Kerstin Mohring

Kerstin Moring ( born September 26, 1963 in Hasselfelde ) is a former German cross country skier and biathlete.

Kerstin Moring is the daughter of former Skilangläufers Werner Moring, she has three older sisters. Moring married in the 1990s, the Luge Olympic champion Jochen Pietzsch. Like her father and her husband, she started first for the ASK forward Oberhof, after the turn of the resulting from it WSV Oberhof 05 The 1.77 m wide Moring was first cross-country skier. Their successes they achieve at the national level. In 1980, she won her first medal as third place in the relay of the ASK forward Oberhof. 1981 followed with the title of the season, 1982, the runner-up title. In 1983, she reached beside the silver medal in the relay for the first time successes in individual races, so with rank three over 5 kilometers, winning the title over 10 kilometers. In 1984, a renewed title win in the relay, 1986, the new runner-up title. Very successful was also the year 1987, when Moring won the title over 5 and 10 km, was the third season. In 1989 she won the title again in the relay. Only 1985 and 1988 won Moring at GDR championships in the 1980s, no medal. 1988 fell from the championships, but she took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. There, she won the race over five kilometers to 19th place, 25 was about 10 km, about 20 km and seventh with Simone Opitz, Silke Brother- Brown and Simone Greiner - Petter - Memm fifth in the relay race.

In 1988, Moring first DDR - country skier for biathlon. Here she was able to quickly achieve initial success. At the first World Cup race on February 3, 1990, in which the women could compete together with the men, she was one of the starters. She participated in the Biathlon World Championships 1991 in Lahti part where it behind the team of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the former Soviet Union, and Norway in a relay race won the bronze medal with Uschi Disl and Misersky. With Disl, Martina Stede and Petra Schaaf they just missed out on a second medal in the team competition in fourth place when. Also in the sprint, she came in sixth place in the medal close. Thereafter, however, attracted younger athletes and others to biathlon impersonated by the cross-country runners past her. In 1994, she ended her career after injuries and due to lack of motivation.

After her career Kerstin Moring settled with her husband in Suhl, where she worked as a social worker.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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