Jens Steinigen
Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
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| Full name | Jens Steinigen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 September 1966 Dippoldiswalde, East Germany |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Ruhpolding | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 23 January 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 (1992, 1994) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 (1992, 1993, 1994) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jens Steinigen (born 2 September 1966) is a former East German and German biathlete.
He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won with the German relay team together with Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner and Fritz Fischer at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville the gold medal. The following year he did again win a medal with the German relay team this time a bronze medal at the World Championships.
After his career as biathlete Steinigen became a courtlawyer.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
1 medal (1 gold)
2 medals (2 bronze)
2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)
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