Simon Schempp: All information about the German biathlete - his career and successes 

Simon Schempp was considered a shooting star among biathletes.

He has had a decent track record since 2015.

An overall World Cup victory and an Olympic victory are missing.

• Simon Schempp

  was born on November 14, 1988 in Mutlangen.

• He is a member of the

  customs ski team

• In his private life he is in a relationship with his sports colleague

  Franziska Preuß

  .

Like father like son -

biathlete

Simon Schempp

followed the example of his father, Reiner Schempp, who was himself a member of the national squad.

Initially not very successful in downhill skiing, he switched to biathlon at the age of 13.

An overview of his greatest successes:

• 8 world championship medals

• 4 world championship titles

• Olympic silver and bronze medals with the relay and in the mass start

The biathlete can be said to be local

Designate Simon Schempp.

Born and raised in Uhingen, he learned his

first turns on skis

from his

father

Reiner Schempp

.

Reiner Schempp was a successful

biathlete

himself

and a member of the

regional squad

.

Simon Schempp, on the other hand, was only active in alpine skiing.

Since he was

only moderately successful

in the

downhill

races, he switched to biathlon at the age of 13.

Although the training conditions at the Uhingen Ski Guild were not ideal, he remained loyal to the club and is still at the start for the guild today.

However, he supplemented his training in the

training camps

in Ulm and Gosheim.

For his Abitur at the

sports

boarding

school in

Furtwangen

(school from 2004 to 2008) he was given the

Alfred Maul Memorial

Medal awarded for outstanding performance in sport.

In 2008 he was appointed to the customs ski team and has been training in

Ruhpolding

ever since

.

He completed his training at customs and has been a

customs officer

ever since

.

Simon Schempp has been on the road to success since 2015

Simon Schempp

is known for his strong

nerves

and

stamina

.

He

owes

these qualities, among other things, ten

gold medals

at the

German championships

.

The

biathlete has been competing

in international races

since 2006

.

In his debut in the

European Youth Cup

, he was able to achieve a place on the podium directly.

In the following two

European Junior Championships

, he achieved

gold

twice

.

Due to his individual successes as well as the first World Championship bronze with the team, he was early on as a high performer and medal hope for the

DSV team

.

He therefore joined the German

World Cup squad

from 2009

.

With the so far youngest German relay at a

World Cup

, he was able to achieve third place.

The hope for a medal at

the

2010

Olympics

was initially dashed due to a drop in performance.

Nevertheless, he started and finished fifth as the starting runner of the German

relay

.

Also in 2010 he became

world champion

for the first time

with the

mixed team relay

.

In 2014 he achieved the sensation in

Antholz

, where he won two races in a row over two days.

Until then, no one else had succeeded.

As a biathlete at the forefront of all social media channels

Simon Schempp

repeatedly emphasizes that as a professional

biathlete,

especially in winter, he hardly has any time for private matters.

Away from the

cross-country ski run

, however, he likes to be on the various social media channels and lets his fans participate in his

everyday

training

.

Here he shows up with his partner, the equally successful biathlete

Franziska Preuss

.

He has been with her since 2015.

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He was previously in a

relationship

with the biathlete

Miriam Gössner

, who is now married to

Felix Neureuther

.

With his photos he shows the everyday life of a professional athlete as well as the

summer training

or the variety in other sports.

Among other things, Simon Schempp likes to swim and climb the mountains in his training environment.

Schempp shows time and again that good team spirit is important to him.

In 2015 he was awarded the

Silver Laurel Leaf

by the Federal President

.

The sports world reacted with great surprise when the biathlete announced his retirement due to persistent health problems at the end of January 2021.