09.02.2016

Magdalena Neuner
Neuner Magdalena

German Biathlete

Olympic champion

World champion

Neuner Magdalena was born on February 9, 1987 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. There are four children in the Neuner family: the older brother Paul, as well as Christoph and Anna, the younger brother and sister of Magdalena. She spent all her childhood in the small Bavarian village of Wallgau, where she later began to live. From the age of four she started skiing, was a member of the SC Wallgau ski club. At the age of nine, her parents brought her to the biathlon section, which she immediately liked. She showed herself there as a talented biathlete, she decided to compete in competitions only from the age of sixteen, after graduating from school.

Good results in biathlon competitions appeared immediately. During the first four years of performances, Neuner managed to win seven awards in the World Championships in the youth team. She received her first medal at the Junior Championship in 2004, winning the relay and sprint, and was also able to finish second in the race. The following year, she received three more medals in similar competitions. In 2006, at the junior competition, Neuner again won three awards: two gold and one silver medal. The year 2008 was her last Junior Championship, where the biathlete becomes the winner in the race and sprint.

Thanks to such successes, Magdalena received the right to compete for the European Cup. In the 2005/2006 season, he wins three races and takes the fifth final place in the overall standings. Such significant results made it possible to include Neuner in the national team to fight for the World Cup. Magdalena made her debut at the World Cup on January 13, 2006, where she, being in reserve, temporarily replaced Uschi Diesel, who had retired from the race. In the first race and sprint, she took only 41st place without credits, but already at the competition in Kontiolahti on March 16, 2006 she finished fourth. She won her first World Cup victory the following year.

Having shown excellent results at the World Championship in Anterselva, she won her third gold medal, becoming a three-time Champion, the youngest in the history of biathlon. At the end of 2007, she was recognized by journalists as the best female athlete of the year in Germany. The following season, she received three more awards in the World Championship: the World Cup and two Small Crystal Globes. The series of victories at the Championship in Östersund continued. Made a significant contribution to the victory of the German team. Thus, completing the Championship with a six-time champion.

The 2008/2009 season was not as successful, although Magdalena received crystal globe, but did not win a single personal award. Did not achieve significant success at the 2009/2010 World Cup. Olympic season, the most successful in her sports career. The January stages did not bring her victories: the second and third place, but already at the last stage in Fort Kent, she collected a complete collection of awards. She won her twentieth anniversary victory in Slovenia, although she made two misses, she nevertheless became the best in the race. Although Neuner missed the first stage of this season due to illness. As a result, 3rd place in the sprint and 2nd in the race.

The next stage, held in Oberhof, Neuner missed due to a back injury, which she received during the warm-up before the first race. At the competitions in Ruhpolding, she took 3rd place twice, but her performance on her native land disappointed with the failure of the relay. At the last sixth stage, held in Antholz-Anterselva, Magdalena showed excellent preparation and came to the finish line first, despite the penalty minutes. Having made only one miss in the sprint race, she nevertheless showed an excellent result, thus obtaining the 16th personal victory in the World Cup.

In the city of Vancouver, at the debut Olympics, she won three awards and became a two-time Olympic champion. After the end of the Olympiad in less than two weeks at a new stage in the town of Kontiolahti, Neuner took 5th place in the sprint and 2nd place in the race. At the penultimate stage, the biathlete wins the fourth Small Crystal Globe. On final stage wins again and receives the second Crystal Globe of the season.

At the first stage of the 2011/2012 season, Magdalena won bronze three times. Also in the city of Hochfilzen shows an excellent result in the sprint and races. In the same year, she completed her sports career.

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Magdalena Neuner, whose biography, sports career and personal life is presented in our article, is a legendary German biathlete, two-time Olympic champion and 12-time winner in various disciplines of the world championships.

Biography

Magdalena Neuner (photo in the article) was born in February 1987 in the small village of Walgau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a town in Bavaria (Germany). Lena was the second child of four children in the family. Magdalena's younger sister, Anna, is also involved in biathlon.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is world famous ski resort, therefore, it is not surprising that the girl began to engage in the ski section at the age of four. Five years later, while still a child, Magdalena Neuner picked up a biathlon rifle for the first time, and since then this sport has become her only one.

The beginning of a professional career

Despite the fact that Lena's talent began to appear already at the first trainings, studies were in the first place for her. Only after graduation was Neuner able to fully concentrate on training and performances.

The results were not long in coming: Magdalena climbed to the highest step of the podium at the youth world championships seven times. At the age of 18, she was recognized as the best young athlete of the year in Germany. These figures attracted the attention of the head coach of the German national team Uwe Mussigant, who began to involve her in performances in the first team.

Debut season in the World Cup

In January 2006, largely due to the injury of the legendary Magdalena Neuner, she took part in the most prestigious biathlon tournament for the first time. The debut was unsuccessful - in the sprint on the Ruhpolding track, she took 41st place and did not score her first test points.

Lena corrected her mistake already at the next pursuit, where she was able to win back 20 positions. At the next stage in Antholz, Italy, she finished 19th in the sprint and 11th in the persuit. But Neuner did not go to the Olympics in Turin - she could not yet compete with much eminent athletes for a place in the German national team.

At the World Cup stage in Finnish Kontiolahti, the biathlete first got to the flower ceremony - she stopped a step away from the prizes in the sprint race. In total, in the 2005/06 season, Magdalena Neuner participated in 10 races, scored 164 test points and took 34th place in the overall ranking.

New "Queen of Biathlon"

After a not very successful starting stage in Östersund, the ascent of biathlete Magdalena Neuner to world fame began. First, she became the second in the relay team in Hochfilzen, and on January 5, 2007, her finest hour came. At the Oberhof track, she became the winner in the sprint and the bronze medalist in the pursuit.

With her first individual victories, Neuner was able to secure a spot on the relay team. In that season, she became the second in Ruhpolding and the winner - at the World Championships in Antholz. But this could not be compared with her individual performance: Lena became a two-time world champion (in sprint and pursuit), and also won two victories at the World Cup stages in Holmenkollen and Khanty-Mansiysk.

According to the results of the season, Magdalena Neuner scored 720 credit points and became fourth, losing only to compatriots Andrea Henkel and Kati Vilhelm, as well as Sweden's Anna Karin Olofsson.

The invincible "Golden Girl" of the German biathlon

Season 2007/08 Magdalena Neuner began in the status of one of the main contenders for victory in the World Cup. But in the first two stages, Lena did not please her fans at all. The reason for this was the catastrophic situation with the accuracy of shooting, especially in a standing position. Even the "reactive" speed of the athlete on the track could not correct the situation.

Starting from the stage in Pokljuka, where Neuner was the best in the relay, Magdalena gradually gained momentum. She won the mass start in Oberhof, then became a three-time world champion in Östersund (in the women's and mixed relay, as well as in the mass start), was the best in the sprint in Pyeongchang and Khanty-Mansiysk. Having scored 818 points in the end, she became the owner of the big Crystal Globe as the best biathlete of the season.

In the next World Cup, Lena did not slow down. She climbed the pedestal 10 times, and 6 times - to the highest step. However, this time the competition both within the national team and from other biathletes did not allow her to become the best again. According to the results of the season, Magdalena Neuner took 4th place in the overall ranking.

Olympic triumph

Lena began her preparations for the Olympics in Vancouver from the third stage of the World Cup in Pokljuka, where she became third in the sprint and second in the pursuit. After missing the stage in her native Oberhof due to injury, Neuner again climbed the podium twice in Ruhpolding, and then left no chance for anyone in the individual and sprint races in Antholz.

At her first and, as it turned out, the last Olympics in her career, Magdalena was supposed to win the sprint, but due to one miss she lost to Slovak Kuzmina. In the pursuit race, Neuner did not leave any of her rivals a chance and became the Olympic champion, and a few days later she added another gold medal to her collection for winning the mass start.

In addition to victories at the Olympics, the biathlete ended the season quite smoothly and won the Crystal Globe for the second time.

The sudden departure of a star

The next season, Magdalena Neuner showed fantastic results - she only once did not enter the top ten in the finishing protocols. However, due to missed races due to illness, she became only fifth in the World Cup rounds.

Season 2011/12 Lena started just gorgeous. At the very first stage in Östersund, she became the best in the sprint and twice third - in the individual race and persuit. Magdalena Neuner missed only three races for the whole season, climbed the podium 20 times, won 11 times. At the end of the year, she scored 1216 credit points and again took first place. In this regard, the statement of the German biathlete about the end of her sports career sounded even more sensational.

Failed modeling career

In 2007, a beautiful and very popular athlete was noticed in Playboy magazine, but the eighteen-year-old biathlete refused to have a candid photo shoot. Magdalena Neuner later nevertheless starred in an advertisement for underwear from famous brand May.

Personal life

Magdalena Neuner is famous not only for her victories and titles, but also for her natural beauty. Like many other professional athletes, Lena's personal life depended on the training and competition schedule, so it was difficult with her personal life. It is not surprising that the first serious relationship for her was an affair with a biathlete from Austria, Franz Perwein, whom the girl met at junior tournaments. The couple seemed happy and strong, but two years later they parted.

After the break, Magdalena Neuner got a serviceman for the German national team, Bjorn Weisheit, who was almost 15 years older than her. After a year and a half, they parted culturally and even continued to work in the same team.

At the end of 2009, the biathlete announced that she had fallen in love again. As it turned out, her childhood friend became her lover - a simple carpenter from Magdalena's native village named Josef Holzer. Until now, most Neuner fans believe that it was because of this relationship that the "Queen of Biathlon" decided to end her professional career at the very peak of her form and world fame.

In March 2014, Magdalena, already in a position, married Josef, and two months later gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Verena-Anne.

Loyal German fans expected that after the birth of the child, Lena, like many athletes, would return to biathlon. But disappointment awaited them - in November 2016, the Golden Girl gave birth to a son, who was named Josef.

Now Magdalena Neuner devotes most of her time to her family, with whom she lives in her native Garmisch-Partenkirchen. They are still meeting with their fans, promoting skiing, and also the legend of the German and world biathlon loves to knit.

Date of Birth: 09.02.1987
Citizenship: Germany

German biathlete, six-time biathlon world champion. Silver medalist of the 2010 Olympic Games in the sprint. The youngest winner in the overall standings of the World Cup (season 2007/08) in history. Three-time world champion summer biathlon. After winning 3 gold medals at the World Championships in 2007, Neuner became one of the most popular sportswomen in Germany. Best Sportswoman 2007 in Germany.

Sports career

For the first time, Magdalena was brought to the biathlon section by her parents at the age of nine, where she immediately liked it very much. Even then, her talent manifested itself, but the decision to seriously concentrate on the sports field was made already at the age of sixteen, after graduating from school. The results at the junior levels of the biathlon competitive hierarchy were not long in coming: Magdalena is a seven-time biathlon world champion among youth and a multiple winner of the national youth biathlon championships in Germany. In 2005, in Germany, she was recognized by sports journalists as the junior athlete of the year. Lena got her first medals from the Junior World Championship back in 2004, when she won the relay and pursuit, and also finished second in the sprint. A year later, she took three more medals from a similar championship: gold in the sprint and two silver (in pursuit and relay). The 2006 Junior World Championship was also marked for Neuner with three awards: two gold (pursuit and relay) and one silver for sprint performance. At her last junior world championship in 2007, the German was content with victories in the sprint and pursuit.

These successes opened her way to the second most important echelon of world biathlon - the European Cup competition. In the 2005/2006 season Magdalena won three stages of the European Cup (final fifth place in the overall standings) and became the bronze medalist of the 2006 European Championship in the relay. Victories in the European Cup allowed the head coach of the German national team Uwe Myussigangu to put up an athlete for the World Cup.

The debut of Magdalena Neuner in the World Cup took place on January 13, 2006, as a reservist instead of the temporarily retired Uscha Disl. The first race, a sprint in German Ruhpolding, was unsuccessful for her - 41st final place without credits in the overall World Cup standings. But a few weeks later, on March 16, 2006, in the Finnish Kontiolahti, Magdalena managed to finish fourth.

The following season, on January 5, 2007, she won her first race, a 7.5 km sprint. The distinctive style of Magdalena at the beginning of the 2006/2007 season was very high speed on the track, but uncertain shooting, especially from a standing position. Therefore, many sports commentators and experts consider her the direct "heir" of Uscha Disl, an outstanding German biathlete who had the same features. Although on this occasion Magdalena personally noted: “Each person is unique. I will not be the second Uschi Disl, but I will be the first Magdalena Neuner.” However, by the end of the season, the athlete managed to significantly improve her shooting performance and win a number of races at the Biathlon World Championship and the last two stages of the 2006/2007 World Cup. As a result, at the beginning of 2007 in Germany, Magdalena Neuner was recognized as the best athlete in winter activities sports at the end of the 2006/2007 season and entered the recognized best sports team(women's German biathlon relay team). At the end of 2007, German sports journalists chose her as the best female athlete in Germany for the whole year.

In addition to biathlon, Magdalena is fond of music (playing the harp), motorcycles and needlework. Officially, she is a customs officer. In addition to his native German, he speaks English. Among fans, sports journalists and fellow athletes, she is known by the diminutive name "Lena" and has the nickname "Shooting star", in itself a pun: on English language this phrase means "meteor", and literally translates as "shooting star" - which quite accurately reflects the occupation and perception of Magdalena by fans.

Shooting Neuner

The average shooting accuracy for a career is 74%. The highest percentage of Magdalena's accuracy in the stele was in her debut season- 78%. In the 2006-2007 season, the average percentage of accurate hits fell to 70%, in the victorious 2007-2008 season for her, this figure was 73%. In the 2008-2009 season, it was equal to 76% (this is the 78th result out of 113 participants). 73% of which Magdalena Neuner showed in the 2007-2008 season became worst result among the winners of the World Cup (for comparison: Andrea Henkel - 84%, Katya Wilhelm - 87%, Sandrine Bailly - 81%). Neuner's shooting was often a topic of discussion in the German media.

Ski training Neuner

Neuner is one of the fastest biathletes in the world. In the 2006-2007 season, out of 24 races she conducted, she was in the top three fastest races in 19. The following season, in 19 out of 25 races, she showed best time at a distance, and in the remaining 6 she was in the top three. Magdalena conducts a very intensive preparation for the season (during the preparatory cycle for the 2006-2007 World Cup, Neuner covered 5300 km on skis and rollerskis).

Winter Olympics 2010

The Olympics, currently taking place in Vancouver, was the first for Magdalena in her career. In debut for myself Olympic race- sprint for 7.5 kilometers Magdalena, leading along the distance, had every chance of winning. But a mistake made on the second firing line became fatal. The time spent on the passage of the penalty loop delayed the Olympic triumph of Neuner, who lost as a result to the representative of Slovakia Anastasia Kuzmina a second and five tenths. The result of the race for Magdalena was a silver Olympic medal and all the chances for a successful performance in the pursuit.

2009/10

First round of the 2009/10 season. in Ostersund, Sweden, Magdalena missed due to a viral infection. Therefore, the report of her performances is conducted from the second stage in the Austrian Hochfilzen. At this stage, Neuner competed in the sprint and pursuit, placing 29th and 28th respectively.

At the next round in Pokljuka, Slovenia, Neuner finished 18th in the individual race, and in the next two races Magdalena was on the podium both times, placing 3rd in the sprint and 2nd in the pursuit.

The fourth stage of the World Cup at home in the German Oberhof was also missed by her like the first. This time for back pain.

At the fifth stage in Ruhpolding, Magdalena showed an excellent ski run, but poor shooting, and took two third places (in the sprint (2 misses) and the mass start (5 misses)). And her completely unsuccessful shooting in the relay, where Lena "earned" 2 penalty loops, largely determined that the German team was outside the prize podium.

The last pre-Olympic sixth stage in the highlands in the Italian Antholz-Anterselva was a triumph for Magdalena. In the individual race, for the first time in the season, she climbed the first step of the podium, which was her first victory in her life in this type of racing. Lena showed great ski training, and despite 3 penalty minutes, came to the finish line first. In the next race in the sprint, she again showed excellent physical form and with one miss on the standing, she again outstripped all competitors, thereby issuing her 16th individual victory at the World Cup. In the pursuit race that took place on the basis of the results of the sprint, Magdalena had a chance to score a hat-trick at the stage, but a miss at the last firing line allowed her teammate Andrea Henkel to get ahead of Lena and score a victory. Neuner finished second.

2008/09

According to the results of the 2008/2009 Biathlon World Cup (including the World Championship in Pyeongchang, South Korea), Magdalena Neuner took 4th place in the overall standings (891 points). Helena Jonsson, winner of the Big Crystal Globe, and Kati Wilhelm, second with the same number of points (952), (Jonsson won the BCG with additional indicators) was 61 points, from third place, which was taken by Tura Berger - 3 points. In the 2008-2009 season, Magdalena Neuner became the owner of the Small Crystal Globe in the standings of individual races.

2007/08

According to the results of the Biathlon World Cup 2007/2008. out of ten stages (including the World Championship in Östersund, Sweden), Magdalena Neuner took 1st place in the overall standings (818 points). Superiority over the closest pursuer, Sandrine Bailly, was 13 points. In general, the season turned out to be uneven for the athlete, even before it began, some sports commentators and journalists doubted Magdalena's ability to consolidate the success achieved a year earlier, referring to the “second year syndrome” among the newcomers who clearly showed themselves and illness during late pre-season training. The first stages did not really bring finishes on the podium, however, they allowed me to score a significant number of points both in the overall standings of the World Cup and in its individual disciplines. Starting from the stage in Slovenian Pokljuka, Magdalena's results have improved significantly, she managed to finish several times in the prize-winners, both in personal and team competition. Her first individual victory of the 2007/2008 season. was the mass start in Thuringian Oberhof, where the athlete finished with a very significant advantage with the flag of Germany in her hands. The series of victories and podiums continued at the World Championships in Östersund, which was also included in the World Cup points standings, and its beginning was very disappointing for Magdalena - on her birthday, leading the sprint race on the track, she made three misses in standing shooting and ended up far beyond the winners. But in the mass start, as well as in the women's and mixed relay races, the athlete became the world champion, and the team races of the German national teams were won largely thanks to her participation. The next stage, in the South Korean Pyeongchang, was successful in the sprint, but in the subsequent pursuit Magdalena got lost on the track and lost more than a 20-second advantage over Sandrine Bailly and failed to impose a fight on either her or the other winners. However, after another successful stage for her in Khanty-Mansiysk, Magdalena headed overall standings World Cup and won the "small globe" in the mass start, despite another upcoming race in this standings. Despite mediocre results in the final races in Holmenkollen, Norway, the athlete also won victories in the sprint and overall World Cup standings, as her main rivals Andrea Henkel and Sandrine Bailly performed even worse.

2006/2007

According to the results of the Biathlon World Cup 2006/2007. out of nine stages (including the World Championship in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy), Magdalena Neuner took 4th place in the overall standings (720 points). The backlog from the winner Andrea Henkel was 150 points, from the third place occupied by Anna-Karin Olofsson - 140 points. The advantage over the closest pursuer, Florence Baverel-Robert, was 49 points.

The first full season in the World Cup was more than successful for Magdalena, although its beginning turned out to be inexpressive: the only success before the start of the “golden classic” (three stages in Oberhof, Ruhpolding and Antholz-Anterselva) was a silver medal in the relay in Austrian Hochfilzen. The first career victory came during the sprint race in Oberhof, but before the start of the World Championships, despite a couple more successes, few people seriously took the opportunity of Magdalena's participation in the fight for championship medals. All the more unexpected were her two victories in a row in the sprint and the pursuit race, and in the first race Magdalena did not allow a single miss and created such a big reserve for the pursuit race that she confidently finished first there, despite four misses on the firing lines while standing. The athlete won the third gold medal as part of the German women's relay team. The series of victories and podiums continued after the World Championship, the final stage of the season in Khanty-Mansiysk was especially successful for Magdalena: 1 victory and 1 second place. On the other hand, a large number of shooting misses and a confident performance by her rivals did not allow her to rise above fourth place in the overall World Cup standings, although the demonstrated potential left no doubt about Magdalena's ability to fight for all the most high places and biathlon titles.

Awards

Sportswoman of the Year in Germany - 2007.

Rookie Biathlete of the Year - 2007.

Biathlete of the Year - 2007, 2008.

Laureate of the "Golden Ski" of the Association ski types Germany (DSV) - 2007, 2008.

Biathlete of the season at Forum Nordicum - 2008.

Personal life

Neuner has lived in the small Bavarian town of Walgau since birth. In 2007, she bought an apartment here for her grandmother. Neuner dated and corresponded for two years with former Austrian biathlete Franz Peyrvin, whom she met during the 2006 Biathlon Youth World Championships. In January 2008 they broke up. Magdalena is fond of knitting and this was often mentioned in the media. She has a knitting blog. In February 2007, Neuner turned down an offer from Playboy magazine.

Magdalena Neuner - German biathlete, Olympic champion. Has seven Small World Cups. The most popular athlete in Germany.

Childhood

Magdalena Neuner was born in the family of a bank employee Paul Neuner and Margit. There are four children in the Neuner family: the older brother Paul, as well as Christoph and Anna, the younger brother and sister of Magdalena. Anna is also involved in biathlon - she takes part in youth competitions.

Neuner spent her entire childhood in the small Bavarian village of Wallgau, where she still lives. WITH four years she started skiing and was a member of the SC Wallgau ski club. At the age of nine, her parents brought her to the biathlon section, which she immediately liked. Neuner showed herself there as a talented biathlete, but to perform in sports competitions Magdalena decided only from the age of sixteen, after graduating from school.

Sports career

Good results in biathlon competitions appeared immediately. During the first four years of performances, Neuner managed to win seven awards in the world championships in the youth team.

Magdalena received her first medal at the junior championship in 2004, winning the relay and sprint, and was also able to finish second in the race. The following year, she received three more medals in similar competitions.

In 2006, as a junior, Neuner again won three awards: two gold and one silver medal.

2008 was her last junior championship, where the biathlete becomes the winner in the race and sprint. Thanks to such successes, Magdalena received the right to compete for the European Cup. In the 2005/06 season, he wins three races and takes the fifth final place in the overall standings. Her such significant results allow the team's head coach Uwe Mussegang to include Neuner in the national team to fight for the World Cup.

Magdalena made her debut at the World Cup on January 13, 2006, where she, being in reserve, temporarily replaced Uschi Diesel, who had retired from the race. In the first race and sprint in Ruhpolding, she took only 41st place without credits, but already at the competition in Kontiolahti on March 16, 2006 she finished fourth. She won her first World Cup victory the following year. On January 5, in the 7.5 km sprint, Magdalena became the best. Having shown excellent results at the World Championships in Anterselva, she won her third gold medal, becoming a three-time champion, the youngest in biathlon history. At the end of 2007, she was recognized by journalists as the best female athlete of the year in Germany. According to the results of the Cup, which consisted of nine stages, Neuner scored 720 points and took 4th place.

The following season, the biathlete received three more awards in the World Championships - the World Cup and two Small Crystal Globes. The results of the next draw, which now consisted of 10 stages: 818 points, first place and the title of the World Cup winner. The first individual win is a race win from the general start at Oberhof, where Magdalena finished with the German flag. The series of victories at the championship in Östersund continued. Despite the fact that the beginning of the forum was discouraging for Neuner: in the lead, the biathlete made three misses, thereby being below the line of winners. But later she rehabilitated herself by winning the race, and also making a significant contribution to the victory of the German team. Thus, completing the championship with a six-time champion. Having successfully performed in Khanty-Mansiysk, she led the overall standings and won the Cup ahead of schedule. In Holmenkollen, having average results in races, she nevertheless won the fight for the Small Cup.

2008/09 was not so successful, although Magdalena received the Crystal Globe, (individual races), but did not win any individual awards, just as she did not achieve significant success in the World Cup. The results of this season are 891 points and fourth place.

