Dominik Windisch
| File:20110123 Dominik Windisch 1.jpg Windisch in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 6 November 1989 Bruneck, Italy |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Professional information | |
| Sport | Biathlon |
| Club | Centro Sportivo Esercito |
| World Cup debut | 2011 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Teams | 3 (2014, 2018, 2022) |
| Medals | 3 (0 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 8 (2011–2020) |
| Medals | 3 (1 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Individual victories | 2 |
Medal record | |
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Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian former biathlete.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]His 1st major individual results came in the Oslo Biathlon World Championships 2016, where he finished 4th in the Mass start & 5th in the Sprint.
At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the Sprint and won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer and Lukas Hofer).
At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in both the Sprint[2] as well as in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).[3]
The highlight of his career however came at the Östersund Biathlon World Championships 2019, where he won the gold medal in the Mass start. Here he also won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).
In the following year at the Rasen-Antholz Biathlon World Championships 2020 he got his best Mixed-relay result with a silver medal (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).
His last major individual result came at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, where he finished 5th in the Mass start, he retired at the end of the season.
His brother Markus Windisch is also a former biathlete.
Biathlon results
[edit | edit source]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
[edit | edit source]3 medals (3 bronze medals)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia 2014 Sochi | 64th | 11th | 25th | 25th | 5th | Bronze |
| South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang | 50th | Bronze | 16th | 17th | 12th | Bronze |
| China 2022 Beijing | 14th | 30th | 26th | 5th | 7th | — |
World Championships
[edit | edit source]3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 56th | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Germany 2012 Ruhpolding | — | 68th | — | — | 4th | — | |
| Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město | 18th | 57th | 33rd | — | 7th | 4th | |
| Finland 2015 Kontiolahti | 91st | 23rd | 35th | — | 12th | 7th | |
| Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen | 50th | 5th | 28th | 4th | 11th | 8th | |
| Austria 2017 Hochfilzen | 21st | 18th | 25th | 24th | 5th | 4th | |
| Sweden 2019 Östersund | 29th | 27th | 17th | Gold | 15th | Bronze | — |
| Italy 2020 Rasen-Antholz | 75th | 48th | 51st | 14th | 7th | Silver | — |
| Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka | 44th | 33rd | 35th | — | 6th | — | — |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ IBU Profile Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
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- Dominik Windisch at the Sochi 2014 Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 March 2014)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Italian male biathletes
- Olympic biathletes for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Cross-country skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- Sportspeople from Bruneck
- Skiers from South Tyrol
- Germanophone Italian people
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen