Vanessa Hinz (born 24 March 1992) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. Hinz started in her first world cup races at the end of the 2012/13-season. At the 2013 European Championships she won a gold medal with the German relay team. In 2014, she participated in the

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. She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014, but not taken with the team to Russia. So she had to wait at home as stand-by reserve.

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

''7 medals (3 gold, 4 silver)''

World Cup

Individual podiums

:''*Results are from IBU races which include the

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and the

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.'' ''Updated on 11 March 2022''

Relay victories

* 10 victories – (9 relay, 1 mixed relay)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinz, Vanessa 1992 births Living people German female biathletes German female cross-country skiers 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 biathletes for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in biathlon Skiers from Munich Biathlon World Championships medalists 21st-century German sportswomen