Andreas Birnbacher

Andreas Birnbacher is a former German biathlete, born on 11 September 1981. His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start at the 2007 World Championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships, and in 2012 he won bronze at the world championships in Ruhpolding as part of the German teams that finished third in the mixed relay and the men's relay. His most successful World Cup season was 2011-12, after he took his maiden win in the Oslo sprint at the end of 2010-11. That season his first win came in the Hochfilzen pursuit, when he came through from 26th place with a perfect 20 out of 20 in shooting and denied Ole Einar Bjørndalen in a sprint finish, and he then won the mass start in Oberhof by 24.3 seconds. He competed at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014.