Franziska Preuß (also spelled Preuss, born 11 March 1994) is a German former biathlete and the World Cup winner of the 2024–25 season. She made her World Cup debut during the 2013–14 season and represented Germany at the 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Preuß has won gold medals at the Biathlon World Championships, triumphing in the relay in 2015 and the pursuit in 2025. She also secured the mass start title in the 2014–15 and 2024–25 seasons, along with the sprint title in the 2024–25 season. She achieved two top–3 finishes in the overall World Cup standings, placing third in the 2020–21 season and finally won the World Cup in the 2024–25 season.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 2 medals (2 bronze) Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay 2014 Sochi 19 DNF 40th 39th — 10th — 23 4th — — 12th 8th — 2022 Beijing27 25th 30th 15th 8thBronze —2026 Milano Cortina31 10th 7th 6th 28th 4thBronze *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships 11 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze) Year Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay 2015 Kontiolahti — 14th 13th Silver Gold 6th rowspan="2" 2016 Oslo — 14th 6th 8thBronze Silver 2019 Östersund 38th 16th 27th 19th — — — 2020 Antholz 5th 8th 7th 8th Silver 4th Silver 2021 Pokljuka 7th 8th 5th 6th Silver 7th 7th 15th 6th 6th 11th 5th 2025 Lenzerheide 10th Silver Gold 7th 5thBronzeBronze *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 Year Age Sprint Pursuit Relay Mixed relay 2012 Innsbruck 18 Gold Silver Gold Gold
World Cup Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Races Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2013–1418/22 382 18th 25 26th 140 21st 150 13th 67 16th2014–1522/25 658 9th 47 19th 196 13th 197 8th 218 1st2015–16 17/25 533 12th 22 40th 203 11th 213 9th 95 18th2016–178/26 231 35th 43 24th 58 45th 92 34th 38 33rd2017–1817/22 306 22nd 20 38th 99 25th 113 21st 74 25th2018–1922/25 572 9th 58 16th 180 12th 182 9th 152 7th2019–2017/21 573 6th 109 5th 215 6th 133 10th 116 17th2020–2126/26 840 3rd 59 13th 267 7th 240 3rd 183 2nd 2021–2213/22 357 21st 18 40th 137 25th 108 22nd 94 13th2022–237/20 115 42nd – – 36 52nd 53 34th 26 35th2023–2411/21 539 11th 109 6th 193 10th 201 11th 36 28th2024–2521/21 1278 1st 190 2nd 414 1st 319 3rd 355 1st2025–2611/21 394 16th 77 12th 123 18th 121 17th 73 19th
Shooting statistics SeasonOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelay2013–1480.2 (299/373)80.0 (32/40)76.3 (61/80)82.9 (116/140)85.0 (51/60)73.6(39/53)2014–1585.2 (381/447)90.0 (36/40)78.9 (71/90)87.5 (105/120)90.0 (90/100)81.4 (79/97)2015–1689.9 (295/328)85.0 (17/20)87.1 (25/30)94.2 (113/120)90.0 (54/60)86.2 (50/58)2016–1787.8 (144/164)85.0 (17/20)83.3 (25/30)90.0 (54/60)90.0 (18/20)88.2 (30/38)2017–1886.8 (330/380)91.7 (55/60)81.4 (57/70)85.8 (103/120)93.3 (56/60)84.3 (59/70)2018–1983.3 (353/424)86.7 (52/60)83.8 (67/80)84.3 (118/140)85.0 (68/80)75.0 (48/64)2019–2087.4 (348/398)91.7 (55/60)85.7 (60/70)87.5 (70/80)90.0 (54/60)85.2 (109/128)2020–2185.8 (452/527)85.0 (51/60)87.0 (87/100)86.9 (139/160)86.0 (86/100)83.2 (89/107)2021–2286.4 (292/338)80.0 (32/40)76.8 (55/70)92.0 (92/100)88.3 (53/60)88.2 (60/68)2022–2385.8 (103/120)–86.7 (26/30)83.3 (50/60)85.0 (17/20)100 (10/10)2023–2489.4 (269/301)93.3 (56/60)90.0 (45/50)92.0 (92/100)97.5 (39/40)72.5 (37/51)2024–2591.6 (466/509)93.8 (75/80)91.3 (73/80)90.0 (126/140)94.2 (113/120)88.8 (79/89)2025–2684.3 (258/306)86.7 (52/60)92.5 (37/40)92.5 (74/80)81.7 (49/60)69.7 (46/66) Key:Hits / shots, percentage. Results in all IBU World Cup races including relay events.
