Magdalena Neuner information

Magdalena Holzer
	Magdalena Neuner in Wallgau, Germany, in April 2011
Personal information
Birth name	Magdalena Neuner
Born	9 February 1987 (age 37); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Website	Magdalena-Neuner.de
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	SC Wallgau
World Cup debut	13 January 2006
Retired	18 March 2012
Olympic Games
Teams	1 (2010)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Medals	17 (12 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7
Individual victories	34
Individual podiums	63
Overall titles	3
Discipline titles	7
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
European Championships
	Updated on 18 March 2012

Magdalena "Lena" Holzer (née Magdalena Neuner German pronunciation: [makdaˈleːna ˈnɔɪ̯nɐ] ^ⓘ, born 9 February 1987) is a retired German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). With 34 World Cup wins, Holzer is ranked second all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour. She has won the Overall World Cup title three times, in 2007–08, in 2009–10 and her final season in 2011–12. At only 25 years old, Holzer retired from the sport in March 2012, citing a lack of motivation and her desire for a normal life.

Holzer started biathlon when she was nine years old and won five junior world championship titles from 2004 to 2006. She made her World Cup debut in 2006 and won her first World Cup race in January 2007. One month later, she claimed three gold medals in her first appearance at the Biathlon World Championships. In the 2007–08 season, Holzer won the Overall World Cup and once more claimed three titles at the 2008 World Championships. After a less successful winter in 2008–09, she participated in her first Winter Olympic Games in 2010, winning the gold medal in both the pursuit and the mass start, and silver in the sprint race. Holzer also claimed the 2009–10 Overall World Cup title. At the 2011 World Championships, she won three more gold medals. In her final winter on the World Cup tour, Holzer won two more titles at the 2012 World Championships and claimed the Overall World Cup for a third time.

During her seven World Cup seasons, Holzer won 34 World Cup races and achieved 63 podium finishes. As part of Germany's World Cup team, she won ten relay races and three mixed relay events. During six appearances at Biathlon World Championships, Holzer claimed 17 medals: twelve gold, four silver and one bronze. In addition, she has won seven junior world championship titles. Holzer was known as one of the fastest cross-country skiers in biathlon. She had been noted for her volatile shooting performances in the standing position, particularly in the early years of her career, often at the expense of better results.

Holzer has lived in the Bavarian village of Wallgau since birth. At the age of 16, she joined the German Customs Administration to become a member of the government-funded Customs-Ski-Team. Since winning three world championship gold medals in 2007, Holzer is one of her home country's most popular female athletes. She was named German Sportswoman of the Year in 2007, 2011 and 2012.

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