2009/10 Olympic season, the most successful in her sports career. The January stages did not bring victories to Magdalena: the second and third place, but already at the last stage in Fort Kent, she collects a complete collection of awards. Neuner won her twentieth anniversary victory in Slovenia, although she made two misses, she still became the best in the race. Although Neuner missed the first stage of this season due to illness. At the second stage in Hochfilzen, Magdalena took 29th and 28th places. The third stage of the race was held in the Slovenian town of Pokljuka with a result - 3rd place in the sprint and 2nd place in the race. The next stage, held in Oberhof, Neuner missed due to a back injury, which she received during the warm-up before the first race. At the competitions in Ruhpolding, she took 3rd place twice, but her performance on her native land disappointed with the failure of the relay. At the last sixth stage, held in Antholz-Anterselva, Magdalena showed excellent preparation and came to the finish line first, despite the penalty minutes. Having made only one miss in the sprint race, she nevertheless showed an excellent result, thereby obtaining the 16th personal victory in the World Cup.

In February, in Vancouver, at her debut Olympics, Magdalena won three awards and became a two-time Olympic champion. After the end of the Olympiad in less than two weeks at a new stage in the town of Kontiolahti, Neuner took 5th place in the sprint and 2nd place in the race. At the penultimate stage in Norway, the biathlete wins the fourth Small Crystal Globe. And at the final stage, she wins again, gaining 933 points, and receives the second Crystal Globe of the season.

At a press conference in Leogang on 6 December 2011, Neuner stated that she wanted to end her career after the 2011/12 season. At the first stage of this season, traditionally held in Östersund, Magdalena won bronze three times. Also in Hochfilzen shows excellent results in the sprint and races. At the fourth stage in Oberhof, which became successful for the biathlete, she wins the sprint race, thus Neuner rehabilitates herself in front of her fans for failing in the relay. Subsequent high results consolidate her leadership in the World Cup standings. In the Czech Republic, Neuner took the podium twice - in the individual sprint race and got the third final result. But Magdalena's fans will remember the pursuit race for a long time because of her ridiculous mistake - Neuner was in the lead during the race, taking a position for shooting opposite the first installation, and opened fire on the second. Having made four successful shots, only then did she notice her mistake and completed the last shot already at the desired target. According to the rules of the competition, for such errors you need to pass four penalty loops. Thus, Neuner took 7th place.

Interview with Magdalena Neuner

Personal life of Magdalena Neuner

Magdalena Neuner is fond of playing the harp. Knitting is also a favorite pastime, the media often mentions this. Neuner maintains a blog on the subject.

In February 2007, Playboy magazine made an offer for a photo session, but Neuner turned down the offer. In 2010, in June, Magdalena takes part in an advertisement for Mey underwear.

In December 2009, the world learns about her romantic relationship with her school friend Josef Holzer, who also lives in her hometown of Wallgau.

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Occupation: biathlete

Magdalena Neuner has been on Instagram since the fall of 2015, sharing personal and sports photos.

Instagram subscribers of Magdalena Neuner are interested in bright and elegant photographs, the girl shares her experiences and successes with her followers. She shows herself during competitions, trainings, does not hide her family and is not afraid to share happy moments from her life with people. Thus, subscribers are not limited to information about Neuner's sports career, you can also see the girl's personal life from it. Magdalena can respond to comments from subscribers if there is an interesting question. She is registered on Instagram and Facebook, in addition to this, she has an official website.

In the feed you can see a variety of photos, ranging from funny, where a girl with an artificial mustache, and ending with very touching and tender photos during pregnancy, her child. The most reverent photo of the girl shows with family holidays: Child's birthday, joint New Year. Communicating with her followers and fans Magdalena Neuner photo from Instagram, showing trust and sincerity.

Biography of Magdalena Neuner

The biography of Magdalena Neuner begins on February 9, 1987 in Bavaria, from the age of four she began to ski. Magdalena grew up in a family with four children, grew up in a small village where she still lives. She knew her husband from adolescence, he is an ordinary carpenter. The young have a son and a daughter. The biathlete has served since childhood big hopes but go to big sport decided only after graduating from school, at the age of sixteen. Already in the first four years, she immediately showed herself - she received seven awards, became a multiple champion, but her victories were not limited to this. The next stage in Magdalena's career was the European Biathlon Cup, where she went for six years. On the request "Magdalena Neuner biography" you can find all the information about the girl's career, with detailed description all the success of the biathlete.

girl on this moment is the most successful in this sport, this is confirmed by such awards:

• Magdalena won German Sportswoman of the Year three times;
• She was noted as a novice biathlete and biathlete of the year;
• Laureate of "Alpine skiing".