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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.

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