Franziska Preuß (also spelled Preuss, born 11 March 1994) is a German biathlete and the World Cup winner of the 2024–25 season. She made her

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debut during the 2013–14 season and represented Germany at the

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

and

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. Preuß has won gold medals at the Biathlon World Championships, triumphing in the relay in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and the pursuit in

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

. She also secured the mass start title in the 2014–15 and 2024–25 seasons, along with the sprint title in the 2024–25 season. She achieved two top–3 finishes in the overall World Cup standings, placing third in the 2020–21 season and finally won the World Cup in the 2024–25 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 bronze)'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''11 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, 3 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.''

Winter Youth Olympics

World Cup

Shooting statistics

''Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.''

Individual podiums

Relay podiums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Preuss, Franziska 1994 births Living people Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic biathletes for Germany German female biathletes People from Wasserburg am Inn Biathletes from Upper Bavaria Biathlon World Championships medalists Biathletes at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen