Markus Windisch (born 12 May 1984) is a former

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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 time ...

Career

Windisch had three top-10 finishes in World Cup races, with his best World Cup overall finish was 26th in the

2008–09 Biathlon World Cup The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2008 in Östersund, Sweden and ends on 29 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, R ...

. He represented Italy at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

and

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

. His brother

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is also a biathlete. He retired from the sport after the 2013–14 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

:''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

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

Junior/Youth World Championships

;Further notable results: * 2007: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, mass start * 2008: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, mass start * 2009: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit * 2010: ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit * 2011: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Windisch, Markus 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Bruneck Germanophone Italian people Biathletes of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Italian male biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Italy