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At 32, he is said to be the best age for endurance athletes. It was time for Dominik Landertinger to get off the big biathlon stage. Born in Braunau, he is the most successful national biathlete with nine medals in major events, including World Cup gold in the massive start of 2009. “I am thankful that I was able to accomplish all of this,” said the father of a son of one. year that, thanks to the World Cup bronze medal, he can stop this winter in Antholz as a successful athlete.
“In the last season, I often thought that nothing would work anymore. But then I gathered all my strength again and somehow it worked. It was always my wish to end my career like this,” Landertinger said last night. .
Also because the body has spoken more and more in recent years. “As a younger athlete, I hit my head against the wall and didn’t pay attention to relaxation. But that’s the only way I became a world champion when I was 20 years old,” said the thoroughbred athlete. The back, in particular, always had problems with discs and intervertebral operations. It feels great in everyday life, but it has become increasingly difficult with first-class sport. “I can’t take the high volume of training anymore, so I get up in the morning like a 65-year-old man.”
22 years of elite sport have taken their toll, admitted the winner of five World Cup races. The end of a career is, therefore, the logical consequence. But: “I don’t want to miss friends and good time with coaches and teammates.” He will continue to meet longtime colleagues like Windischgarstner Reinhard Gösweiner, who made him a world-class man at NAZ Eisenerz and later at ÖSV.
Now she hopes to spend more time with the family. “I am grateful for my success and not greedy for getting more out of it.” (fei)
Dominik Landertinger’s Profile
Born: March 13, 1988 in Braunau
Place of residence: Hochfilzen
Size / Weight: 1.88 m / 80 kg
Family: a son (17 months) with Marion
Hobbies: Cycling, cars, fishing
Big hits: Olympic Games: Silver Sprint 2014 Sochi, Silver Relay 2010 Vancouver, Bronze Singles (20km) 2018 Pyeongchang, Bronze Relay 2014 Sochi; World Cup: massive start of gold and silver relay 2009 Pyeongchang, silver single 2016 Oslo, bronze relay 2017 Hochfilzen and single 2020 in Antholz; World Cup: five wins (two singles, three relays), third overall World Cup 2012/13, winner of World Cup discipline start massive 2008/09
