Kati Wilhelm

Kati Wilhelm
Association	Germany
birthday	August 2, 1976 (age 44)
place of birth	Schmalkalden ,  GDR
size	173 cm
Career
job	ARD expert (biathlon)
society	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Admission to the national team	1999
Debut in the World Cup	2000
World Cup victories	37 (21 individual victories)
status	resigned
End of career	March 27, 2010
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 3 × 1 × World Cup medals 5 × 4 × 4 ×
winter Olympics gold 2002 Salt Lake City sprint silver 2002 Salt Lake City persecution gold 2002 Salt Lake City Season gold 2006 Turin persecution silver 2006 Turin Mass start silver 2006 Turin Season bronze 2010 Vancouver Season  Biathlon world championships gold 2001 Pokljuka sprint silver 2001 Pokljuka Season bronze 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk Season bronze 2004 Oberhof Season silver 2005 Hochfilzen Season bronze 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk Mixed relay bronze 2007 Antholz Mass start gold 2007 Antholz Season gold 2008 Östersund Season gold 2009 Pyeongchang sprint silver 2009 Pyeongchang persecution gold 2009 Pyeongchang singles silver 2009 Pyeongchang Season
World Cup balance
Overall World Cup	1.  ( 2005/06 ) 2. ( 2004/05 , 2006/07 ,      2008/09 )
Sprint World Cup	1st  ( 2004/05 , 2005/06 ) 2nd ( 2006/07 ) 3rd ( 2007/08 )
Pursuit World Cup	1st  ( 2005/06 , 2006/07 ,      2008/09 ) 3rd ( 2007/08 )
Mass start world cup	1st  ( 2006/07 ) 2nd ( 2005/06 , 2007/08 ,      2008/09 ) 3rd ( 2004/05 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3. singles 1 2 2 sprint 11 9 9 persecution 6th 13 4th Mass start 3 5 4th Season 16 16 6th

Kati Wilhelm (born August 2, 1976 in Schmalkalden ) is a German former biathlete . She was one of the most successful German participants in this sport with titles at both world championships and the Olympic Games .

Career

Beginnings as a cross-country skier

Kati Wilhelm gained her first experience on the trail in 1983 in the training center in Steinbach-Hallenberg . At the age of fourteen she switched to the sports high school in Oberhof and graduated from high school in 1995. Immediately afterwards Kati Wilhelm went to the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Oberhof (currently she has the rank of sergeant major ). In 1998 she reached a fifth place with the cross-country skiing relay at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan .

Successful biathlete

Kati Wilhelm during the Biathlon World Cup 2008 in Östersund

In 1999, cross-country skier Kati Wilhelm switched to biathlon and started in the 2000/01 season for the first time in the biathlon world cup for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis . In her third World Cup race, Wilhelm took her first podium, and in the Antholz sprint she took third place. After further regular placements in the World Cup points, the 2001 Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka became the first major success in Wilhelm's career. In her very first World Championship race, the sprint race, she won the gold medal. She achieved further top 10 placements with seventh place in the pursuit and fifth place in the mass start. Although Wilhelm showed a weaker performance in the relay race and shot two penalties in the prone position, it was enough for her to win the silver medal with the German relay. In the sprint race held after the World Championships in Lake Placid , Wilhelm won the second race of her career. Despite a poor performance in Oslo, where she was lapped after 40th place in the sprint in the pursuit, Wilhelm finished eighth in the overall World Cup at the end of her first biathlon season.

At the beginning of the 2001/02 season, Wilhelm was finally able to establish himself in the World Cup. In the twelve races held before the Olympics, she finished only once outside of the World Cup points, the best result was second place in the Osrblie sprint. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Wilhelm became one of the most successful athletes. In the sprint race she won the gold medal and in the subsequent pursuit race the silver medal. Wilhelm was also successful with the German relay and won their second gold medal together with Katrin Apel , Uschi Disl and Andrea Henkel . At the end of winter, Wilhelm finished eighth in the overall World Cup, as in the previous season.

In the winter of the 2004/05 season, Wilhelm won three World Cup races and finished second in the overall World Cup. The following winter, Wilhelm became the second German to win the overall World Cup in the 2002/03 season after Martina Beck (née Glagow) , as well as the Sprint and Pursuit World Cups.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she was the flag bearer for the German delegation at the opening ceremony on February 10, 2006. Kati Wilhelm won the gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, came second in the German 4 × 6 km relay and second in the first mass start at the Olympic Games over 12.5 km. This makes her the most successful biathlete at winter games. In 2006 she was voted Sportswoman of the Year for her successes .

