Daniel Walker (biathlete)

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Daniel Walker biathlon
Biathlon European Championships 2017 Individual Men 0550 (Daniel Walker) .jpg
Association AustraliaAustralia Australia
birthday 27th January 1994 (age 26)
Career
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup 2013
Debut in the World Cup 2015 (World Cup)
status active
World Cup balance
last change: February 28, 2015

Daniel Walker (born January 27, 1994 ) is an Australian biathlete .

Daniel Walker's first international championship was the 2012 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti , where he was 85th in the individual and 89th in the sprint. Also in 2013 in Obertilliach he missed the pursuit race as 77th, but was already 30th in the individual. This positive development continued at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2014 in Presque Isle , when he qualified for the pursuit race after a 59th place in the sprint and 55th. In Minsk in 2015 they were ranked 83 in the individual and 79 in the sprint. In 2013 in Bansko and 2014 in Nové Město na Moravě , Morton also started in the junior races of the open biathlon European championships and finished between 62 and 73.

For men, Walker has been competing in the IBU Cup since the 2012/13 season . In his first race in Martell he missed the 107th of a sprint nor a double-digit ranking, which he shortly afterwards as a function SINGLE 86th in Osrblie managed. The following sprint brought Walker's best place in the IBU Cup so far with 80th place, which he was able to repeat in Martell in 2014. The first men 's championship participation was the 2015 open biathlon European championships in Otepää , where Morton was 100th of the sprint and was 20th with Alexei Almoukov , Damon Morton and Dyllan Harmer as the final runners of the season. It was one of Australia's first ever biathlon relay competitions.

Since 2010, Walker has also competed sporadically in the Australia / New Zealand Cup and in FIS cross-country skiing races .

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