Monika Hojnisz (born 27 August 1991), now Monika Hojnisz-Staręga, is a Polish biathlete. She competes in the
Biathlon World Cup
The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 Biathlon World Cup, 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 Biathlon World Cup, 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons ...
. Hojnisz won a bronze medal at the
Biathlon World Championships 2013
The 46th Biathlon World Championships was held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, from 7 to 17 February 2013.
There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay races for both men, women and a mixed ...
(12.5 km mass start).
In December 2018 she scored her best World Cup finish, taking second place in the 15 km individual at the
Pokljuka round of the World Cup. She finished sixth in the
15 km individual at the 2018 Winter Olympics in
Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
.
She married Polish cross-county skier
Maciej Staręga
Maciej Staręga (born 31 January 1990, in Siedlce) is a Polish cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Cross-country ski ...
in June 2019.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...
.
Olympic Games
''0 medals''
:''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''
World Championships
''1 medal (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.''
World Cup
References
External links
IBU profile
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1991 births
Living people
Polish female biathletes
Sportspeople from Chorzów
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Poland
Winter World University Games medalists in biathlon
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade