Sven Fischer -
Successes:
Four-time Olympic champion
Seven-time world champion
Two-time overall World Cup champion
Birthday: 4/16/1971
Profession: TV expert
Club: WSV Oberhof
Hobbies: Travel, photography, hunting
Role model: Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Some people are better than I am, so many of them become a role model for me.
What´s important to me: That we work together to actively create a peaceful environment with our family and friends.
Career
Sven gets his start in biathlon at the age of twelve. After graduating from the Oberhof Sports School in 1989, he celebrates his first major success as GDR junior champion. He is highly successful in his first World Cup season 1992/93. He wins his first sprint race after his World Cup debut in Kontiolahti. At his first World Cup in Borewez in 1993, he wins gold and bronze with the relay team. In 1994, Sven wins the gold medal with the relay team at the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. In 1995 and 1997, Sven again becomes world champion in relay and once more winning the gold medal with the team at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. At the following World Cups, Sven becomes world champion four more times, winning a total of 20 medals at World Cups during his career. In 2006, at his last Olympic Winter Games in Turin, he secures his first individual Olympic title with a gold medal in sprint. He then also wins the gold medal alongside the whole team. After the 2006/07 season, Sven ends his active biathlon career. Since then he has been a consultant and biathlon expert at the German broadcaster ZDF. In addition, he continues to be a brand ambassador for Viessmann.
