Arnd Peiffer (born 18 March 1987) is a German former biathlete. His greatest achievements were sprint victories in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the Biathlon World Championships 2011. During his career, he also won three World Championship relay golds as well as several other Olympic and World Championship medals.
Peiffer announced his retirement in March 2021.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2010 Vancouver — 37th 37th 17th 5th 2014 Sochi — 34th 19th 18th Gold — 2018 Pyeongchang 21st Gold 8th 13th Bronze 4th *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships 17 medals (5 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2009 Pyeongchang — — — — Bronze Bronze rowspan="8" 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk Gold 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 15th Gold 4th 8th 7th Silver 2012 Ruhpolding 7th 37th 17th 7th Bronze Bronze 2013 Nové Město 28th 16th 21st 23rd Bronze — 2015 Kontiolahti 22nd 30th 14th 22nd Gold — 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen — 7th 13th 5th Silver Silver 2017 Hochfilzen 34th 12th 19th 10th 4th Gold 2019 Östersund Gold 9th 13th 6th Silver Silver — 2020 Antholz 50th 7th 5th 21st Bronze 4th — 2021 Pokljuka Silver 36th 20th 12th 7th 7th — *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.
World Cup Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2008–09 209 38th 24 54th 142 23rd 43 44th 0 2009–10 646 9th 40 33rd 270 6th 160 9th 161 3rd2010–11 735 4th 84 14th 333 3rd 175 8th 142 7th2011–12 736 4th 69 12th 270 4th 257 3rd 140 8th2012–13 491 18th 49 17th 177 16th 168 15th 97 20th2013–14 547 7th 14 40th 286 2nd 189 12th 58 22nd2014–15 538 13th 60 17th 241 9th 151 13th 86 22nd2015–16 589 11th 0 262 4th 181 10th 146 6th2016–17 746 4th 48 22nd 275 4th 298 3rd 141 8th2017–18 668 4th 42 14th 259 3rd 227 5th 165 7th2018–19 802 5th 88 4th 232 10th 263 6th 219 2nd2019–20 540 11th 0 187 13th 167 9th 186 5th2020–21 642 12th 84 5th 238 11th 137 20th 159 5th
Individual victories 11 victories (7 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 In, 1 MS) Season Date Location Discipline Level 2008–09 1 victory (1 Sp) 26 March 2009 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 2009–10 1 victory (1 Sp) 23 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 2010–11 2 victories (2 Sp) 4 February 2011 Presque Isle10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 5 March 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 2011–12 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 Pu) 7 January 2012 Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 4 February 2012 Oslo Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2014–15 1 victory (1 Sp) 14 February 2015 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 2016–17 1 victory (1 Pu) 11 March 2017 Kontiolahti12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2017–18 1 victory (1 Sp) 11 February 2018 Pyeongchang10 km sprintWinter Olympic Games 2018–19 1 victory (1 In) 13 March 2019 Östersund20 km individualBiathlon World Championships 2020–21 1 victory (1 MS) 20 December 2020 Hochfilzen15 km Mass StartBiathlon World Cup *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
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