Shooting star Julia Tannheimer from DAV Ulm is allowed to go to the Biathlon World Championship in Lenzerheide at the age of 19. It could be the highlight of a fantastic season.
For Julia Tannheimer, everything is new at the World Cup in Lenzerheide, she can make mistakes and she has no pressure. That means: the carefree is a great advantage for the 19-year-old. This was said by the former biathlon star and today’s expert Erik Lesser on the SWR Sport program. “Nobody resent you if you make a mistake,” said Lesser. And with this carefree, she matured from the junior world champion to a professional.
Julia Tannheimer: The shooting star from DAV Ulm
At the age of 18, she made her debut in the World Cup in Ruhpolding last year and took 15th place in the sprint and immediately attracted attention. Gold and two silver followed twice at the Junior World Championship. In addition, an Abitur with a grade of 1.1. Now, at 19, she is allowed to go to the “right” world championship.
I’ve been watching biathlon since I’ve been a little girl. You always see the stars on TV. It is really exciting that you are now running with them.
Julia Tannheimer, biathlete Dav Ulm
With the season and victory at the World Cup in Hochfilzen, Julia Tannheimer showed what she can do. But she has also had to accept setbacks and gave the German victory of the Mixed relay in Oberhof with a penalty round. “She is not the first to happen in the mixed relay.” This has already happened to other great athletes, which is part of the learning process, “says former biathlon world champion Erik Lesser. He believes that the German women believe The medal candidates at the World Cup in Lenzerheide are to be counted.
Julia Tannheimer is part of a very young and strong team, says Erik Lesser. He does not know whether it is enough for her for a medal because she has to find her way. It is different with Franziska Preuss, the carrier of the yellow jerseys. “If she doesn’t say herself that I want to win a medal, then she has put the competitive sport of Ad Acta. I find it difficult to assume that she has shown a medal for herself,” said Lesser.
It is the most beautiful phase of career when you are really there for the first time – and then deliver as it.
Erik Lesser, Biathlon World Champion 2015 about Julia Tannheimer
According to Lesser, the prospects for the German biathlon men who have not yet been able to win a World Cup win this winter are less good. The problem: often the nerves at the shooting range fail. “There is a mistake in the head between the ears,” says Lesser. He believes that self -confidence is missing.
Erik Lesser therefore believes in the women with Julia Tannheimer and hopes that the men may also surprise and win medals. The biathlon World Cup takes place from 12.-23. February and will be held in Switzerland in Lenzerheide.
Prize on Sun., 9.2.2025 10:05 p.m., SWR Sport, SWR
