Arnd Peiffer

Arnd Peiffer ( born March 18, 1987 in Wolfenbüttel ) is a German biathlete.

Career

Arnd Peiffer comes from Clausthal- Zellerfeld and starts for the local winter sports club (WSV ). The first international appearance had Peiffer in December 2007, when he finished fifteenth place at the European Juniors in singles and could retract his first victory ever in the subsequent sprint. In Langsdorf - Arbersee him another sprint win was in January 2008. The highlight of the season was for him the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding, where he won two bronze medals in the sprint behind Anton Schipulin and Florian Graf and with the relay in the occupation of Simon Schempp Manuel Müller, Peiffer and Florian Graf. At the end of the season, he received the first missions in the European Cup and was located in Cesana (San Sicario ) finished ninth in the sprint and seventh in the pursuit of securing equal top ten results.

In the 2008/2009 season Peiffer was classified in the national team B-team in the course group Ib and used in the IBU Cup. Already at the first station in Idre he managed a fourth place in the sprint and was able to celebrate in Obertilliach at the second event in the IBU Cup Sprint also his first podium in third. The same result in Martell and a fourth place in the subsequent prosecution secured him the interim lead in the overall standings of the IBU Cups before Daniel Böhm. On 8 January 2009, he debuted as a member of the German 4 x 7.5 km relay in Oberhof World Cup. As the penultimate runner, he took over from Michael Roesch lying in third place and was able to take a strong mileage and two error-free shootings the lead. Toni Lang as the final runners could accelerate the pace of Austrians and Russians do not quite go along and led the Season by Michael Greis ' penalty in the first section in third place and Peiffer so at his first World Cup competition on the podium. This third course was later corrected to second place after the Russian squadron was disqualified for doping offenses Jaroschenkos. Two days later, on his first sortie in the sprint race, he finished eighth and thus met the qualifying standard for the World Championships. In its first use in Pyeongchang Peiffer with Andrea Henkel, Simone Hauswald and final runner Michael Greis reached the bronze medal with the mixed relay. He was of all men the second fastest lap after Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Even in his second start in South Korea, he won a bronze medal with Rösch, Christoph Stephan and old man in the men's relay. Peiffer required only a Nachladepatrone and was also the fastest runner on the third round. At the last World Cup stage of the season in Khanty-Mansiysk Peiffer his first win was in the sprint in a World Cup race. With the second-best mileage and clean shooting, he sat down by superior against the world elite.

Peiffer was from beginning of the season the Biathlon World Cup 2009/2010 concerning the definitions starters nominated for the German team in the World Cup. He performed alongside Michael Greis was the first nomination criteria for the qualification for the Olympic Winter Games and managed placements constant in the points and celebrated in Antholz Sprint his second World Cup victory. In the overall standings of the World Cup, he finished ninth in the final. In the last race of the season 2009/2010 he won in Khanty-Mansiysk, together with Magdalena Neuner, Simone Hauswald, Simon Schempp and the world title in the mixed relay.

Arnd Peiffer took part in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. In addition to fifth place with the German relay Rank 17 was his best result in the mass start. In the next World Cup season 2010/2011 Peiffer among the most consistent German starters. He ran in every race in the points, it rose a second place in the sprint in Oberhof and his third World Cup individual victory Presque Isle also out in the sprint. His good form he confirmed to kick off the World Cup 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk. In the German mixed relay in which with handle, Neuner, Peiffer old man and the strongest biathletes of the current season were summoned, he took more than twenty seconds ahead of Magdalena Neuner and defended this guide against the Second Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Although the final runner Michael Greis lost the top position, but Peiffer won his third World Championship silver medal in the mixed relay. Two days later was Peiffer world champion in the sprint. With the second-best mileage and only one penalty he held Martin Fourcade at bay and secured his first world title in an individual event. In the pursuit he missed a medal in fourth just barely. A few days later Peiffer occupied in the fifteenth single rank, thus achieving his best result so far on the long single line in the World Cup. With a fifth place in the season ending race at Holmenkollen Peiffer be secured fourth place in the overall standings of the World Cup 2010/2011. He established himself as one of the strongest runners in the world class and was best German winter.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi Peiffer won the silver medal with the German relay. On the final day he could take part in the 50 -km cross-country skiing, and came here the 40th place among 64 starters.

Arnd Peiffer joined the school in 2006 (Robert - Koch-Schule, Clausthal -Zellerfeld ) with the Abitur and attended from August 2007, the Federal Police Sports Sciences Bad Endorf. With the beginning of the winter semester 2008/2009 Peiffer began studying Industrial Engineering at the Technical University of Clausthal, but is still at the federal police.

Statistics

World Cup wins

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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

Awards

  • 2011: Lower Saxony sports medal

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