Jill Krause
Jill Beste Krause (born February 17, 1978 in Evergreen Park , Illinois ) is an American biathlete .
Career
Jill Krause, former sports soldier of the US Army from St. Cloud , Minnesota , operates since 1994 Biathlon and belonged since 2002 to the US national team. She made her international debut as 45th in a sprint at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Jericho . The following year she won a European Cup in Friedenweiler with the US relay . In 2001 Krause competed for the first time at the European Championships in Haute-Maurienne and at the Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka . In both tournaments she could not achieve outstanding results, apart from the fact that she was able to advance to eighth place in 2001 after a 30th place in the sprint in a flawless pursuit. Likewise at the military world championships of the year in Jericho, where she was 26th in the sprint. In the middle of the 2001/02 season , Krause made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup . In Antholz she was 38th in the individual. In the following season she won World Cup points in Lahti as 20th in a sprint for the first time and at the same time achieved her best World Cup result to date. The 2004 military world championships in Östersund were also quite successful for Krause . Here she was tenth in the sprint and sixth in the patrol run. After a two-year break, Krause competed in a sprint race in Oberhof in 2007 and finished 81.
At the national and North American level, Krause won the sprint titles at the 2005 US and North American Championships. She is married to Jacob Beste and works for the Minnesota State Patrol .
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | ||||||
| 2nd place | ||||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| Top 10 | ||||||
| Scoring | 4th | 9 | 13 | |||
| Starts | 13 | 30th | 14th | 12 | 69 | |
| Status: end of career | ||||||
Web links
- Jill Krause in the database of the IBU (English)
- Portrait in Bangor Daily News
- Portrait on the US Army website (PDF; 115 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minnesota Biathlon Press Release. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krause, Jill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Best of all, Jill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evergreen Park |