Alexander Wolf

Alexander Wolf ( born December 21, 1978 in Schmalkalden ) is a former German biathlete.

Career

Alexander Wolf began as a 7 -year-old in January 1986 with the biathlon. He trained at WSV Oberhof 05 and immediately earned his first official competition in Trusetal. From 1991, he attended the Skigymnasium Oberhof, where he graduated from high school in 1997. He then began his training at the Federal. In 1997 and 1998 he took part in Forni Avoltri Valcartier at the Junior World Championships. There he won with the seasons each gold medal or the silver medal in the team competition. Even as a junior he won the 1997 in Forni Avoltri with the relay gold medal at the European Junior Championships.

In the season 1998/99 he played his first World Cup race in Hochfilzen. In his first year in the World Cup his best result was a 10th place in the sprint in Osrblie. In February 1999, he won the European Championships in the Russian Izhevsk two gold medals in the sprint and the relay. A year later he was after good results in the World Cup for the first time at a World Cup at the start. He finished the single race over 20 km by 8 square. In the 2000 /01 season, he did not manage to qualify for the World Cup. He could by good results in the World Cup qualify for the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City / USA in 2002. In the 2002/03 season, he was in Lahti win his first victory in the World Cup. In the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009 he took part in each case at the World Championships. In the 2005/06 season he scored another World Cup victory and some podiums, in the meantime, the leadership earned him the overall World Cup. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin / ITA he was in three races at the start. His best finish there was the 8th place in the mass start. With good results and podium places was the 2007/08 season his most successful, mainly due to the Biathlon World Championships 2008. In Östersund he took in the pursuit and bronze in the relay, respectively. Also at the Winter Games in Vancouver took part wolf and occupied the 24th place in the individual. His last podium finish so far in the World Cup, he reached in Oslo in March 2011.

As Wolf has a violation of Fußwurzelknochens drawn to the summer of 2011, he had to undergo a surgical procedure. This caused several months of training failure, so he did not start in the World Cup in the 2011/12 season. In the following season, Wolf did not recover completely from the effects of his injury and was unable to fight back into the team. In March 2013, then finished his career.

Since his graduation in 2002, he was employed as a police officer at the Federal. Since 2008 he has Polizeihauptmeister. His father Karl -Heinz Wolf 's official international Biathlon Association and as such often as the official representative in the Biathlon World Cup ( shooting range manager) present.

Sporting successes

Olympic games

• 2002: 34th place (Single)
• 2006: 14th (sprint ), 19 ( persecution ), 8 ( mass start )
• 2010: 24th Place (Single)

World Championships

• 2008: 2 bronze ( persecution, Relay )

European Championships

World Cup

• Three wins
• Five second places
• Five third places
• 12th place overall 2005/2006
• 14th place overall 2007/2008
• 19th place overall 2008/2009

Junior World Championships

European Junior Championships

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).

Others

Alexander Wolf advised the writer Ina May, the The 6th trip a detective novel written under the title, the plot is set in the milieu of the peak biathlon.