Michael Willeitner
Michael Willeitner 
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| birthday | 5th September 1990 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| society | Berchtesgaden ski club | ||||||||||||||||||
| Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Debut in the World Cup | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| World Cup balance | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall World Cup | 104th ( 2016/17 ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sprint World Cup | 89th ( 2016/17 ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| last change: end of career | |||||||||||||||||||
Michael Willeitner (born September 5, 1990 ) is a former German biathlete .
Michael Willeitner started for the Berchtesgaden ski club . From the 2011/12 season he started regularly in international races in the IBU Cup . In Haute-Maurienne he won the first points in 19th place, but could not maintain this level at first, then improved steadily until he was regularly in the points from the following season. In 2013 , alongside Tobias Hermann , Johannes Kühn and Benedikt Doll, he achieved a podium result for the first time in the relay race in Obertilliach , finishing third. In the season, which began with fourth place in the cup standings of the German championships , he belongs to the second group of the national squad for the first time after belonging to the promotional squad in the previous season.
Willeitner made his first appearance in the biathlon world cup in the 2014/15 season at the sprint in Hochfilzen , where he missed qualifying for the pursuit race with 69th place. In autumn 2015 he was German champion at the German championships both in the sprint and with the relay of the BSV . After initially mediocre placements in the IBU Cup , he won a sprint in the German Cup in Martell (South Tyrol) in January 2016 and was second behind Fabian Bekelaer in the pursuit that followed .
Willeitner ended his active career in April 2018.
statistics
- Results in the World Cup
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 |
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| Scoring | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Starts | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th | ||
| Status: end of career | ||||||
Web links
- Michael Willeitner in the IBU database (English)
- Michael Willeitner in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Willeitner, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1990 |