Franziska Hildebrand
Franziska Hildebrand ( born March 24, 1987 in Halle ( Saale) ) is a German biathlete.
Career
Franziska Hildebrand lived for many years in Köthen (Anhalt) and has long been trained by her father Wolfgang Hildebrand. For several years she lived in Ruhpolding where she is trained in the nearby Chiemgau - Arena by Ricco Groß. As Sommerbiathletin she started for the Privileged Archers to Cöthen of 1443, in the winter for the WSV Clausthal- Zellerfeld. Since 2007, she studied International Management at the University of Ansbach. Hildebrand is promoted as a sports soldier of the Bundeswehr. It is located in the rank staff sergeant in the sports promotion group Berchtesgaden. ( October 2013 ) Her twin sister Stefanie Hildebrand was up to the 2012/13 season also biathlete.
As Sommerbiathletin Hildebrand first participated in 2002 in Jablonec in the relay race in the Junior World Championships and was with her seventh. The following year she missed in Forni Avoltri with the season in fourth place when the first medal. In the sprint she ran at number 22, in pursuit, she was 14 and Eighth of the mass start. In its third Junior World Championship 2004 in Osrblie they finished sixth in the relay, fourth in the sprint race, Ninth pursuit and 13th in the mass start race. In the same year she took part in the European Junior Championships in Clausthal- Zellerfeld and could win the title here. In pursuit race, she won the silver medal. First major event for the women were the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Nové Město. In the sprint she reached the eighth grade, in the mass start was Eleventh and together with Robert Janikulla, Wolfgang Kinzner and her sister Fifth in the mixed relay competition.
In winter Hildebrand made her international debut at the beginning of the Junior European Cup season 2005/06. Best results were a victory in the sprint of Altenberg in 2006 and winning the Single Page Obertilliach in 2007. 2006 commenced in Presque Isle at their first Junior World Championships. In individual she was disqualified after the race, the sprint Hildebrand was in tenth place and improved in the pursuit race in seventh place. A year later, a sixth rank best result in a single race in Martell. In the sprint she ran at number 22, in the pursuit they improved again, this time by eight ranks 14th place in the relay competition, she won with Juliane Doell and Carolin Hennecke the title. This title repeated Hildebrand at the Junior World Championships 2008 in Ruhpolding on the side of Susann King and Miriam Gössner. In the individual race, they did not reach a top ten result, and was ranked eleven in singles, 19 in the sprint and 17 in the pursuit. 2008 Hildebrand made his debut in the Biathlon European Cup. In Cesana San Sicario, she won the sprint as the 25th and 14th of the first points Single Page immediately. Your first medal won in the adult area, Franziska Hildebrand at the Biathlon World Championships 2010 in Otepaeae, as it ranked 3 in singles. One day, she won with her sister Stefanie, Juliane Doell and Kathrin superheater in the relay gold. In the season 2010/2011 she was the overall winner in the IBU Cup and was also in the single - rating and tracking forward.
Due to the overall victory in the IBU Cup 2010/2011 and the good results in the German Championship in the fall of 2011, Franziska Hildebrand got the opportunity to recommend for the World Cup team along with Nadine Horchler and Carolin Hennecke. Franziska Hildebrand was used for the first time in Östersund, Sweden and took a sensational sixth place in the individual, which was followed by many more good rankings in the points. Based on your performance, she was nominated for the relay in Hochfilzen, however, reached only the sixth. With placements predominantly in the points and another top 10 result, they secured a solid starting place in the team for the rest of the season, which they finished with a 15th place in the individual competition and a 23rd place in the World Cup. Basis for their good results is mainly their shooting performance that consistently, with an average 88 % hit rate at a high level.
Although the resignation of Magdalena Neuner a starting place in the German team was free, Franziska Hildebrand had to go to the beginning of the new season 2012/2013 again for their efforts in the World Cup recommended. After a shaky start to the season your place in the team for the second World Cup in Hochfilzen week was awarded to Carolin Hennecke and Juliane Doell. In Pokljuka it was used by the coaches again and with a good 13th place in the sprint she reached the qualification requirements of the DSV for participation in the World Championships. The persecution they could not finish because of a Skibruchs and thus also missed qualifying for the mass start in Pokljuka. Before the home crowd in Oberhof she could with the German relay with Tina Bachmann, Miriam Gössner and Nadine Horchler celebrating their first podium in the World Cup with a third place. In Antholz, she won jointly with Gössner Horchler and Andrea Henkel the relay competition in the World Cup.
The Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě began for Hildebrand with a good placement as 13 of Sprint race, which she was second best German. In pursuit race, she lost four ranks, but was again second best German biathlete. The single race she finished with five penalties, rank 51 in the relay race they reached together with Miriam Gössner, Laura Dahl Meier and Andrea Henkel fifth. As part of the World Cup Hildebrand was of the IBU as Rookie of the Year ( German: Newcomer of the Year ) award for the preseason.
World Cup wins
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).