Laura Dahlmeier
Laura Dahl Meier ( born August 22, 1993, Garmisch -Partenkirchen ) is a German biathlete.
Sporting career
Laura Dahl Meier tried for the first time as a seven year old in the sport of biathlon and initially denied competitions in alpine skiing before she decided after two years for biathlon. At the age of 17, she scored several successes in the season 2010 /2011. They drew attention to himself in the Germany Cup with two first and two second places. In her first Junior World Championships, she also won by their third places in pursuit and relay two medals. When shortly afterwards in Liberec discharged European Youth Olympic Festival, it achieved a perfect score with wins in all three races (sprint, individual and mixed relay ).
The following year, Dahl Meier was unable to match their previous successes and missed the top ten results in the individual competitions at the Junior World Championships in the Finnish Kontiolahti. In the relay, they finished sixth with Franziska Preuss and Juliet Bartolmäs. On the other hand, it confirmed in Germany Cup with four first places its successes of the previous year. Together with two other third places she decided the overall ranking of the Germany Cup in their age class by itself. In March 2012, she won at the German Youth and Junior Championships in Oberhof each first place in the sprint and the individual. The victory in the relay with Franziska Preuss and Iris Grandl it secured its third youth championship.
Due to its good performance in the Germany Cup Dahl Meier was the beginning of January 2013 nominated by the German Ski Association for the Junior World Championships in Obertilliach. At the start they took first place in the sprint. After she ran again in the subsequent chase with second place on the podium, it secured another title at the Individual, and in the relay. With a total of three gold and one silver medal, she was successful participant in the Junior Women. Due to the strong performance of the German Ski Association nominated it for the one week later held World Championships in Nove Mesto. There she was installed in place of Nadine Horchler for the women's relay, reaching together with Franziska Hildebrand, Miriam Gössner and Andrea Henkel fifth. At her debut in the World Cup and at the same time at a World Cup, she completed her round with clean shooting, and with the third-best running time and presented in the lead on the final leg Henkel.
In the following Biathlon World Cup 2012/2013 in Oslo, she contested her first individual race, finishing in seventh place in the sprint. In the subsequent pursuit race, she was ten. Thanks to these results, it could qualify for the mass start, where they landed on the 27th place. In the sprint of Sochi could repeat their good result from Oslo and reached behind her teammate Evi Sachenbacher floor to seventh place. A day later, she was able to secure in its second season using the anchor leg of the German relay to Andrea Henkel, Evi Sachenbacher floor and Miriam Gössner by two error-free shootings and an outstanding final round the first victory in the Biathlon World Cup on March 10.
On 15 December 2013, it reached number five in the pursuit of Annecy- Le Grand -Bornand their best ever World Cup result in a single race. On 28 December 2013, it won, along with Florian Graf, the World Team Challenge at the Veltins - Arena in Gelsenkirchen.
In February 2014, it took part in the biathlon competitions XXII. Olympic Winter Games in Sochi part.
Private life
Dahl Meier lives in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. She is the daughter of Andreas Dahl Meier and his wife Susi (born Buchwieser ). The parents were the beginning of the 1990s, successful mountain bike rider and won several national and international titles. On 1 August 2011 Dahl Meier was included in the Customs - Ski - Team and is certified as a simple service as a duty sergeant from.
Awards
In 2013 she was awarded the Winter Star by Bavarian television in the category perspective and the Bavarian sports award as Outstanding young athlete. In October of the same year Dahl Meier has been chosen for their success at the Junior World Championships and the World Cup for Junior Sportswoman of the Year 2013. On the edge of the World Cup in Hochfilzen, she was awarded on December 7, 2013 the IBU as the best Nachwuchsbiathletin last season.
Statistics
World Cup wins
Biathlon World Cup
As of March 23, 2014
→ Supplementary information: Scoring / string results in Biathlon World Cup