Denise Herrmann-Wick

Denise Herrmann-Wick (née Herrmann; born 20 December 1988) is a German former biathlete and cross-country skier. She won gold at 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's individual, won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2019 – Women's pursuit and won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2023 – Women's sprint. Previously, she has competed in FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2009. Herrmann has won several medals at the World Cup events. In April 2016, she announced that she would switch to competing in biathlon for the following season, although in an interview in November of that year, she did not rule out competing in cross-country skiing in the future.

On 14 March 2023, she announced her retirement following the 2022–2023 season.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 bronze)

Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2014 25 — — — 8 Bronze 4

World Championships Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2011 22 43 — 39 23 — — 2013 24 24 — — 10 7 8 2015 26 — — — 17 6 4

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 2009 21 — — — 2010 22 124 87 — 2011 23 41 44 23 30 2012 24 39 41 28 45 35 2013 25 13 17 11 13 31 2014 26 9 18 8 31 2015 27 9 16 13 14 8 2016 28 22 29 12 29 22 28 2017 29 90 — 54 — — —

Individual podiums 6 podiums – (3 , 3 )

World Cup team podiums 2 podiums – (2 )

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games 2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze) Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang 29 — 21st 6th 11th 8th — 2022 Beijing 33 Gold 22nd 17th 13thBronze 5th

World Championships 9 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay 2019 Östersund 30 — 6th Gold Bronze 4th Silver 4th 2020 Antholz 31 12th 5th Silver 12thSilver 4th — 2021 Pokljuka 32 15th 4th 8th —Silver 7th — 2023 Oberhof34 15thGold Silver 24thSilver 6th — During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

Individual victories 13 victories (7 Sp, 4 Pu, 2 In) 22 podiums (7 Sp, 8 Pu, 5 In, 2 Ms)

Relay victories

Awards and recognition Herrmann-Wick has received the following awards: German Sportspersonality of the Year (2023)