Jens Steinigen

Steinigen in Oberhof in 1984.

Personal information

Full name

Jens Steinigen

Born

2 September 1966
Dippoldiswalde,
East Germany

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]

Professional information

Sport

Biathlon

Club

SC Ruhpolding

World Cup debut

23 January 1986

Olympic Games

Teams

2 (1992, 1994)

Medals

1 (1 gold)

World Championships

Teams

3 (1992, 1993, 1994)

Medals

2 (0 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

8 (1985/86–1986/87, 1990/91–1995/96)

Individual victories

Individual podiums

Medal record

Men's biathlon
Competitor for Germany
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
	1994 Canmore	Team event
	1993 Borovets	4 × 7.5 km relay

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
1992 Albertville	29th	6th	Gold
1994 Lillehammer	5th	—	—

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
1992 Novosibirsk	N/A	N/A	7th	N/A
1993 Borovets	33rd	—	—	Bronze
1994 Canmore	N/A	N/A	Bronze	N/A

*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	Hochfilzen	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1991–92 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	18 January 1992	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 2 3 "Jens Steinigen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ "Jens Steinigen". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

Jens Steinigen at the International Biathlon Union
Jens Steinigen at Sports Reference

Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km relay

1968: Soviet Union (Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev)
1972: Soviet Union (Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov, Viktor Mamatov)
1976: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Elizarov, Ivan Biakov, Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Kruglov)
1980: Soviet Union (Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnashov, Anatoly Alyabyev)
1984: Soviet Union (Dmitry Vasilyev, Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna, Sergei Bulygin)
1988: Soviet Union (Dmitry Vasilyev, Sergei Tchepikov, Alexandr Popov, Valeriy 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)
2014: Russia (Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin)

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