Franziska Preuß (also spelled Preuss, born 11 March 1994) is a German

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. Preuß started in her first world cup races in the 2013/14-season after winning two medals at the last European Championships, three medals at the Junior World Championships and 3 gold medals (4 in total) at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. In 2014, she participated in the

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in Sochi. She was officially nominated by the

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on 23 January 2014.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 bronze)'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''7 medals (1 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

Winter Youth Olympics

World Cup

Shooting statistics

''Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.''

Individual victories

Relay victories

World Cup Highlights

''*Results are from IBU races which include the

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, Biathlon World Championships and the

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* * * * 1994 births Living people Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic biathletes of Germany German female biathletes People from Wasserburg am Inn Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Biathlon World Championships medalists Biathletes at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany 21st-century German women {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub