Markus Windisch

Markus Windisch

Windisch in Antholz-Anterselva in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Markus Windisch
Born (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984
Bruneck, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club C.S. Esercito
World Cup debut 5 December 2004
Retired 8 July 2014
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 10 (2004/05–2013/14)
Individual victories 0
All victories 1
Individual podiums 0
All podiums 2

Markus Windisch (born 12 May 1984) is a former Italian biathlete.

Career

Windisch had three top-10 finishes in World Cup races, with his best World Cup overall finish was 26th in the 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup.[1] He represented Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] His brother Dominik Windisch is also a biathlete.

He retired from the sport after the 2013–14 season.[3]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[1]

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 31st 44th 53rd 12th N/A
Russia 2014 Sochi 71st 81st 5th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNS
Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 57th 47th DNF 4th
Sweden 2008 Östersund 51st 55th 11th
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 12th 19th 23rd 16th 7th 7th
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 83rd 18th 13th 28th 5th
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 22nd 8th 30th 20th 4th 9th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Italy 2002 Ridnaun-Val Ridanna 11th 5th 8th 7th
Poland 2003 Kościelisko 14th 11th 4th 10th
France 2004 Haute Maurienne 30th 19th 29th 8th
Finland 2005 Kontiolahti 19th 44th 24th
Further notable results

References

  1. 1 2 "Markus Windisch". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. "Markus Windisch Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. Paone, Francesco (8 July 2014). "Markus Windisch Announces Retirement". Snowalps. Neve Italia. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

External links


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