At the 2007 World Championships in Antholz , she won the World Cup gold medal with the relay for the first time in her career. After Wilhelm was able to achieve several relay medals since her gold medal in the sprint at the 2001 World Championships, but not won an individual medal at several World Championships, the bronze medal in the mass start in Antholz meant her second individual World Championship medal after six years.

At the biathlon world championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2009 , she won the sprint again after 2001 and thus also secured her first individual gold medal at world championships in 8 years. She crossed the finish line 9.9 seconds ahead of her teammate Simone Hauswald . In the pursuit race that followed she won the silver medal behind the Swede Helena Jonsson despite 6 misses . Her streak of success continued in the individual competition, in which she triumphed for the first time in her career thanks to the second best mileage and only one shooting error.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she won the bronze medal in the biathlon relay together with Simone Hauswald, Martina Beck and Andrea Henkel. After the 2009/10 season, Wilhelm ended her biathlon career.

After the active career

From the 2010/11 World Cup season, Kati Wilhelm will be accompanying the broadcasts of biathlon competitions as an expert on the television program Das Erste .

Kati Wilhelm runs the Heimatlon restaurant in Steinbach-Hallenberg.

Private life

As the SPD's electoral woman, Wilhelm was a member of the Federal Assembly in 2004 . From March 2006 she studied International Management at the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and has now completed her studies. Wilhelm is in a relationship with the biathlon chief technician of the German Ski Association Andreas Emslander and is a mother of two. Today she runs the Heimatlon restaurant in the town of Steinbach-Hallenberg in the Thuringian Forest .

social commitment

Wilhelm is an ambassador of the initiative "Medienbewusst.de - Kinder.Medien.Kompetenz" and since 2016 of the non-profit association "Die Bunten Schafe eV".

statistics

World Cup victories

Single race

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	0Feb 3, 2001	Pokljuka ( World Cup )	7.5 km sprint
2.	07th Mar 2001	Lake Placid	7.5 km sprint
3.	Feb 13, 2002	Salt Lake City ( OWS )	7.5 km sprint
4th	0Dec 8, 2002	Ostersund	10 km pursuit
5.	0Feb 9, 2003	Lahti	12.5 km mass start
6th	Feb 20, 2003	Ostersund	7.5 km sprint
7th	Jan. 22, 2005	Antholz	7.5 km sprint
8th.	Feb 12, 2005	Turin	7.5 km sprint
9.	19 Mar 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km pursuit
10.	0Dec 9, 2005	Hochfilzen	7.5 km sprint
11.	0Jan. 7, 2006	Oberhof	7.5 km sprint
12.	Jan. 20, 2006	Antholz	7.5 km sprint
13.	Jan. 21, 2006	Antholz	10 km pursuit
14th	Feb. 18, 2006	Turin ( OWS )	10 km pursuit
15th	25th Mar 2006	Oslo	10 km pursuit
16.	Jan. 19, 2007	Pokljuka	10 km pursuit
17th	Jan. 17, 2008	Antholz	7.5 km sprint
18th	16. Mar. 2008	Oslo	12.5 km mass start
19th	Jan. 11, 2009	Oberhof	12.5 km mass start
20th	Feb 14, 2009	Pyeongchang ( World Cup )	7.5 km sprint
21st	Feb. 18, 2009	Pyeongchang ( World Cup )	15 km individual

Relay race

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	Dec 10, 2000	Antholz	4 × 6 km relay 1
2.	Dec 14, 2001	Pokljuka	4 × 6 km relay 2
3.	Jan. 17, 2002	Ruhpolding	4 × 6 km relay 3
4th	Feb. 18, 2002	Salt Lake City ( OWS )	4 × 6 km relay 1
5.	0Dec 6, 2002	Ostersund	4 × 6 km relay 4
6th	Jan. 10, 2003	Oberhof	4 × 6 km relay 1
7th	Jan. 14, 2004	Ruhpolding	4 × 6 km relay 4
8th.	0Jan. 6, 2005	Oberhof	4 × 6 km relay 1
9.	Feb 11, 2007	Antholz ( WM )	4 × 6 km relay 5
10.	0Dec 9, 2007	Hochfilzen	4 × 6 km relay 6
11.	0Jan. 3, 2008	Oberhof	4 × 6 km relay 7
12.	0Jan. 9, 2008	Ruhpolding	4 × 6 km relay 8
13.	Feb 17, 2008	Östersund ( World Cup )	4 × 6 km relay 5
14th	Jan. 14, 2009	Ruhpolding	4 × 6 km relay 9
15th	14 Mar 2009	Vancouver	4 × 6 km relay 5
16.	0Dec 6, 2009	Ostersund	4 × 6 km relay 6

