Competitive sports & victories

BIATHLON

Laura Dahlmeier stood on skis for the first time at the age of two and at primary school age she expressed her career aspiration to become an Olympic champion. Initially active in alpine ski racing, she tried biathlon for the first time at the age of nine and then focused entirely on the sport at twelve years old.

Straightforward, with full commitment and a high level of motivation, the childhood dream became reality:
Laura Dahlmeier won seven gold, three silver - and five bronze medals at the Biathlon World Championships, 20 World Cup races and the overall World Cup in the 2016/17 season. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang she crowned her career with two gold medals in the sprint and pursuit races, as well as the bronze medal in the individual competition.

BiathlonLaura Dahlmeier Garmisch-Partenkirchen

This makes Laura one of the most successful biathletes of all time, honored among other things as "Sportswoman of the Year" (2017), with the Silver Laurel Leaf of the Federal Republic of Germany (2018), the Pegasos Award as "Legend of Sport" (2019) and the Bavarian Order of Merit (2021). She is an honorary citizen in her home town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

In 2019, at only 25 years of age, she self-determinedly ended her active time in biathlon to pursue new goals.

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Biathlon Laura Dahlmeier Karriererückblick

COACHING &

TV EXPERT

Laura continues to be part of the biathlon family. As a ZDF TV expert she is on site at World Cup races in winter and provides viewers with interesting insights into the sport and the competition from an athlete's point of view. As part of her training as a coach and her studies in sports science, she regularly takes part in DSV and IBU training courses to pass on her experience to the next generation of biathlon youngsters.

Biathlon legend and summit conquerer