Jens Steinigen (born September 2, 1966). Is a former 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.
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Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 4×7.5 km relay |
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- 1968: Soviet Union (Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev)
- 1972: Soviet Union (Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Byakov & Viktor Mamatov)
- 1976: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Byakov, Alexander Tikhonov & Nikolay Kruglov)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev)
- 1984: Soviet Union (Dmitri Vasilyev, Yuri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin)
- 1988: Soviet Union (Dmitri Vasilyev, Sergey Tchepikov, Alexander Popov & Valery Medvedtsev)
- 1992: Germany (Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner & Fritz Fischer)
- 1994: Germany (Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner & Sven Fischer)
- 1998: Germany (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer & Frank Luck)
- 2002: Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland & Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
- 2006: Germany (Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Groß & Michael Rösch)
- 2010: Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen & Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
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Steinigen, Jens |
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German biathlete |
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September 2, 1966 |
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