Individual podiums No. Season Date Location Race LevelPlacement 1 2014–15 18 January 2015 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass start World Cup 2nd 2 15 March 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland 12.5 km Mass start World Championships 2nd 3 21 March 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 10 km Pursuit World Cup 3rd 4 2018–19 20 January 2019 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start 1st5 21 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 7.5 km Sprint 2nd 6 2019–20 8 March 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic 12.5 km Mass Start 3rd7 13 March 2020 Kontiolahti, Finland 7.5 km Sprint 2nd 8 2020–21 11 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km Sprint 3rd9 17 January 2021 Oberhof, Germany 12.5 km Mass start 2nd10 13 March 2021 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit 3rd11 21 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden 12.5 km Mass start 3rd12 2021–22 20 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 12.5 km Mass start 2nd 13 2023–24 26 November 2023 Östersund, Sweden 15 km Individual 2nd14 3 December 2023 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit 2nd15 5 January 2024 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint 2nd16 2024–25 8 December 2024 Kontiolahti, Finland 12.5 km Mass start 3rd17 13 December 2024 Hochfilzen, Austria 7.5 km Sprint 1st18 14 December 2024 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit 3rd19 20 December 2024 Annecy, France 7.5 km Sprint 2nd20 21 December 2024 Annecy, France 10 km Pursuit 1st21 22 December 2024 Annecy, France 12.5 km Mass Start 2nd22 16 January 2025 Ruhpolding, Germany 15 km Individual 2nd23 19 January 2025 Ruhpolding, Germany 12.5 km Mass Start 2nd24 23 January 2025 Antholz, Italy 7.5 km Sprint 3rd25 25 January 2025 Antholz, Italy 10 km Pursuit 3rd26 14 February 2025 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 7.5 km Sprint World Championships 2nd27 16 February 2025 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 10 km Pursuit 1st 28 13 March 2025 Pokljuka, Slovenia 12.5 km Short Individual World Cup 3rd 29 21 March 2025 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 7.5 km Sprint 1st 30 23 March 2025 Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway 12.5 km Mass Start 1st 31 2025–26 23 January 2026 Nové Město, Czechia 12.5 km Short Individual 3rd
Relay podiums No. Season Date Location LevelPlacement Teammates 12013–14 7 December 2013 Hochfilzen Biathlon World Cup 2nd Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier212 December 2013 Annecy 1st Henkel / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier38 January 2014 Ruhpolding 1st Sachenbacher-Stehle / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier42014–15 30 November 2014 Östersund 3rd Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp513 December 2014 Hochfilzen 1st Kummer / Hildebrand / Hinz614 January 2015 Ruhpolding 3rd Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier725 January 2015 Antholz 1st Kummer / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier813 March 2015 KontiolahtiWorld Championships Gold Hildebrand / Hinz / Dahlmeier92015–1613 December 2015 HochfilzenBiathlon World Cup 2nd Hildebrand/ Hinz / Hammerschmidt107 February 2016 Canmore 1st Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp1113 February 2016 Presque Isle 3rd Kummer / Neureuther / Horchler123 March 2016 OsloWorld Championships Silver Hildebrand / Peiffer / Schempp1311 March 2016 Oslo Bronze Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier142016–1727 November 2016 Östersund Biathlon World Cup 3rd Lesser1512 January 2017 Ruhpolding 1st Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier162017–1826 November 2017 Östersund 3rd Hammerschmidt / Doll / Peiffer177 January 2018 Oberhof 2nd Hinz / Herrmann / Hammerschmidt1813 January 2018 Ruhpolding 1st Herrmann / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier1917 March 2018 Holmenkollen 2nd Hammerschmidt / Herrmann/ Dahlmeier202018–1913 January 2019 Oberhof 2nd Horchler / Hildebrand / Herrmann2119 January 2019 Ruhpolding 3rd Hinz / Dahlmeier / Herrmann222019–2030 November 2019 Östersund2ndLesser2320 February 2020 AntholzWorld Championships Silver Lesser2422 February 2020 Antholz Silver Horchler / Hinz / Herrmann257 March 2020 Nové Město Biathlon World Cup3rdHorchler / Hinz / Herrmann262020–215 December 2020 Kontiolahti 3rd Hinz / Hammerschmidt / Herrmann2716 January 2021 Oberhof 1st Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann2824 January 2021 Antholz 2nd Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann2920 February 2021 PokljukaWorld Championships Silver Hinz / Hettich / Herrmann302021–2216 February 2022 BeijingWinter Olympic GamesBronzeVoigt / Hinz / Herrmann3113 March 2022 Otepää Biathlon World Cup3rdLesser32 2023–2429 November 2023 Östersund3rdHettich-Walz / Grotian / Voigt3310 January 2024 Ruhpolding3rdHettich-Walz / Schneider / Kebinger34 2024–2515 December 2024 Hochfilzen1stVoigt / Tannheimer / Grotian3518 January 2025 Ruhpolding 1st Scherer / Grotian / Schneider 3612 February 2025 LenzerheideWorld Championships3rdGrotian / Nawrath / Strelow 3720 February 2025 Lenzerheide3rdStrelow 382025–2610 January 2026 OberhofBiathlon World Cup3rdGrotian / Tannheimer / Hettich-Walz398 February 2026 AntholzWinter Olympic Games3rdStrelow / Nawrath / Voigt
References
External links
Franziska Preuss at Milano Cortina 2026