Erik Lesser, grandson of Axel Lesser, lives in Zella-Mehlis and trained mainly in Oberhof. His coach is Mark Kirchner, before Peter Sendel. Lesser began cross-country skiing at the age of six and took up biathlon in 1999 at the age of eleven. A graduate of the Sports Gymnasium Oberhof, he started his competitive career with the club SV Eintracht Frankenhain.
In 2008 he started in Ruhpolding at his first Junior World Championship, where he was seventh in the individual, 16th in the sprint, and eighth in the pursuit. A year later, he won in Canmore a bronze medal in the individual competition, finished eleventh in sprint and pursuit, and took the first leg in the men's relay, where together with Simon Schempp, Benedikt Doll and Florian Graf he took a gold medal. In the summer, he won the Junior Summer World Championships in Oberhof, taking the sprint and pursuit titles on roller skis.
In his World Cup debut in Kontiolahti on 12 March 2010, Lesser finished second in the German mixed relay with Kati Wilhelm, Magdalena Neuner and Simon Schempp. In his debut in solo competition, he finished 44th in the sprint, qualifying him for the subsequent pursuit, where he finished 51st. In 2011, he improved his performance, and at Holmenkollen in Oslo, he finished 24th in the pursuit and 40th in the sprint. At the first race of the 2013 in Östersund, Lesser stood for the first time on the World Cup podium. He finished third in the individual, achieving a clear shoot.
In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Erik Lesser won silver medals in the individual competition and with the German men's relay squad. On the final day of the Games, he also participated in the 50km cross-country freestyle race and finished 42nd among 64 starters.
In the 2015 World Championships, Erik Lesser finished fifth in the sprint race. In the ensuing pursuit, he won the gold medal and thus also celebrated his first World Cup victory. With the season's victory in the World Cup, Lesser was a double world champion.
Erik Lesser ended his career on March 20, 2022, with the races at Holmenkollen.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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Erik Lesser born 17 May 1988 is a German former biathlete In 2010 he ran his first single World Cup Race At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he won a silver medal at Men s individual 1 At the Biathlon World Championships 2013 he won a bronze medal with the German team in Men s relay Erik LesserLesser in 2018Personal informationNationalityGermanBorn 1988 05 17 17 May 1988 age 35 Suhl East GermanyHeight1 71 m 5 ft 7 in Weight71 kg 157 lb Professional informationSportBiathlonClubSV Eintracht FrankenhainWorld Cup debut2010Olympic GamesTeams2 2014 2018 Medals3 0 gold World ChampionshipsTeams7 2013 2021 Medals7 2 gold World CupSeasons11 2010 11 2021 22 Individual victories2All victories5Individual podiums11All podiums40Overall titles0Discipline titles0Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 20 km individual 2014 Sochi 4 7 5 km relay 2018 Pyeongchang 4 7 5 km relay World Championships 2015 Kontiolahti 12 5 km pursuit 2015 Kontiolahti 4 7 5 km relay 2016 Oslo 4 7 5 km relay 2019 Ostersund 4 7 5 km relay 2020 Antholz Single mixed relay 2013 Nove Mesto 4 7 5 km relay 2020 Antholz 4 7 5 km relay Junior World Championships 2009 Canmore 4 7 5 km relay 2009 Canmore 15 km individual European Championships 2010 Otepaa 4x7 5 km relay 2012 Osrblie 4x7 5 km relay 2010 Otepaa 12 5 km pursuit 2012 Osrblie 20 km individual His grandfather Axel Lesser competed in cross country skiing for East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics 2 Contents 1 Career 2 Biathlon results 2 1 Olympic Games 2 2 World Championships 2 3 World Cup Highlights 3 References 4 External linksCareer editErik Lesser grandson of Axel Lesser lives in Zella Mehlis and trained mainly in Oberhof His coach is Mark Kirchner before Peter Sendel Lesser began cross country skiing at the age of six and took up biathlon in 1999 at the age of eleven A graduate of the Sports Gymnasium Oberhof he started his competitive career with the club SV Eintracht Frankenhain In 2008 he started in Ruhpolding at his first Junior World Championship where he was seventh in the individual 16th in the sprint and eighth in the pursuit A year later he won in Canmore a bronze medal in the individual competition finished eleventh in sprint and pursuit and took the first leg in the men s relay where together with Simon Schempp Benedikt Doll and Florian Graf he took a gold medal In the summer he won the Junior Summer World Championships in Oberhof taking the sprint and pursuit titles on roller skis In his World Cup debut in Kontiolahti on 12 March 2010 Lesser finished second in the German mixed relay with Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner and Simon Schempp In his debut in solo competition he finished 44th in the sprint qualifying him for the subsequent pursuit where he finished 51st In 2011 he improved his performance and at Holmenkollen in Oslo he finished 24th in the pursuit and 40th in the sprint At the first race of the 2013 in Ostersund Lesser stood for the first time on the World Cup podium He finished third in the individual achieving a clear shoot In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Erik Lesser won silver medals in the individual competition and with the German men s relay squad On the final day of the Games he also participated in the 50km cross country freestyle race and finished 42nd among 64 starters In the 2015 World Championships Erik Lesser finished fifth in the sprint race In the ensuing pursuit he won the gold medal and thus also celebrated his first World Cup victory With the season s victory in the World Cup Lesser was a double world champion Erik Lesser ended his career on March 20 2022 with the races at Holmenkollen Biathlon results editAll results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union Olympic Games edit 3 medals 2 silver 1 bronze Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay nbsp 2014 Sochi Silver 21st 16th 26th Silver nbsp 2018 Pyeongchang 9th 11th 11th 4th Bronze 4th nbsp 2022 Beijing 67th 4th The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014 World Championships edit 7 medals 2 gold 3 silver 2 bronze Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay Single mixed Relay nbsp 2013 Nove Mesto na Morave 34th 12th 14th 5th Bronze nbsp 2015 Kontiolahti 18th 5th Gold 17th Gold nbsp 2016 Oslo 7th 19th 7th 14th Silver nbsp 2017 Hochfilzen 4th 37th 28th 21st 4th nbsp 2019 Ostersund 11th 8th 11th 27th Silver 4th nbsp 2020 Antholz Bronze Silver nbsp 2021 Pokljuka 66th 7th 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 Highlights edit 2010 nbsp Finland Kontiolahti nbsp 2nd in mixed relay with Wilhelm Neuner Schempp 2012 nbsp Sweden Ostersund nbsp 3rd in individual 2013 nbsp Germany Oberhof nbsp 3rd in team relay with Schempp Peiffer Graf 2013 nbsp Norway Holmenkollen nbsp 3rd in mass start 2013 nbsp Russia Sochi nbsp 2nd in team relay with Birnbacher Peiffer Doll 2013 nbsp France Annecy nbsp 2nd in pursuit 2013 nbsp France Annecy nbsp 2nd in team relay with Birnbacher Peiffer Schempp 2014 nbsp Germany Ruhpolding nbsp 2nd in team relay with Stephan Birnbacher Schempp 2014 nbsp Italy Antholz nbsp 3rd in team relay with Birnbacher Peiffer Schempp 2015 nbsp Germany Ruhpolding nbsp 2nd in team relay with Birnbacher Peiffer Schempp 2015 nbsp Italy Antholz nbsp 2nd in team relay with Boehm Peiffer Schempp 2015 nbsp Norway Holmenkollen nbsp 2nd in team relay with Birnbacher Peiffer Schempp 2016 nbsp Germany Ruhpolding nbsp 1st in mass start 2022 nbsp Finland Kontiolahti nbsp 2nd in pursuit 2022 nbsp Norway Holmenkollen nbsp 1st in pursuitReferences edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Erik Lesser Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 4 December 2016 Athletes Erik Lesser Sochi2014 com Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi Archived from the original on 19 July 2014 Retrieved 13 February 2014 External links editErik Lesser at IBU BiathlonWorld com nbsp Erik Lesser at IBU BiathlonResults com nbsp Erik Lesser at Olympics com Erik Lesser at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund in German nbsp Erik Lesser at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erik Lesser amp oldid 1216674744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
