Dominik WINDISCH

Italy
Biathlon
6 Nov 1989
32
Male
BRUNICO/BRUNECK
 
Italy
RASEN-ANTHOLZ
 
Italy

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BTH Biathlon Men's 20km Individual 14
Men's 10km Sprint 30
Men's 12.5km Pursuit 26
Men's 15km Mass Start 5
Men's 4x7.5km Relay
ITA
Italy
 7

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 20km Individual
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 10km Sprint
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 12.5km Pursuit
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 4x7.5km Relay
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Men's 15km Mass Start
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Men's 10 kilometres Sprint2018PyeongChang, KOR
3Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
32 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
54 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
1110 kilometres Sprint2014Sochi, RUS
12Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
16Men's 12.5 kilometres Pursuit2018PyeongChang, KOR
17Men's 15 kilometres Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
2515 kilometres Mass Start2014Sochi, RUS
2512.5 kilometres Pursuit2014Sochi, RUS
50Men's 20 kilometres2018PyeongChang, KOR
6420 kilometres2014Sochi, RUS
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's 15km Mass Start2019Oestersund, SWE
2Mixed Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
3Mixed Relay2019Oestersund, SWE
4Mixed Relay2017Hochfilzen, AUT
4Men's 15km Mass Start2016Oslo, NOR
4Mixed Relay2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
4Men's 4x7.5km Relay2012Ruhpolding, GER
5Men's 4x7.5km Relay2017Hochfilzen, AUT
5Men's 10km Sprint2016Oslo, NOR
6Men's 4x7.5km Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
7Men's 4x7.5km Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
7Mixed Relay2015Kontiolahti, FIN
7Men's 4x7.5km Relay2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
8Mixed Relay2016Oslo, NOR
11Men's 4x7.5km Relay2016Oslo, NOR
12Men's 4x7.5km Relay2015Kontiolahti, FIN
14Men's 15km Mass Start2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
15Men's 4x7.5km Relay2019Oestersund, SWE
17Men's 12.5km Pursuit2019Oestersund, SWE
18Men's 10km Sprint2017Hochfilzen, AUT
18Men's 20km Individual2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
21Men's 20km Individual2017Hochfilzen, AUT
23Men's 10km Sprint2015Kontiolahti, FIN
24Men's 15km Mass Start2017Hochfilzen, AUT
25Men's 12.5km Pursuit2017Hochfilzen, AUT
27Men's 10km Sprint2019Oestersund, SWE
28Men's 12.5km Pursuit2016Oslo, NOR
29Men's 20km Individual2019Oestersund, SWE
33Men's 12.5km Pursuit2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
34Men's 10km Sprint2021Pokljuka, SLO
35Men's 12.5km Pursuit2015Kontiolahti, FIN
36Men's 12.5km Pursuit2021Pokljuka, SLO
45Men's 20km Individual2021Pokljuka, SLO
48Men's 10km Sprint2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
51Men's 12.5km Pursuit2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
56Men's 20km Individual2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS
57Men's 10km Sprint2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
60Men's 20km Individual2016Oslo, NOR
68Men's 10km Sprint2012Ruhpolding, GER
75Men's 20km Individual2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
91Men's 20km Individual2015Kontiolahti, FIN
World Cup
RankEventSeason
9Men's Pursuit2016/17
12Men's Mass Start2017/18
13Men's Sprint2016/17
14Men's Total2016/17
15Men's Individual2012/13
16Men's Mass Start2019/20
16Men's Mass Start2018/19
16Men's Mass Start2015/16
17Men's Total2018/19
18Men's Mass Start2016/17
19Men's Individual2018/19
19Men's Sprint2017/18
20Men's Sprint2015/16
21Men's Pursuit2018/19
21Men's Total2017/18
22Men's Total2015/16
23Men's Pursuit2019/20
23Men's Sprint2018/19
25Men's Total2019/20
26Men's Pursuit2017/18
28Men's Sprint2019/20
29Men's Individual2016/17
30Men's Individual2014/15
30Men's Sprint2012/13
33Men's Pursuit2020/21
35Men's Mass Start2020/21
37Men's Pursuit2015/16
38Men's Total2020/21
39Men's Sprint2020/21
39Men's Total2014/15
39Men's Total2012/13
41Men's Mass Start2014/15
41Men's Sprint2013/14
45Men's Sprint2014/15
46Men's Individual2017/18
46Men's Pursuit2014/15
46Men's Pursuit2013/14
46Men's Total2013/14
50Men's Individual2015/16
51Men's Pursuit2012/13
67Men's Sprint2011/12
77Men's Total2011/12
86Men's Pursuit2011/12
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Nature, drawing, carving, movies, reading, friends.

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Athlete, Sports soldier (Corporal in the sports group of the Italian Army)

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Attended the Sports high school in Mals.

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Fiancee, Julia Poernbacher (studied veterinarian medicine in Budapest). Parents, Martin and Marlene. Brother, Markus (older). Sister, Silvia.

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Italian, German, English

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CS Esercito

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National: Andreas Zingerle (ITA), Andrea Zattoni (ITA)

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Brother Markus Windisch (Biathlon): Two-time Olympian (2010, 2014), finishing the Sochi relay fifth, alongside Dominik. Six World Championship appearances, with one top-10 individual finish. Completed seven World Cup seasons with one win at the 2012 Oberhof relay, with Dominik in the team. Retired in 2014.

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2010 IBU Cup in Martell (Sprint - 13th, Pursuit - 8th)
2011 World Cup in Oslo (Sprint - 63rd)

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November 2020: Missed the World Cup opener in Kontiolahti after mistakenly testing positive for Covid-19.

January 2020: Shoulder injury with swelling, scratches on the back, and rib pain after hitting a barrier and falling on the downhill part of the Oberhof course.

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2011

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Started biathlon at age 10. (dominik-windisch.com)

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"I grew up watching biathlon. My father used to take me to events." (corriere.it, 8 Feb 2017)

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Compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, before a fourth Olympics in his home country, at Milano-Cortina 2026.

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Incorporates roller skis, running, cycling, strength training and mountain hiking as part of his summer training. "The variety is important." (bookingsuedtirol.com, 2019)

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Winning sprint bronze at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "You realise how unique a podium an athlete's career is. You have the feeling that you are somehow part of human history." (bookingsuedtirol.com, 2019)

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Biathlete Johann Passler (ITA), dual Olympic bronze medallist at Calgary 1988, and two-time relay world champion (1990, 1993).
Biathlete Andreas Zingerle (ITA), Calgary 1988 Olympic relay bronze medallist, and four-time world champion.
Biathlete Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), five-time world champion. (corriere.it, 8 Feb 2017)

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Brother and former biathlete Markus. "A good advisor to me in every situation." (dominik-windisch.com, Jun 2021)

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Goes through a 'to do' list before the race in order to follow a particular routine. (IBU TV YouTube)

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"Quitters never win. Winners never quit." (dominik-windisch.com, Jun 2021)

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Gold Collar (2019)
South Tyrol's Sportsman of the Year (2018)

General Interest

ENGAGEMENT
Immediately after winning his two bronze medals at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, he announced he would like to make an engagement ring for his girlfriend from one of his medals. Seven months after he kept his promise, proposing to his girlfriend with a ring made from his sprint bronze medal. "A unique ring for a unique woman." (tirolergoldschmied.it, Sep 2018)

CONTROVERSIAL SCENE
Racing the mixed relay anchor leg at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, he cut off Germany's Arnd Peiffer's on the home straight, and snatched bronze by 0.3 seconds. A German protest was eventually rejected by the IBU, but Windisch was afraid that his reputation as "an impeccable sportsman" would be tarnished. He wrote that he was sorry that the situation happened "because you act quickly and instinctively at such moments." (focus.de, Feb 2018)

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Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Two-time Olympian. Only Italian biathlete to win three Olympic medals (all bronze), becoming the youngest Italian male biathlete to win a medal after mixed relay bronze at Sochi 2014 (24 years, 105 days).

Back-to-back mixed relay bronze medallist with Dorothea Wierer and Lukas Hofer. One individual medal, winning sprint bronze, in PyeongChang, by 0.7 seconds ahead of Julian Eberhard (GER), for Italy's first medal of the Games.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Third Italian male biathlete to win an individual World Championship title, and the first since Wilfried Pallhuber in 1997, after mass start gold in 2019.

Finished top-four in the mixed relay four times from six races, winning two medals. Has three individual top-10 finishes in nine championship appearances.

Youth relay bronze medallist in 2008 (Ruhpolding).

WORLD CUP
Four World Cup wins, with his first in January 2012 at the Oberhof relay, alongside his brother Markus. Has one individual victory, winning the Canmore mass start in February 2016.

Has three individual podiums (14 total), with the last two during the 2016/17 season, a career-best year, finishing 14th overall and ninth in the pursuit (ninth in mass start the previous season).
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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