Helmuth Messner
Helmuth Messner 
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 Italy
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| birthday | October 7, 1972 | ||||||
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| Debut in the World Cup | 1993 | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2001 (?) | ||||||
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Helmuth Messner (born October 7, 1972 ) is a former Italian biathlete .
Helmuth Messner lives in Antholz . In 1988 he started biathlon. He made his debut in Oberhof in 1993 in the Biathlon World Cup . In his first individual he was 73. In Pokljuka he managed to win a point in 1994 with 24th place in a sprint. In the Biathlon European Cup 1994/1995 he was third in the overall standings behind Ulf Karkoschka and Lars Kreuzer . It took another two years until he achieved his best performance in the World Cup with 15th place in a sprint at Holmenkollen in Oslo . The high point of the season was the 1997 Biathlon World Championships in Osrblie , where Messner finished tenth in the team competition with Hubert Leitgeb , Enrico Tach and Pieralberto Carrara . The next big event was the 2000 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo, where the Italian competed in the relay race with René Cattarinussi , Wilfried Pallhuber and Devis Da Canal and finished fifth there. The last major event was the 2001 European Biathlon Championships in Haute-Maurienne . Messner won the bronze medal in the relay race with Theo Senoner , Sergio Bonaldi and Ivan Romanin behind the representatives from Germany and Poland.
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 relay
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | team | Season | total |
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| Top 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Scoring | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Starts | 15th | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 60 | |
| Status : End of career, data may not be complete | |||||||
Web links
- Helmuth Messner in the IBU database (English)
- Helmuth Messner in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Messner, Helmuth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1972 |