Simon Schempp (born 14 November 1988) is a German former

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Career

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, he made his

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debut. He became world champion by winning gold in the 15 km mass start race at the

Biathlon World Championships 2017 The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria. There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events d ...

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. He also won three more gold medals, two for being part of the German Biathlon World Championships 2010 mixed relay team in

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and the German Biathlon World Championships 2017 mixed relay team in

, and one gold medal as part of the German Biathlon World Championships 2015 men's relay team in

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. He also competed for Germany at the

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, finishing fifth as part of the German team in the men's relay. On 28 January 2021, he announced his retirement.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (2 silver)'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''8 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Junior/Youth World Championships

''5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)''

World Cup

Individual victories

''12 victories (5 Sp, 4 Pu, 3 MS)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schempp, Simon 1988 births Living people People from Mutlangen Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) German male biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Germany Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists