Jens Steinigen


Jens Steinigen is a former East German and German biathlete.
He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won with the German relay team together with Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner and Fritz Fischer at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville the gold medal. The following year he did again win a medal with the German relay team this time a bronze medal at the World Championships.
After his career as biathlete Steinigen became a courtlawyer.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal
EventIndividualSprintRelay
1992 Albertville29th6thGold
1994 Lillehammer5th

World Championships

2 medals
EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay
1992 Novosibirsk7th
1993 Borovets33rdBronze
1994 CanmoreBronze

Individual victories

2 victories
SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
1991–92
2 victories
19 December 1991 Hochfilzen20 km individualBiathlon World Cup
1991–92
2 victories
18 January 1992 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup