Vanessa Hinz

Vanessa Hinz (born 24 March 1992) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier.^[2] Hinz started in her first world cup races at the end of the 2012/13-season. At the 2013 European Championships she won a gold medal with the German relay team. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014,^[3] but not taken with the team to Russia. So she had to wait at home as stand-by reserve.^[4]

Vanessa Hinz

Hinz in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 33) Munich, Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Schliersee
World Cup debut	2013
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2018, 2022)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 (2015–2021)
Medals	7 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 (2012/13–2022/23)
Individual victories	1
All victories	11
Individual podiums	3
All podiums	26
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 3 4 0 Total 3 4 1 Women's biathlon Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2022 Beijing 4 × 6 km relay World Championships 2015 Kontiolahti 4 x 6 km relay 2017 Hochfilzen 4 x 6 km relay 2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay 2019 Östersund Mixed relay 2020 Antholz 15 km individual 2020 Antholz 4 x 6 km relay 2021 Pokljuka 4 x 6 km relay European Championships 2013 Bansko 4 x 6 km relay 2014 Nové Město 4 x 6 km relay 2023 Lenzerheide 7.5 km sprint Junior World Championships 2013 Obertilliach 3 × 6 km relay

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 bronze)

Year	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang	—	5th	13th	25th	—	4th	—
2022 Beijing	14th	55th	21st	15th	Bronze	—	—

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

7 medals (3 gold, 4 silver)

Year	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti	44th	49th	37th	—	Gold	—	—
2016 Oslo	37th	61st	—	—	—	—
2017 Hochfilzen	8th	6th	20th	20th	Gold	Gold
2019 Östersund	19th	65th	—	—	4th	Silver	—
2020 Antholz	Silver	14th	5th	17th	Silver	—	—
2021 Pokljuka	33rd	12th	6th	10th	Silver	—	—

World Cup

Season	Age	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
		Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2013/14	22	64	60th	21	69th	42	51st	—	—	—	—
2014/15	23	412	20th	190	14th	128	19th	2	67th	92	19th
2015/16	24	304	27th	114	25th	91	29th	21	43rd	78	22nd
2016/17	25	436	19th	89	33rd	112	28th	103	2nd	132	8th
2017/18	26	522	10th	141	15th	176	9th	10	46th	195	3rd
2018/19	27	341	27th	80	35th	90	30th	69	11th	104	17th
2019/20	28	394	16th	126	19th	107	12th	91	8th	70	24th
2020/21	29	364	24th	37	32nd	103	31st	133	18th	79	23rd
2021/22	30	262	26th	17	42nd	112	28th	107	23rd	26	34th

Individual podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Placement
1	2017/18	11 March 2018	Kontiolahti, Finland	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup	Gold
2	2018/19	27 January 2019	Antholz, Italy	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup	Bronze
3	2019/20	18 February 2020	Antholz, Italy	15 km Individual	World Championships	Silver

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Updated on 11 March 2022

Relay victories

• 10 victories – (9 relay, 1 mixed relay)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level	Teammate
1	2014–15	13 December 2014	Hochfilzen, Austria	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Kummer / Hildebrand / Preuß
2		13 March 2015	Kontiolahti, Finland	4x6 km relay	World Championships	Hildebrand / Preuß / Dahlmeier
3	2016–17	11 December 2016	Pokljuka, Slovenia	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
4		12 January 2017	Ruhpolding, Germany	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hammerschmidt / Preuß / Dahlmeier
5		22 January 2017	Antholz, Italy	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
6		9 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	Mixed relay	World Championships	Dahlmeier / Peiffer / Schempp
7		17 February 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	4x6 km relay	World Championships	Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier
8	2017–18	10 December 2017	Hochfilzen, Austria	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier
9	2018–19	8 February 2019	Canmore, Canada	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hildebrand / Dahlmeier / Herrmann
10	2020–21	16 January 2021	Oberhof, Germany	4x6 km relay	World Cup	Hettich-Walz / Herrmann-Wick / Preuss