David Leoni

David Leoni
Full name	Davide Gustavo C. Leoni
Association	Canada
birthday	September 8, 1982
place of birth	Liverpool,  UK
Career
job	college student
society	Rocky Mountain Racers
Trainer	Roger Archambault
Admission to the national team	2000
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2003
European Cup / IBU Cup victories	-
Debut in the World Cup	2002
World Cup victories	-
status	resigned
End of career	2007
World Cup balance
last change: September 6, 2010

Davide Gustavo C. "David" Leoni (born September 8, 1982 in Liverpool ) is a former Canadian biathlete .

David Leoni lives in Camrose and trained in Canmore . The student began biathlon in 1993 and has been a member of the Canadian national team since 2000. He was trained by Roger Archambault and competed for Rocky Mountain Racers . In 2000 the Canadian competed in a Junior World Championship for the first time in Hochfilzen and finished 27th in the individual, 57th in the sprint and 16th in the relay. The following year he made his debut in the European Junior Biathlon Cup and in Haute-Maurienne the first start at a European Junior Championship. In France, Leoni ran to 21st place in the individual, was 124th in the sprint and 18th in the pursuit. Shortly afterwards he ran in Khanty-Mansiysk again at a Junior World Championship and reached positions 18 in the individual, 19 in the sprint and 29 in the pursuit. In 2003 he was in Ridnaun attending the third World Junior Championships, where Leoni 53. the function SINGLE was 30th in the sprint, 38. pursuit and 15th with the Canadian relay team. For the last time he took part in the Junior World Championships in Kościelisko and finished 16th in the individual and with the relay and was 42nd in the sprint and 45th in the pursuit.

Leoni made his debut in the biathlon world cup and thus in the men in 2002 in Oberhof . In his first sprint, the Canadian finished 100th. He achieved his best result in a pure World Cup race in 2006 in Hochfilzen, where he was 38th in a sprint. In total, he achieved four results in the top 40. In 2003 the first races in the European Cup followed. A 20th place in a sprint, achieved in Brusson in 2004 , was the best result. In 2004 Leoni took part in his first biathlon world championships in Oberhof , where he came in 57th in the individual and 87th in the sprint. 2005 followed in Hochfilzen the ranks 80 in the individual, 37 in the sprint, 53 in the pursuit and with Robin Clegg , Jean Paquet and Gerhardt Klann as the last runner of the season 15. He was at the Biathlon Mixed Relay World Championships 2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk re-cage rotor of the season and was with Sandra Keith , Zina Kocher and Clegg 14th career highlight was the participation in the 2006 Olympic winter Games of Turin . At the competitions in Cesana San Sicario Leoni started in the individual and finished 65th, with a 41st place in the sprint he qualified for the pursuit, in which he was 47th. After the Games he took in Langdorf at the Biathlon European Championships in 2006 in part for which he was in the sprint 58th, 54th of persecution and with Jaime Robb , Klann and Tom Zidek 13th in the relay race. The last major event of the year for the Canadian was the Biathlon Mixed Relay World Championship 2006 in Pokljuka , in which Leoni finished 21st with Kocher, Keith and Klann. After the season, he was named 2006 Canadian Biathlete of the Year . In Antholz , he took part in an international championship for the last time at the Biathlon World Championships in 2007 and ran to places 60 in the individual, 66 in the sprint and with Clegg, Jean-Philippe Leguellec and Robb as the final runners of the relay to 14th place with the relay .

Leoni's twin brother Andrew was also a biathlete and took part in the Junior World Championships in Kościelisko with his brother.

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
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring					11	11
Starts	12	33	10		11	66
Status: end of career

Web links

• David Leoni in the IBU database (English)
• David Leoni in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )