After winning gold with Germany at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival 2023 Friuli Venezia Giulia in the 10km individual, Julia Tannheimer clinched four medals at this year’s Biathlon Junior World Championships in Otepää.

She won two golds in the 12.5km individual and women’s 4x6km relay, and two silver medals in the 7.5km sprint and 4x6km mixed relay. Tannheimer also made her Biathlon World Cup debut in front of a home German crowd in Ruhpolding.

Tannheimer hopes to begin training professionally once she graduates from high school this year.

She said: “I think that will be the next big step in my performance development. I want to establish myself in the IBU Cup team and continue to improve there. My aim is to take part in more World Cup events in order to gain more experience at the highest level. I want to compete with the best in the world.“