Rebecca Passler

Rebecca Passler (born 31 August 2001) is an Italian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup, where she debuted at 2021–22 season. Her uncle is a former biathlete, relay world champion and Olympic medalist Johann Passler.

Career Through her family, she started her biathlon at an early age and won several competitions in the Italian junior division. At the 2019/20 season, she competed in four races at the World Youth Championships and made her debut in the IBU Junior Cup, where she finished on the podium once in the sprint and twice in the single mixed relay with Michele Molinari. During the season, she won two silver medals at the Youth World Championships 2020 in Lenzerheide in the 10-kilometer individual race and relay race with Hannah Auchentaller and Linda Zingerle.

In January 2021, at the age of 19, Passler made her debut in the IBU Cup, the second-highest competition series in international biathlon. She stood on the podium in the single mixed relay with Daniele Cappellari in Arber, Germany. Passler excelled in junior competitions, winning numerous medals at the Junior World Championships. On 27 November 2021 she made her World Cup debut in Östersund, finishing 94th in the individual race. Then, she subsequently demoted back to the IBU Cup. Passler placed 17th in the sprint competition on 3 December 2022, scoring first points. On 11 December she received her career first IBU World cup medal in the women's relay race in Hochfilzen, Austria. One month later, she also won a bronze medal along with Comola, Wierer, and Vittozzi in the relay competition in Ruhpolding, Germany.

For an eleven day period in February 2026 and partially during the 2026 Winter Olympics, Passler served a provisional suspension and was excluded from the Italian team after testing positive for letrozole and methanol. The suspension was lifted after Passler's explanation of the positive test being due to contanimation with a shared eating utensil was accepted by both the Italian Anti-Doping Organization and World Anti-Doping Agency.

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Updated on 30 March 2023

World Championships Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay 2023 Oberhof 21 28th 34th 45th – – – –

Youth and Junior World Championships Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay 2020 Lenzerheide 18Silver 13th 9thSilver 2021 Obertilliach 19 10thSilverBronzeSilver 2022 Soldier Hollow 20 14thSilver 12thGold

World Cup Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2021–22 20 2022–23 21 133 39th 12 53rd 61 36th 60 32nd

Relay podiums No. Season Date Location LevelPlacement Teammate 1 2022–23 11 December 2022 Hochfilzen World Cup 3rd Comola, Vittozzi, Wierer2 14 January 2023 Ruhpolding World Cup 3rd Comola, Vittozzi, Wierer