Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian former
biathlete.
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Career
His 1st major individual results came in the Oslo
Biathlon World Championships 2016, where he finished 4th in the Mass start & 5th in the Sprint.
At the Sochi
2014
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Winter Olympics
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, he finished 11th in the
Sprint and won a bronze medal in the
Mixed relay (together with
Dorothea Wierer,
Karin Oberhofer and
Lukas Hofer).
At the Pyeongchang
2018 Winter Olympics
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he won a bronze medal in both the
Sprint as well as in the
Mixed relay (together with
Dorothea Wierer,
Lisa Vittozzi and
Lukas Hofer).
The highlight of his career however came at the Östersund
Biathlon World Championships 2019, where he won the gold medal in the Mass start. Here he also won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with
Dorothea Wierer,
Lisa Vittozzi and
Lukas Hofer).
In the following year at the Rasen-Antholz
Biathlon World Championships 2020 he got his best Mixed-relay result with a silver medal (together with
Dorothea Wierer,
Lisa Vittozzi and
Lukas Hofer).
His last major individual result came at the Beijing
2022 Winter Olympics
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, where he finished 5th in the Mass start, he retired at the end of the season.
His brother
Markus Windisch is also a former biathlete.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
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Olympic Games
''3 medals (3 bronze medals)''
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World Championships
''3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 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.''
References
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1989 births
Living people
Italian male biathletes
Olympic biathletes for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Cross-country skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
Sportspeople from Bruneck
Skiers from South Tyrol
Germanophone Italian people
21st-century Italian sportsmen