Jens Steinigen

Jens Steinigen
Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.
Personal information
Full nameJens Steinigen
Born (1966-09-02) 2 September 1966 (age 58)
Dippoldiswalde,
East Germany
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubSC Ruhpolding
World Cup debut23 January 1986
Olympic Games
Teams2 (1992, 1994)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 (1992, 1993, 1994)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96)
Individual victories2
Individual podiums4
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Albertville 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Borovets 4 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Canmore Team event

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.[1]

After his career as biathlete Steinigen became a courtlawyer.[1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

Event Individual Sprint Relay
France 1992 Albertville 29th 6th Gold
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 5th — —

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Team Relay
Russia 1992 Novosibirsk — — 7th —
Bulgaria 1993 Borovets 33rd — — Bronze
Canada 1994 Canmore — — Bronze —
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Individual victories

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
1991–92
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)		 19 December 1991 Austria Hochfilzen 20 km individual Biathlon World Cup
18 January 1992 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jens Steinigen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Jens Steinigen". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.