German biathlete and skier, silver medalist Olympic Games 2010 in the relay race, two-time world champion in biathlon in the relay race, silver medalist of the 2009 World Championship in cross-country skiing in the relay race, two-time world champion in biathlon among juniors.

The first serious successes in the sports field came to Miriam at the age of 18 - at the 2008 Biathlon World Junior Championships in Ruhpolding, she managed to win her first world title as part of the relay team. The following year, at the 2009 World Junior Championships held in Alberta, Canada, Gössner managed to win a silver medal in the sprint and win the pursuit race, while making 8 errors on the firing lines. Miriam's astonishing speed on the track was not ignored by the coaches of the German national cross-country skiing team. Gössner was included in the main team of the cross-country skiing team in preparation for the World Championships in ski activities Sports in 2009, where she managed to win a silver medal as part of the relay team.

After Miriam's unsuccessful performance at the first stage of the 2009/2010 Biathlon World Cup, it became obvious that her chances of getting into the upcoming Olympic Games in Vancouver as part of the biathlon team are negligible. Gössner, as in the past year, focused on performances for the cross-country skiing team, which eventually brought her the highest this moment achievement in sports career: having brilliantly run the third stage in the women's 4x5 km relay, Miriam, together with her teammates Katrin Zeller, Evi Sachenbacher and Claudia Nystad, won the silver Olympic medal.

In the 2010/2011 season Gössner, despite the objections of the coaching staff of the German national cross-country skiing team, returned to the biathlon team, saying along the way that the final choice between cross-country skiing and biathlon would be made before the beginning of 2011.

Personal life

Gössner holds German and Norwegian citizenship.

In preparation for the 2012/2013 season, Gössner lost 10 kilograms and also underwent dental surgery.

In January 2013, Gössner revealed that she intended to move permanently to Norway.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Miriam Gössner in a hurry, it's very noticeable. Endless conversations, movements - everything seems restless. Miri often breaks into the kitchen where her parents are cooking, taking ham and pasta with them.

The athlete’s schedule is extremely tight, in the mornings Miri trained for two and a half weeks in the north of Austria in the town of Seefeld. There she rode roller skis. In addition, training takes place in gym at the Olympic base Garmisch-Partenkirchen at least twice a week during the day.

Osteopath Martin Auracher Schliersee is monitoring Miri's condition during the training period after the injury. Due to constant pain caused by a fall from her bike, Miri missed the Olympics and most of the 2013/14 World Cup season. “I want to be fully healthy again,” Gössner says. The pain that had become my constant unbearable companion had practically disappeared. Sometimes, however, it makes itself felt, but things are definitely getting better.

Instead of racing rivals, Miri most often spends this year with a seven-month-old Australian Shepard named "Buddy". young dog Miri chose together with Felix Neureuther, who has already gone with his team to the training camp in Cyprus. For the past few weeks, Buddy has been left alone or with Miriam's parents.

The time begins when Miriam and Felix will see each other less often. This is due to the start of training for the upcoming season. But the March vacation for the couple was very intense. Miri and Felix have been to Vietnam. “It was great,” the blonde says. But I won't go into too much detail. Our personal lives must remain private.

We are not very public people. This is not our world. Maybe others like it, but not us. We just enjoy communicating with each other, making each other happy.

Earlier, Miriam and Felix attended the premiere of the film "Cerro Torre - Nicht den Hauch einer Chance".

In the new season, Miri is one of the main old-timers of the team. The last representative of the golden generation - Andrea Henkel completed her sports career. There have been changes in coaching staff, Ricco Gross was replaced by Tobias Reiter.

Miri said that she knows Reiter well, unlike her new teammates. Miri is reluctant to talk about the upcoming World Cup in March 2015. “No one can say what will happen at this time, but I will do my best, which depends on me.” .

And now some new photos:

On May 4, Miri took part in the charity marathon Wings For Life World Run, which was held simultaneously in 32 countries around the world. 100% of the funds raised (3 million euros) were used to study problems spinal cord and the development of new treatments.

Miriam Gessner is the most beautiful and fastest skier in Germany. Winner of two biathlon world championships and silver medalist of the 2009 World Ski Championships, silver medalist of the 2010 Olympic Games, an athlete who twice won the biathlon world champion title among junior teams.

The brightest moments sports career Miriam Gessner is a famous skier and biathlete.

Childhood

Miriam Gessner was born in 1990 in the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Mother Miriam is a native of Norway, father is a citizen of Germany.

A girl from childhood went in for sports and her first hobby was skiing. But soon this sport was forgotten due to injury. Riding on steep slopes, Miriam fell, injured her face and knocked out two of her teeth. After this incident, skiing was abandoned, and the athlete herself switched to less traumatic cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Career

Fame came to Miriam closer to the age of 18, at this age the girl was able to win the first high award in the Biathlon World Cup among young athletes. The event, thanks to which Gessner was able to become a world champion, took place in the town of Ruhpolding in 2008. A year later, in the Canadian province of Alberta, she managed to win silver at the Biathlon World Cup in the junior team and win the pursuit. Famous coaches drew attention to Miriam's victories, and she was invited to the main team for further participation in the World Cup in skiing. As part of the national team, Gessner managed to win another silver medal.

The first stage of the Biathlon World Cup did not bring Gessner brilliant victory. Miriam realized that she could not get to the Olympic Games in Vancouver as a biathlete. The athlete completely focused on cross-country skiing and was not mistaken in her decision. In the women's relay quad, she won her first Olympic silver medal.

Miriam has not abandoned her biathlon plans. In 2010, despite the objections of ski coaches, the girl returned to the national team. Gessner showed excellent results already at the beginning of the season, finishing second twice. In the same season, as part of the German national team, the athlete won the championship at the World Championships in Russian city Khanty-Mansiysk. The next biathlon season was not as successful for the athlete, but soon she took gold at home and became the biathlon world champion for the second time.

In 2012, the girl becomes the leader of the national team. Then she will have victories in personal races, the biathlete will take an honorable second place twice. Miriam's main achievement this season will be her participation in the Top 10 overall standings world cup.

In 2013, Miriam suffered a back injury during training, this unfortunate circumstance led to the skipping of the next Olympic season. The consequences of the injury had a negative impact on further career athletes, as she had to miss the overall World Cup standings and the Championship itself. From the main team, the German moved to the reserve.

In 2014, Miriam returned to the biathlon team and took part in the German championship. In the ski race, the girl took sixth place, and the next day she even finished thirteenth. Because of poor results the athlete canceled her decision to participate in the pursuit. Summed up this time another injury - during the relay, the athlete fell and received a concussion. But having recovered from the concussion, Miriam again entered the team.

Despite the fact that 2014-2015 became a failure for Miriam, 2015-2016. brought the athlete hope for a career revival.

Personal life

Miriam Gessner's living space is not limited to sports alone. The most notable events include the following episodes of the personal life of the champion:

• Until 2011, Miriam Gessner was in a relationship with biathlete Simon Schempp.
• In 2011, the Red Bull company becomes the sponsor of the athlete.
• In 2012, the girl fulfilled her dream and climbed to the top of Mont Blanc.
• In 2013, the athlete announced her intention to move to Norway for permanent residence, but at the same time noted that she would still compete for Germany.
• In 2013, two years after the quarrel with Simon, the athlete opened up to a new relationship, the skier Felix Neureuther became her new chosen one.
• In the winter of 2014, Miriam posed for Playboy magazine.
• In the summer of 2014, the athlete competed in the Ice Bucket Challenge.
• In 2015, Gessner built a house for herself in Norway.
• In October, Miriam and Felix had a daughter.
• Gessner married Felix Neureuther in 2017.

Separately, it is worth noting the good education of the girl, in addition to German, she also speaks English and Norwegian. And Miriam Gessner is one of the ten most beautiful biathletes in the world.

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With the name Miriam Gessner, German sports associated great expectations. It was she who was going to give the leader's jersey to the most titled biathlete. But the circumstances were different.

Childhood and youth

Miriam was born in June 1990 in the tiny Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Actually, due to its small size, the settlement does not have the status of a city, but it was created for the Olympics. The girl's father is German by nationality, and her mother is a citizen of the Norwegian kingdom.

Skiing is the default in the Alps, and Miri did the same. A fragile girl (Gessner's height - 167 cm, weight - 57 kg) started with slalom and giant slalom with her younger sister Christina, a couple of times she risked going through the super-giant track.

Then she switched to cross-country skiing and biathlon. The reason for this was the teeth knocked out during the descent. The dentist's husband turned out to be a biathlon coach. Then no one imagined what problems a simple, in general, injury would turn into. But Miriam could not choose between classic skiers and shooters for almost half of her career.

Biathlon

A new biathlon star shone in the form of Gessner's gold medal at the 2008 Junior World Championships. A year later, at similar competitions in Canada, the German woman got a silver medal in the sprint and a gold medal in the pursuit.

The jet girl was noticed in the national sports committee and assigned to the adult cross-country skiing team, which was preparing for the World Championships. Miri lived up to expectations: from the Czech Liberec, the girl brought a silver medal won in the relay.

The first Biathlon World Cup in Gessner's biography in the 2009-2010 season upset the debutante. The athlete scored 12 misses and, accordingly, was left without a place in the overall standings. Even the outstanding speed that Miriam Gessner is famous for did not help to close the penalty loops.

The athlete was rehabilitated by returning to the racing team, in which she went to the Olympic Games in Vancouver. In Canada, Miriam won a silver medal in the relay.

In the 2010-2011 season, Gessner returned to shooting colleagues. At the world championship that started the season, the athlete received the highest award for winning the relay. At the stages of the World Cup, Miriam climbed the podium three more times for silver medals in the individual classification, once for bronze in the relay. In the final list, the name Gessner was on the 14th line.

Despite the fact that Miri easily made up for misses on targets along the course, problems with shooting training affected the next season. The best was the world championship in Ruhpolding, where Miriam won first place, and again in the relay. At the stages of the World Cup, the girl did not rise above the fifth, but finished at all on the 27th.

At the beginning of the 2012-2013 season, journalists exaggerated not so much the misses of the athlete as the story of Miriam's loss of a tooth during the passage of the track. Apparently, the unfortunate fact angered Gessner enough, because then a wave of personal cup podiums followed: a victorious one in Italy, a gold and two silver medals in Slovenia. She received bronze and two golds in her homeland, gold and bronze in Russia. As usual, Miriam was not without penalties.

At the World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, Miri was left without awards. But the tireless athlete immediately left for Italy, for the World Ski Championships. It was not possible to show results there, and Miriam was only half a second away from the podium in the 10 km race. After the world championship, Gessner found the strength to participate in the World Cup, but fatigue took its toll - the girl got positions in the second and third ten.

The stability of Gessner's performances was affected by an old problem with a tooth. The titanium prosthesis caused allergies, Miriam suffered from a headache, lack of appetite, or, conversely, from excess weight. As a result, the girl underwent surgery to implant bone tissue.

While preparing for the Olympic season, Miriam fell off while cycling. The girl received a fracture of four vertebrae and a threat to stay in wheelchair. Subsequently, the German missed several stages of the World Cup, and then completely announced that she would not come to the Olympic Games in Sochi.

In the summer of 2014, Gessner tried to win back the top lines of the world rankings. Moving away from a concussion received at home competitions, Miri got into the team announced by Germany for the first stage of the World Cup. Due to negative results, Miriam was not taken to the World Championships in Kontiolahti.

A bronze medal at the Hochfilzen stage in 2015 ensured Miriam Gessner a place in the main squad of the German national team. But the rise again gave way to a decline, shooting, despite the change of coach, did not go well.

Gessner did not appear on the ski track of the 2016 World Championship, held in Tyumen. However, already at the World Cup stage in Slovenia, Miri was a little short of a medal in the sprint, but problems with speed were added to poor shooting. Miriam completed the 2016-2017 season ahead of schedule. On the Instagram page, the athlete said that she was waiting for an operation due to inflammation.

Personal life

For four years, Miri maintained a relationship with a biathlete, world champion and Olympic medalist.

When Gessner was recovering from injuries, another champion, skier Felix Neureuther, became her close friend and assistant. The couple attended the football player's wedding, where the girl caught the bride's bouquet. But to the logical questions of journalists, young people answered that they would get married when they wanted. Moreover, they rarely see each other and it will be difficult to organize a wedding. Nevertheless, in October 2017, Miriam and Felix had a daughter, Matilda, in December, the girl's mother changed her last name.

During the period of forced downtime, the biathlete managed to climb Mont Blanc, get a house in Shushen, Norway, her photos appeared on the pages of Playboy. By the way, thanks to Frau Siv Gessner, an athlete can choose a nationality - by mother or father. But in an interview, Miriam shared that if she wants to live in her mother's homeland among the Norwegian fjords, then she plans to perform under the flag of Germany until the end of her career.

Miriam Gessner now

Gessner's final performance at the World Cup took place in January 2017. Then she was content with 47th place in the pursuit.

For the 2017-2018 season, Miriam Gessner is not listed in the national team, the girl was left in the backup team for obvious reasons. On sites sports associations She is listed under her maiden name.

Awards

• 2008 - gold medal junior biathlon world championship
• 2009 - Silver medal at the World Ski Championships
• 2010 - Olympic silver medal (cross-country skiing)
• 2011 - gold medal at the Biathlon World Championships
• 2012 - biathlon world championship gold medal
• 2012 - winner of five stages of the World Cup, twice silver and bronze medalist of the World Cup