she managed a 6th place in the sprint. On January 12, 2014, it succeeded in Ruhpolding in pursuit with an error and a very good mileage the 4th Place and thus, her best career result.

In February 2014, it took part in the biathlon competitions XXII. Olympic Winter Games in Sochi part.

Private life

Preuss lives in Albaching. She attended the State Technical School ( FOS) in their birthplace Wasserburg am Inn and put 2012, the University student from. On 1 August 2012, she was included in the Customs - Ski - Team and began training in the simple service as a duty sergeant contender.

Awards

In 2012 she was named female athlete of the month of January of the German Olympic Sports Confederation as well as Winter Star in category perspective of the Bavarian television.

Statistics

World Cup wins

Biathlon World Cup

As of March 23, 2014

→ Supplementary information: Scoring / string results in Biathlon World Cup

Olympic Winter Games

Winter Youth Olympic Games

Results at Winter Youth Olympic Games

European Championships

Results in Biathlon European Championships

Junior World Championships

Results in Biathlon Junior World Championships

German Championships

Results in German Biathlon Championships