David Zobel (born 11 June 1996) is a German biathlete. He made his Biathlon World Cup debut in 2021 in Östersund.
Career For most of the seasons from 2017 to 2021, Zobel ran in the IBU Cup, the 2nd highest competition series in international biathlon. He celebrated his first individual victory in March 2019 in Otepää in a sprint race, after previously failing to achieve a result among the top 60 at the European Championships in Minsk-Raubichi. In February 2021, he was on the podium again in a German double victory behind Philipp Nawrath as 2nd in the sprint in Brezno-Orsblie. A month later he was nominated for the World Cup for the first time at the season finale in Östersund and won his first World Cup points in the pursuit by finishing 32nd.
In 2021, Zobel was involved in the World Cup races in Ruhpolding and Antholz. The German national coach Mark Kirchner nominated him as a substitute for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where he was not used. The German Ski Association assigned him back to the perspective squad in the eight-person course group 1a.
In the winter of 2022–23, Zobel started consistently in the World Cup for the first time. At the season opener in Kontiolahti he remained clean in the 20-kilometer individual race and came 3rd behind Martin Ponsiluoma and Niklas Hartweg. As the season progressed, Zobel reached the podium twice with the German relay team and ended the winter in 24th place in the overall World Cup rankings.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2026 Milano Cortina 21st 19th 23rd 24th 4th —
World Championships EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed RelaySingle mixed relay 2023 Oberhof 73rd 35th 41st — — — — 2025 Lenzerheide 28th — — — — — —
World Cup Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Races Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2020–212/23 9 87th — — — — 9 68th — —2021–229/22 171 33rd 10 49th 56 43th 71 32nd 34 29th2022–2320/21 336 24th 78 11th 77 29th 95 25th 86 17th2023–248/21 126 33rd — — 28 40th 62 26th 36 19th
Individual podiums No. Season Date Location Race LevelPlacement 1 2022–23 29 November 2022 Kontiolahti, Finland 20 km Individual World Cup 3rd
Relay podiums No. Season Date Location Race Level Placement Teammate 1 2021–22 23 January 2022 AntholzRelay Biathlon World Cup 3rd Kühn / Doll / Rees 2 2022–23 13 January 2023 Ruhpolding 2nd Kühn / Doll / Rees 3 22 January 2023 Antholz 3rd Kühn / Doll / Rees 4 2023–24 30 November 2023 Östersund 3rd Nawrath / Doll / Kühn 5 10 December 2023 Hochfilzen 3rd Kühn / Nawrath / Doll
References
External links
David Zobel at Milano Cortina 2026