Jens Steinigen

Jens Steinigen (born 2 September 1966) is a German (former East German) former biathlete.

He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won with the German relay team together with Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner and Fritz Fischer at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville the gold medal. The following year he did again win a medal with the German relay team this time a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Olympic Games 1 medal (1 gold) EventIndividualSprintRelay 1992 Albertville 29th 6th Gold 1994 Lillehammer 5th — —

World Championships 2 medals (2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay 1992 Novosibirsk 7th 1993 Borovets 33rd — — Bronze 1994 Canmore Bronze During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Individual victories 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.