Franziska Preuß Explained

Franziska Preuß
Nationality:German
Birth Date:11 March 1994
Birth Place:Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Height:1.73 m[1]
Weight:60 kg
Disciplines:Biathlon
Club:SC Haag
Wcdebut:2013
Olympicteams:3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:1
Olympicgolds:0
Worldsteams:6 (20152016, 20192021, 2024)
Worldsmedals:7
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:11 (2013/14–)
Wcwins:1
Wcrelayswins:10
Wcpodiums:14
Wcrelayspodiums:48
Wcoveralls:0
Wctitles:1:
1 Mass start (2014–15)
Updated:7 February 2024

Franziska Preuß (also spelled Preuss, born 11 March 1994) is a German biathlete.[2] She debuted in the World Cup races in the 2013–14. Preuß represented Germany at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.[3] Her greatest achievements are winning a gold medal with the German relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2015, winning a discipline title in Mass start in the 2014–15 and 3rd place in the overall classification in the 2020–21 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 bronze)

Year Age IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
align=left 2014 Sochi20DNF40th39th10th
align=left 2018 Pyeongchang244th12th8th
align=left 2022 Beijing2825th30th15th8thBronze

World Championships

7 medals (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)

Year IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
align=left 2015 Kontiolahti14th13thSilverGold6throwspan="2"
align=left 2016 Oslo14th6th8thBronzeSilver
align=left 2019 Östersund38th16th27th19th
align=left 2020 Antholz5th8th7th8thSilver4thSilver
align=left 2021 Pokljuka7th8th5th6thSilver7th7th
2024 Nové Město15th6th6th11th5th

World Cup

SeasonOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
RacesPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2013–1418/22 382 18th 25 26th 140 21st 150 13th 67 16th
2014–1522/25 658 9th 47 19th 196 13th 197 8th 218 1st
2015–1617/25 533 12th 22 40th 203 11th 213 9th 95 18th
2016–178/26 231 35th 43 24th 58 45th 92 34th 38 33rd
2017–1817/22 306 22nd 20 38th 99 25th 113 21st 74 25th
2018–1922/25 572 9th 58 16th 180 12th 182 9th 152 7th
2019–2017/21 573 6th 109 5th 215 6th 133 10th 116 17th
2020–2126/26 840 3rd 59 13th 267 7th 240 3rd 183 2nd
2021–2213/22 357 21st 18 40th 137 25th 108 22nd 94 13th
2022–237/20 115 42nd 36 52nd 53 34th 26 35th
2023–243/21 200 1st 75 2nd 50 4th 75 2nd

Shooting statistics

SeasonOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelay
2013–1480.2 (299/373)80.0 (32/40)76.3 (61/80)82.9 (116/140)85.0 (51/60)73.6(39/53)
2014–1585.2 (381/447)90.0 (36/40)78.9 (71/90)87.5 (105/120)90.0 (90/100)81.4 (79/97)
2015–1689.9 (295/328)85.0 (17/20)87.1 (25/30)94.2 (113/120)90.0 (54/60)86.2 (50/58)
2016–1787.8 (144/164)85.0 (17/20)83.3 (25/30)90.0 (54/60)90.0 (18/20)88.2 (30/38)
2017–1886.8 (330/380)91.7 (55/60)81.4 (57/70)85.8 (103/120)93.3 (56/60)84.3 (59/70)
2018–1983.3 (353/424)86.7 (52/60)83.8 (67/80)84.3 (118/140)85.0 (68/80)75.0 (48/64)
2019–2087.4 (348/398)91.7 (55/60)85.7 (60/70)87.5 (70/80)90.0 (54/60)85.2 (109/128)
2020–2185.8 (452/527)85.0 (51/60)87.0 (87/100)86.9 (139/160)86.0 (86/100)83.2 (89/107)
2021–2286.4 (292/338)80.0 (32/40)76.8 (55/70)92.0 (92/100)88.3 (53/60)88.2 (60/68)
2022–2385.8 (103/120)86.7 (26/30)83.3 (50/60)85.0 (17/20)99.9 (10/10)
2023–2493.4 (57/61)99.9 (20/20)80.0 (8/10)95.0 (19/20)90.9 (10/11)
Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.[5]

