Megan Heinicke

Megan Elizabeth Heinicke (* as Megan Tandy on September 10, 1988 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian biathlete.

Megan Heinicke lives in Prince George, British Columbia and launched first for the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, and later for BC High Performance biathlon. The professional athlete operates biathlon since 2001 and enters into international youth races since 2006. First, it was of Geret Coyne, then coached by Fiona Coy, now of Ilmar Heinicke. In Presque Isle, they started their first of three Junior World Championships. In some it was there Eighth. The following year she finished second in Martell # 13 in singles and sixth in the relay. In 2008 she was also in Ruhpolding 13 in singles, 14 in the sprint and eighth in the pursuit. Since 2006, she went to in the Junior European Cup and reached especially towards the end of the season 2007/ 08 with several single-digit ranks good results. In the summer of Heinicke started in the junior competitions of the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2008, where he was fourth in the sprint and bronze medalist in the pursuit behind Anaïs Bescond and Marine Bolliet. A year later, she won the title in Oberhof sprint and pursuit.

Your debut at senior level were Heinicke at the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Östersund, where it was used in four races. With the mixed relay, she was on the side of Megan Imrie, Robin Clegg and Jean -Philippe Leguellec 15, in the relay competition of women with Imrie, Zina Kocher and Sandra Keith 19 In individual could be 70th, 77th in the sprint in Pokljuka Heinicke won in 2009 as 35th in a single first World Cup points. In the subsequent sprint she ran up to # 21 Megan Heinicke took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Her best result was the 36th place in the pursuit. With the season she was ranked 15th At the Canadian Championships in 2010 Heinicke won the title in the sprint and pursuit. In Kontiolahti Heinicke improved in the 2013/2014 season, their best finish in a sprint to the 15th place.

In order to raise money for their sports and especially for the financing of a better preparation for the 2010 Winter Games in domestic Canada, Heinicke took on Bold Beautiful Biathlon calendar part project. In 2010 she married her German coach Ilmar Heinicke.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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