Vanessa Hinz remembers: The ultimate victory in Schalke 2016!
Vanessa Hinz remembers: The ultimate victory in Schalke 2016!
Vanessa Hinz, a former biathlete, ended her career almost two years ago and returned to her home at Schliersee for Christmas. She was the last German who won the World Team Challenge on Schalke, in 2016, together with her partner Simon Schempp. On December 30, 2024, the best biathletes in the world will meet again in Gelsenkirchen.
In an interview, Hinz describes her victory as one of the coolest races that was characterized by a unique atmosphere in the arena. It emphasizes the volume and mood during the race and emphasizes that the competition is shooting and requires a certain happiness when the windows meet. After her career end, Hinz enjoys freedom and the opportunity to drive home earlier. Despite these new freedoms, she sometimes misses training in the group, especially the funny units.successes at the World Team Challenge
In 2016, Simon Schempp and Vanessa Hinz won the 15th World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen. The German duo prevailed against the competition from Erik Lesser and Franziska Hildebrand and received a check for 28,000 euros. After the Schempp and Hinz retired behind Lesser/Hildebrandt in the mass start, they caught up in the persecution and secured the victory with a lead of 16.7 seconds. Originally, Schempp was supposed to compete with Franziska Preuß, who had to cancel due to illness. Third place went to the Russians Alexej Wolkow and Olga Podschufarnowa, who were looked after by Ricco Groß. The competition was endowed with a total of 156,000 euros, such as t-online reported.
Hinz has been working in a café in Berchtesgaden for a year and takes responsibility. She has learned that independence requires a lot of commitment. In addition, Hinz excludes a comeback in biathlon and sees her time in sports as completed, like reported.
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