Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian former biathlete.IBU Profile
Career His 1st major individual results came in the Oslo Biathlon World Championships 2016, where he finished 4th in the Mass start & 5th in the Sprint.
At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the Sprint and won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer and Lukas Hofer).
At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics he won a bronze medal in both the Sprint as well as in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).
The highlight of his career however came at the Östersund Biathlon World Championships 2019, where he won the gold medal in the Mass start. Here he also won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).
In the following year at the Rasen-Antholz Biathlon World Championships 2020 he got his best Mixed-relay result with a silver medal (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).
His last major individual result came at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, where he finished 5th in the Mass start, he retired at the end of the season.
His brother Markus Windisch is also a former biathlete.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 3 medals (3 bronze medals) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2014 Sochi 64th 11th 25th 25th 5th Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 50th Bronze 16th 17th 12th Bronze 2022 Beijing 14th 30th 26th 5th 7th —
World Championships 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 56th — — — — — rowspan="6" 2012 Ruhpolding — 68th — — 4th — 2013 Nové Město 18th 57th 33rd — 7th 4th 2015 Kontiolahti 91st 23rd 35th — 12th 7th 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 50th 5th 28th 4th 11th 8th 2017 Hochfilzen 21st 18th 25th 24th 5th 4th 2019 Östersund 29th 27th 17th Gold 15th Bronze — 2020 Rasen-Antholz 75th 48th 51st 14th 7th Silver — 2021 Pokljuka 44th 33rd 35th — 6th — — *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.
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