Christian Hofer (biathlete)
Christian Hofer 
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| Association |
 Italy
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| birthday | March 6, 1979 |
| Career | |
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| Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup | 200? |
| Debut in the World Cup | 2004 |
| status | resigned |
| World Cup balance | |
| last change: January 2, 2012 | |
Christian Hofer (born March 6, 1979 ) is a former Italian biathlete .
Christian Hofer entered his first international championship at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 1998 in Jericho , where he was only used in singles and was 37th. A year later he finished 24th in the individual, 28th in the sprint, 17 in the pursuit in Pokljuka and just missed a medal with, among others, Yuri Bradanini as fourth in the relay competition. The next major event was the 2002 European Biathlon Championships in Kontiolahti . Hofer finished 46th in both the sprint and the pursuit and 11th in relay with Theo Senoner , Sergio Bonaldi and Enrico Tach . The Italian won his first European Cup points in 2002 as 17th of an individual in Obertilliach . After some other good results in the European Cup, Hofer was called up to the Biathlon World Cup in 2004 , where he finished 92nd in a sprint in Ruhpolding and 93rd in an individual in Antholz . It remained the only missions in the highest racing series. In the European Cup in Gurnigel 2005 he achieved several placements among the top ten. In Martell , he was able to get onto the podium for the first time in a sprint in 2006, behind Paolo Longo and Sergio Bonaldi . In the following pursuer he was able to improve to second place behind Tanguy Roche . This was followed by participation in the 2006 European Biathlon Championships in Langdorf , where Hofer was 42nd of the individual and with Markus Windisch , Stefan Zingerle and Mattia Cola as the starting runner with the relay 11th. After the season he ended his career.
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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| Scoring | ||||||
| Starts | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Status: end of career | ||||||
Web links
- Christian Hofer (biathlete) in the IBU database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hofer, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1979 |