Brigitte Weisleitner
Brigitte Weisleitner 
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| Association |
 Austria
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| birthday | January 11, 1973 |
| place of birth | Kitzbuhel, Austria |
| Career | |
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| society | SC Waidring |
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Admission to the national team |
1993 |
| Debut in the World Cup | 1993 |
| status | resigned |
| End of career | 2002 |
| World Cup balance | |
| last change: May 28, 2008 | |
Brigitte Weisleitner (born January 11, 1973 in Kitzbühel ) is a former Austrian biathlete .
Brigitte Weisleitner lives in Waidring and works as a secretary. The athlete, who started for the SC Waidring , began biathlon in 1993. In the same year the Austrian made her debut in Bad Gastein in the Biathlon World Cup and finished 65th in an individual. She collected her first points in 24th place on the same route a year later. In 1995 Weisleitner competed in their first biathlon world championships in Antholz and was 29th in the individual and 33rd in the sprint. She ran the most successful World Cup weekend for the athlete in 1996 in Osrblie . With a fifth place in the individual and 10th place in the sprint, she achieved her best results in individual races. Due to the lack of a female athlete blanket in Austria, she never competed in a relay race in her career. The 1996 biathlon world championships in Ruhpolding were Weisleitner's last world championships and her best result was 30th place in the individual. Between 2000 and 2002 she took part in three European championships and achieved her best result in her last continental championship in Kontiolahti as twelfth in the individual. At the Holmenkollen in Oslo , the Austrian ran her last World Cup races at the 2002 season finale and then ended her career. She had to end her last race, a pursuer, after she was overtaken by Magdalena Forsberg .
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| 1st place | ||||||
| 2nd place | ||||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Scoring | 6th | 4th | 1 | 11 | ||
| Starts | 32 | 43 | 13 | 88 | ||
| Status: after the end of your career | ||||||
Web links
- Brigitte Weisleitner in the IBU database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weisleitner, Brigitte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitzbühel |