David Zobel - Biathlon
- Successes
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Participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing
Six podium finishes in the World Cup - Birthday
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06/11/1996
- Profession
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First chief customs officer
- Club
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SC Partenkirchen
- Hobbies
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Soccer, American football and actually everything with sports
- Role model
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Laura Dahlmeier, Erik Lesser
- What's important to me
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Never give up!
Teamwork makes the dream work – I am happy to be part of the Viessmann team!
Career
At the young age of eight, David shows his talent for medium and long distance in track and field, and in the winter his endurance skills are trained on cross-country skis. He discovers his passion for the biathlon sport at the age of 11 during an introductory course. He continues to develop steadily, going through the junior squads of the German Ski Association and joining Bernhard Kröll’s training group in Mittenwald, where his role model Laura Dahlmeier also trained. In 2016 and 2017, David wins the bronze and silver twice at junior world championships. In the 2017/18 season, he competes in the IBU Cup and finishes ten times in the top 15. In the next year, the first IBU Cup victory follows. In 2021, David competes in the World Cup for the first time. Further appearances follow in the 2021/22 season as well as participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing. In the following season, he finished on the individual podium for the first time and achieved two more podium places with the relay team.
First World Cup podium
The season begins for David with a major highlight in the first race: Third place in the individual race in Kontiolahti, which was also the first World Cup podium of his career. This was followed by further top ten places and two podium finishes with the relay team. David also takes part in the home World Championships in Oberhof. At the end of the season, he finished in 24th place in the overall World Cup.
Between World Cup and IBU Cup
At the start of the 2023/24 season, David is once again part of the World Cup team and achieves two podium finishes with the relay team. After the first World Cup trimester, David loses his starting place in the World Cup and competes in the IBU Cup instead. As the season progressed, he made it into the top 10 eight times in individual races.
