Felix Leitner (born 31 December 1996) is an Austrian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

. He made his

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debut in December 2016, and won the 20km individual race at the

2018 IBU Open European Championships The 25th IBU Open European Championships were held in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy from January 23 to January 28, 2018. It was also a stage of the 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup. There were a total of eight competitions held: Single Mixed Relay, Rela ...

. He competed in six events at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

, with his best placing being 10th in the pursuit. Leitner took his first individual

podium on 17 January 2021 in the 15 km mass start event. His brother

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competes as a ski jumper.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''0 medals''

World Championships

''0 medals'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leitner, Felix Austrian male biathletes 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Hall in Tirol Skiers from Tyrol (federal state) Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Austria 21st-century Austrian sportsmen