# Vanessa Hinz

Vanessa Hinz (born 24 March 1992) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. Hinz started in her first world cup races at the end of the 2012/13-season. At the 2013 European Championships she won a gold medal with the German relay team. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014, but not taken with the team to Russia. So she had to wait at home as stand-by reserve.

## Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

### Olympic Games

1 medal (1 bronze)
| Year | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | — | 5th | 13th | 25th | — | 4th | — |
| 2022 Beijing | 14th | 55th | 21st | 15th | Bronze | — | — |
    *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

### World Championships

7 medals (3 gold, 4 silver)
| Year | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
| 2015 Kontiolahti | 44th | 49th | 37th | — | Gold | — | — |
| 2016 Oslo | 37th | 61st | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 Hochfilzen | 8th | 6th | 20th | 20th | Gold | Gold | — |
| 2019 Östersund | 19th | 65th | — | — | 4th | Silver | — |
| 2020 Antholz | Silver | 14th | 5th | 17th | Silver | — | — |
| 2021 Pokljuka | 33rd | 12th | 6th | 10th | Silver | — | — |

### World Cup

| Season | Age | Overall | Overall | Individual | Individual | Sprint | Sprint | Pursuit | Pursuit | Mass start | Mass start |
| Season | Age | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position |
| 2013/14 | 22 | 64 | 60th | 21 | 69th | 42 | 51st | — | — | — | — |
| 2014/15 | 23 | 412 | 20th | 190 | 14th | 128 | 19th | 2 | 67th | 92 | 19th |
| 2015/16 | 24 | 304 | 27th | 114 | 25th | 91 | 29th | 21 | 43rd | 78 | 22nd |
| 2016/17 | 25 | 436 | 19th | 89 | 33rd | 112 | 28th | 103 | 2nd | 132 | 8th |
| 2017/18 | 26 | 522 | 10th | 141 | 15th | 176 | 9th | 10 | 46th | 195 | 3rd |
| 2018/19 | 27 | 341 | 27th | 80 | 35th | 90 | 30th | 69 | 11th | 104 | 17th |
| 2019/20 | 28 | 394 | 16th | 126 | 19th | 107 | 12th | 91 | 8th | 70 | 24th |
| 2020/21 | 29 | 364 | 24th | 37 | 32nd | 103 | 31st | 133 | 18th | 79 | 23rd |
| 2021/22 | 30 | 262 | 26th | 17 | 42nd | 112 | 28th | 107 | 23rd | 26 | 34th |

### Individual podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Placement |
| 1 | 2017/18 | 11 March 2018 | Kontiolahti, Finland | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | Gold |
| 2 | 2018/19 | 27 January 2019 | Antholz, Italy | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | Bronze |
| 3 | 2019/20 | 18 February 2020 | Antholz, Italy | 15 km Individual | World Championships | Silver |
    *Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
Updated on 11 March 2022

### Relay victories

* 10 victories – (9 relay, 1 mixed relay)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level | Teammate |
| 1 | 2014–15 | 13 December 2014 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Kummer / Hildebrand / Preuß |
| 2 | 2014–15 | 13 March 2015 | Kontiolahti, Finland | 4x6 km relay | World Championships | Hildebrand / Preuß / Dahlmeier |
| 3 | 2016–17 | 11 December 2016 | Pokljuka, Slovenia | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier |
| 4 | 2016–17 | 12 January 2017 | Ruhpolding, Germany | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hammerschmidt / Preuß / Dahlmeier |
| 5 | 2016–17 | 22 January 2017 | Antholz, Italy | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier |
| 6 | 2016–17 | 9 February 2017 | Hochfilzen, Austria | Mixed relay | World Championships | Dahlmeier / Peiffer / Schempp |
| 7 | 2016–17 | 17 February 2017 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 4x6 km relay | World Championships | Hammerschmidt / Hildebrand / Dahlmeier |
| 8 | 2017–18 | 10 December 2017 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hildebrand / Hammerschmidt / Dahlmeier |
| 9 | 2018–19 | 8 February 2019 | Canmore, Canada | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hildebrand / Dahlmeier / Herrmann |
| 10 | 2020–21 | 16 January 2021 | Oberhof, Germany | 4x6 km relay | World Cup | Hettich-Walz / Herrmann-Wick / Preuss |