¹with Uschi Disl , Katrin Apel and Andrea Henkel

²with Katrin Apel, Andrea Henkel and Janet Klein

³with Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl and Martina Zellner

^4thwith Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl and Simone Hauswald

⁵with Martina Glagow , Andrea Henkel and Magdalena Neuner

^6thwith Martina Beck , Andrea Henkel and Simone Hauswald

^7thwith Simone Hauswald, Andrea Henkel and Kathrin Hitzer

^8thwith Kathrin Hitzer, Magdalena Neuner and Sabrina Buchholz

⁹ with Andrea Henkel, Kathrin Hitzer and Magdalena Neuner

winter Olympics

	Individual competitions				Season
	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start
2002 Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City	-	1.	2.		1.
2006 Winter Olympics | Turin	16.	7th	1.	2.	2.
2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver	4th	30th	12.	25th	3.

World championships

	Individual competitions				Team competitions
	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	Mixed relay
World Championships 2001 | Pokljuka	-	1.	7th	5.	2.
World Championships 2003 | Khanty-Mansiysk	-	37.	38.	22nd	3.
World Championships 2004 | Oberhof	-	26th	15th	10.	3.
World Championships 2005 | Hochfilzen	27.	28.	13.	5.	2.	3.
World Championship 2006 | Pokljuka 1						4th
World Championships 2007 | Antholz	DNF	7th	9.	3.	1.	-
World Championships 2008 | Ostersund	33.	21st	13.	8th.	1.	-
World Championships 2009 | Pyeongchang	1.	1.	2.	30th	2.	-

¹ Only the non-Olympic competition of the mixed relay was held

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	1	11	6th	3	16	37
2nd place	2	9	13	5	15th	44
3rd place	2	9	4th	4th	6th	25th
Top 10	9	60	48	30th	45	192
Scoring	24	89	73	43	45	274
Starts	29	95	77	43	45	289

Awards

Kati Wilhelm at the Olympic Games in Turin 2006

• Silver bay leaf 2002, 2006, 2010
• Sportswoman of the year 2002 - 3rd place
• Sportswoman of the year 2006 - 1st place
• Winter star 2006 in the category "Best Sportswoman" (chosen by the viewers of Bayerischer Rundfunk and the readers of the Bildzeitung )
• Winter Star 2007 in the "Best Team" category (biathlon relay)
• Bavarian Sports Prize 2009, 2010
• Golden Hen 2009
• Golden Ski 2009
• Herbert Award for best newcomer 2011

literature

• Volker Kluge :  Wilhelm, Katarina (Kati) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Kati Wilhelm  - Collection of Images

 Wikinews: Kati Wilhelm  - in the news

• Kati Wilhelm's website
• Kati Wilhelm in the IBU database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.vancouver2010.com
2. ^ DPA: Biathlon: Kati Wilhelm ends career. In: stern.de. March 9, 2010, accessed December 18, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Ex-biathlete Kati Wilhelm becomes an ARD expert. In: handelsblatt.com. September 6, 2010, accessed December 18, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Kati Wilhelm opens her café in Steinbach-Hallenberg. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. September 11, 2014, accessed September 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Interview: Kati Wilhelm, owner of the Heimatlon restaurant in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia: “The concept makes success” , ahgz.de, December 24, 2016
6. ↑ Kati Wilhelm's end of career: rifle put in the corner. In: fr-online.de. March 10, 2010, accessed December 18, 2014 . 
7. ↑ www.biathlon-online.de
8. ↑ Kati Wilhelm: from biathlon to gastronomy , faktor-a.arbeitsagentur.de, October 25, 2017
9. ↑ "The Colorful Sheep" cause a hustle and bustle at the Albert Schweitzer Holiday Center: Town & Country Foundation makes donations to two of the association's children's aid projects. In: meinanzeiger.de / Jena. Retrieved August 23, 2016 . 
10. ↑ www.haz.de