Uschi Disl

Ursula Disl, known as Uschi, born on 15 November 1970, is a German former biathlete. Over a competitive career of nineteen years she was a five-time Olympian and won nine Olympic medals, among them two gold medals in the 4 x 7.5 km relay in 1998 and 2002. At the World Championships she took two individual titles in Hochfilzen, Austria in March 2005, in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit, and in the Biathlon World Cup she finished second overall three times and won forty races. She was named German sportswoman of the year in December 2005, the first biathlete to receive the award, and later settled in Sweden, where she acquired citizenship in 2022.