Erik Lesser

Erik Lesser (born 17 May 1988 in Suhl ) is a German biathlete. His biggest success is winning the silver medal in the 20 km individual competition at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.

Erik Lesser, grandson of Skilangläufers Axel Lesser, lives in Zella-Mehlis and trained mainly in Oberhof. His coach is Mark Kirchner, before Peter Sendel. Lesser began at the age of six years with the cross-country skiing and in 1999 at the age of eleven years to biathlon. The graduate of the Sports Gymnasium Oberhof will start for the SV Eintracht Frankenhain. The sport soldier played his first international race in 2006 as part of the Junior European Cup in Obertilliach. Already in his second race, a persecutor, he ran as a sixth -placed among the top ten. A year later he was at the same place in a single second, thus reaching the podium for the first time. Two more podiums followed until 2008, could win no Lesser Junior European Cup races.

In 2008 he started in Ruhpolding in his first World Youth Championship, where he was seventh in singles, 16th in the sprint and eighth in the pursuit. A year later he won the bronze medal in Canmore in the individual competition, finished in eleventh place in the sprint and pursuit and won as first runner together with Simon Schempp, Benedict Doll and Florian Graf Season gold. After the World Cup Lesser was allowed to begin 2008/2009 of the seniors for the first time in the IBU Cup, where she won the season finale at first his first three races in Ridnaun. In the summer he won at the Junior World Cup in Oberhof summer on roller skis the title in the sprint and pursuit. In the Biathlon European Championships 2010 in Otepaeae Lesser won with Simon Schempp, Daniel Böhm and Christoph Knie gold in the men's relay and silver in the pursuit. Even in the sprint he reached sixth place in the individual with fourth place good results.

In his World Cup debut in Kontiolahti on 12 March 2010 Lesser took second place in the German Mixed Relay with Kati Wilhelm, Magdalena Neuner and Simon Schempp. His debut in a single race, he finished as the 44th in the sprint, which he qualified for the pursuit, which ended on the 51st Lesser Rank. At Holmenkollen in Oslo, he won in the 2010/11 season as a 40 his first World Cup points and improved his best performance in the pursuit race on the 24th Place. In the IBU Cup, he won three races in the season. In the Biathlon European Championships 2012 in Osrblie Lesser than cage motor with Daniel Böhm, Matthias Bischl and Johannes Kühn again won the title in the relay race and the title in singles and bronze in pursuit race. In the sprint, he was also eleventh in the pursuit race seventh. A little later he came again in Kontiolahti to World Cup inserts and ran in the sprint to rank 23 and the following tracker on place 22 and thus won his first points in the Biathlon World Cup. At the first race of the Biathlon World Cup 2012/2013 Ostersund Lesser stood for the first time on the World Cup podium. He finished the race thanks to a clean shooting in a single third place.

At the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi won Erik Lesser silver medals in the individual competition and the German squadron. On the final day he could take part in the 50 -km cross-country skiing, and came here the 42nd place among 64 starters.

IBU Cup victory

Statistics

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