Arnd Peiffer (born 18 March 1987) is a German former biathlete. His greatest achievements were sprint victories in the

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and the

Biathlon World Championships 2011 The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from March 3–13, 2011. There was a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the even ...

. During his career, he also won three World Championship relay golds as well as several other Olympic and World Championship medals. Peiffer announced his retirement in March 2021.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''17 medals (5 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

Individual victories

''11 victories (7 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 In, 1 MS)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peiffer, Arnd 1987 births Living people People from Wolfenbüttel (district) German male biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Germany Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Sportspeople from Lower Saxony 21st-century German sportsmen