Roman Rees (born 1 March 1993) is a German
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 ...
. His greatest success is winning the silver medal with the German relay team at the
Biathlon World Championships 2019
The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund, Sweden, from 6 to 17 March 2019.
There were a total of 12 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and two mixed relay races. The si ...
.
Individual results
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On 26 November 2023 he won his first World Cup victory in the individual race, making him the first German World Cup leader since Michael Greis
Michael Greis (; born 18 August 1976) is a German former biathlete.
Career
Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.
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in 2008.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union
The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the city. It was rocked by a corruption ...
.
Olympic Games
World Championships
''1 medal (1 silver)''
:''*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
External links
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1993 births
Living people
German male biathletes
Sportspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Germany
21st-century German sportsmen