Dominik Windisch

{{short description|Italian biathlete}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox biathlete

| name = Dominik Windisch

| image = 20110123 Dominik Windisch 1.jpg

| caption =Windisch in 2011

| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bruneck, Italy

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 72 kg

| disciplines = Biathlon

| club = Centro Sportivo Esercito

| wcdebut = 2011

| olympicteams = 3 (2014, 2018, 2022)

| olympicmedals = 3

| olympicgolds = 0

| worldsteams = 8 (20112020)

| worldsmedals = 3

| worldsgolds = 1

| wcseasons =

| wcwins = 2

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's biathlon}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Sochi|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|10 km sprint}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Östersund|15 km mass start}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Antholz|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Östersund|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2008 Ruhpolding|3 × 7.5 km relay}}

}}

Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian former biathlete.[http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTITA10611198901 IBU Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211185922/http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTITA10611198901 |date=11 February 2014 }}

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{{cite web | url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C73B_BTHM10KMSP------------FNL-000100--.pdf | title=Biathlon: Men sprint final results | website=pyeongchang2018.com | access-date=11 February 2018 | archive-date=11 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211125828/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C73B_BTHM10KMSP------------FNL-000100--.pdf | url-status=dead }} as well as in the Mixed relay (together with Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer).{{cite web | url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C73C_BTHXRELAY4------------FNL-000100--.pdf | title=Biathlon: Mixed relay results | website=pyeongchang2018.com | access-date=20 February 2018 | archive-date=21 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221095946/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C73C_BTHXRELAY4------------FNL-000100--.pdf | url-status=dead }}

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)

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!Event

!style="width:70px;"|Individual

!style="width:70px;"|Sprint

!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit

!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}}

!style="width:70px;"|Relay

!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}}

align=left |{{flagicon|Russia}} 2014 Sochi

| 64th

| 11th

| 25th

| 25th

| 5th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

align=left |{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang

| 50th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| 16th

| 17th

| 12th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

align=left |{{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing

| 14th

| 30th

| 26th

| 5th

| 7th

| —

:

=World Championships=

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

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!Event

!style="width:70px;"|Individual

!style="width:70px;"|Sprint

!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit

!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}}

!style="width:70px;"|Relay

!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}}

!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Single mixed relay}}

align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk

| 56th

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="6" {{n/a}}

align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} 2012 Ruhpolding

| —

| 68th

| —

| —

| 4th

| —

align=left |{{flagicon|CZE}} 2013 Nové Město

| 18th

| 57th

| 33rd

| —

| 7th

| 4th

align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 2015 Kontiolahti

| 91st

| 23rd

| 35th

| —

| 12th

| 7th

align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen

| 50th

| 5th

| 28th

| 4th

| 11th

| 8th

align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen

| 21st

| 18th

| 25th

| 24th

| 5th

| 4th

align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund

| 29th

| 27th

| 17th

| style="background:Gold;"| Gold

| 15th

| style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze

| —

align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} 2020 Rasen-Antholz

| 75th

| 48th

| 51st

| 14th

| 7th

| style="background:silver;"| Silver

| —

align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} 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.

References

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