Lukas Hofer (born 30 September 1989) is an Italian biathlete.IBU Profile
Career Hofer competed for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in biathlon.Vancouver 2010 Profile Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dorothea Wierer and Dominik Windisch he won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Then four years later at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea together with Lisa Vittozzi, Dorothea Wierer and Dominik Windisch, he once again won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay.
Further notable results 2007: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint 2008: 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start 2009: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start 2011: 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start 2012: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, pursuit
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay 2010 Vancouver 46th 56th 54th – 12th — 2014 Sochi 14th 12th 17th DNF 5th Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 63rd 10th 10th 18th 12th Bronze 2022 Beijing 27th 14th 4th 27th 7th 9th 2026 Milano Cortina 16th 13th 13th 25th 14th Silver
World Championships 4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 27th 16th 9th Silver 5th 5th rowspan="6" 2012 Ruhpolding 20th 31st 13th 16th 4th 9th 2013 Nové Město 7th 14th 11th 21st 7th 4th 2015 Kontiolahti 50th 24th 30th — 12th 7th 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 31st 75th — — 11th 8th 2017 Hochfilzen 36th 56th DNS — 5th 4th 2019 Östersund 5th 52rd 42rd 17th 15th Bronze Silver 2020 Antholz-Anterselva 13th 21st 20th 18th 7th Silver 9th 2021 Pokljuka 18th 13th 14th 7th 6th 6th 5th 2023 Oberhof72nd28th35th—7th—— 2024 Nové Město na Moravě24th18th9th19th6th—— 2025 Lenzerheide 70th 16th 20th 8th 5th 7th — *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 Individual podiums 2 victories (2 Sp) 13 podiums No. Season Date Event Competition Level Place12010–11 12 March 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk15 km Mass StartBiathlon World Championships 2nd22011–12 7 January 2012 Oberhof10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 3rd32012–13 15 March 2013 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 2nd42013–14 17 January 2014 Antholz-Anterselva10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 1st52017–18 17 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen12.5 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup 2nd6 24 March 2018 Tyumen12.5 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup 3rd72018–19 12 January 2019 Oberhof12.5 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup 3rd8 22 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 2nd92020–21 11 March 2021 Nové Město10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 3rd10 19 March 2021 Östersund10 km SprintBiathlon World Cup 1st11 20 March 2021 Östersund12.5 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup 3rd122021–22 6 March 2022 Kontiolahti12.5 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup 3rd132025–26 22 January 2026 Nové Město15 km Short IndividualBiathlon World Cup 3rd *Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
Junior/Youth World Championships EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2007 Martell-Val Martello 23rd 29th 22nd – 2008 Ruhpolding 4th 15th 4th – 2009 Canmore 44thGoldGold 7th
References
External links
Lukas Hofer at Milano Cortina 2026