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlacement
1  2014–15  18 January 2015 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass start World Cupalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
2 15 March 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland 12.5 km Mass start align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
3 21 March 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 10 km Pursuit align=center bgcolor="CC9966"3rd
4  2018–19  20 January 2019 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start align=center bgcolor="gold"1st
5 21 March 2019 Holmenkollen, Norway 7.5 km Sprint align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
6  2019–20  8 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic 12.5 km Mass Start align=center bgcolor="CC9966"3rd
7 13 March 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland 7.5 km Sprint align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
8  2020–21  11 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km Sprint align=center bgcolor="CC9966"3rd
9 17 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 12.5 km Mass start align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
10 13 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit align=center bgcolor="CC9966"3rd
11 21 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden 12.5 km Mass start align=center bgcolor="CC9966"3rd
12  2021–22  20 March 2022 Holmenkollen, Norway 12.5 km Mass start align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
13  2023–24  26 November 2023 Östersund, Sweden 15 km Individual align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
14 3 December 2023 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd
15 5 January 2024 Oberhof, Germany7.5 km Sprint align=center bgcolor="silver"2nd

Relay podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationLevelPlacementTeammate
17 December 2013 Biathlon World Cupalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
212 December 2013 Annecyalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
38 January 2014 Ruhpoldingalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Sachenbacher-Stehle / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
430 November 2014align=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
513 December 2014 Hochfilzenalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Kummer / Hildebrand / Hinz
614 January 2015 Ruhpoldingalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier
725 January 2015 Antholzalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Kummer / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
813 March 2015 KontiolahtiWorld Championshipsalign=center bgcolor="gold"Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier
92015–1613 December 2015 HochfilzenBiathlon World Cupalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Hildebrand/ Hinz / Hammerschmidt
107 February 2016 Canmorealign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
1113 February 2016 Presque Islealign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Kummer / Neureuther / Horchler
123 March 2016 OsloWorld Championshipsalign=center bgcolor="silver"Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp
1311 March 2016 Osloalign=center bgcolor="#cc9966"Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
142016–1727 November 2016 ÖstersundBiathlon World Cupalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Lesser
1512 January 2017 Ruhpoldingalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
162017–1826 November 2017 Östersundalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Hammerschmidt / Doll / Peiffer
177 January 2018 Oberhofalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Hinz / Herrmann / Hammerschmidt
1813 January 2018 Ruhpoldingalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Herrmann / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
1917 March 2018 Holmenkollenalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Hammerschmidt / Herrmann/ Dahlmeier
202018–1913 January 2019 Oberhofalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Horchler / Hildebrand / Herrmann
2119 January 2019 Ruhpoldingalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rd Hinz / Dahlmeier / Herrmann
222019–2030 November 2019 Östersundalign=center bgcolor="silver"2ndLesser
2320 February 2020 AntholzWorld Championshipsalign=center bgcolor="silver"Lesser
2422 February 2020 Antholzalign=center bgcolor="silver"Horchler / Hinz / Herrmann
257 March 2020 Nové MěstoBiathlon World Cupalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rdHorchler / Hinz / Herrmann
262020–215 December 2020 Kontiolahtialign=center bgcolor="#cc9966"3rd Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Herrmann
2716 January 2021 Oberhofalign=center bgcolor="gold"1st Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann
2824 January 2021 Antholzalign=center bgcolor="silver"2nd Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann
2920 February 2021 PokljukaWorld Championshipsalign=center bgcolor="silver"Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann
302021–2216 February 2022 BeijingWinter Olympic Gamesalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"BronzeVoigt / Hinz / Herrmann
3113 March 2022 OtepääBiathlon World Cupalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rdLesser
322023–2429 November 2023 Östersundalign=center bgcolor="#CC9966"3rdHettich-Walz / Grotian / Voigt

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBU profile.
  2. Web site: IBU Datacenter – Franziska Preuß. IBU. 30 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Olympiamannschaft mit 151 Athleten nach Sotschi (German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 28 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140126041446/http://www.dosb.de/de/olympia/olympische-spiele/winterspiele/sotschi-2014/news/detail/news/olympiamannschaft_mit_151_athleten_nach_sotschi-1/. 26 January 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Franziska Preuß - World Cup results. www.realbiathlon.com.
  5. Web site: PREUSS Franziska personal data, photos. biathlon.com.ua. 5 February 2019.