Benedikt DOLL

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Benni, Rennsemmel

Web design, cooking, photography, climbing, cinema.

Athlete, Sports soldier, Student

Graduated in 2020 from Furtwangen University, with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Sales (Industrial Engineering).

Wife, Miriam Behringer (married September 2019). Parents, Charly and Friederike. Sister, Stefanie.

German, English

Ski-Zunft Breitnau

National: Mark Kirchner (GER), Roman Boettcher (GER)

Wife Miriam Behringer (Biathlon): Competed at two Junior World Championships (2009, 2010), winning bronze in the relay in 2009. Competed in the IBU Cup during the 2011/12 season, with best finish sixth in the sprint in Oestersund.

Father Karl-Heinz 'Charly' Doll (Mountain running, Marathon): 18 German championships and set a world record in the 12-hour race in 1986. Two-time winner of the Swiss Alpine Marathon and Comrades Marathon (RSA). National Ultra Marathon champion in 1990, winning the 100km race in world record time (6:29:34).

Sister Stefanie Doll (Marathon, Mountain running, Cross-country skiing, Biathlon): Won the 2017 Freiburg Marathon (second in 2015). Competed at the 2015 New York Marathon (34th) and 2019 Berlin Marathon (19th). Runner-up in the German Mountain Running Championship. Was 24th in the 5km Free at the 2009 National Cross-Country skiing Championships. Competed at the Obertilliach IBU Cup in December 2006.

2011 European Championships in Ridnaun (Individual - 11th, Relay - 1st, Sprint - 2nd, Pursuit - 2nd)
2012 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk (Sprint - 32nd, Pursuit - 28th)

Born with a hearing problem, had speech issues and a poor sense of balance.

2006

Started cross-country skiing at age three before switching to biathlon at age seven. "Skiing is very popular in our region. I became a biathlete because of the kids training at our local skiing club." (skideutschland.de, Jun 2020; biathlon23.wordpress.com, 6 Oct 2016)

"To train and race in the open is wonderful. And the thought that I develop myself every day is very important for me." (benedikt-doll.de)

Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and home World Championships in Oberhof in 2023.

“I am not the guy who comes home after the season and does nothing for four weeks. Sport is a part of my life; after about two weeks, I start to do some road biking and mountain tours. A little bit of sports is still rest for me.” (biathlonworld.com, 6 Jul 2020)

Winning the sprint at the 2017 World Championships in Hochfilzen. (yiessmann.family)

Eight-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR). "He made so many good races. There are people like me, I'm world champion but once. Ole, he's got world championship medals and Olympic medals like you buy apples." (IBU TV YouTube, 9 Jan 2020)

Parents (benedikt-doll.de)

Listens to audio books to relax before races. (sportschau.de, 12 Feb 2017)

"You have to do something to achieve something." (biathlon2023.de)

"Everyday mistakes and weaknesses can be recognised. To work on them and then to eliminate them and learn from them for the future, is what drives me." (Facebook, 28 Aug 2017)