Laura Dahlmeier

Laura Dahlmeier
Dahlmeier in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born(1993-08-22)22 August 1993
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Died28 July 2025(2025-07-28) (aged 31)
Websitewww.laura-dahlmeier.de
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubSC Partenkirchen
World Cup debut1 March 2013
Retired17 May 2019
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014, 2018)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 (20132019)
Medals15 (7 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 (2012–132018–19)
Individual races124
All races152
Individual victories22
All victories35
Individual podiums50
All podiums71
Overall titles1: 2016–17
Discipline titles2:
1 Individual (2016–17)
1 Pursuit (2016–17)
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships 7 3 5
Total 9 3 6
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang 7.5 km sprint
2018 Pyeongchang 10 km pursuit
2018 Pyeongchang 15 km individual
World Championships
2015 Kontiolahti 4 × 6 km relay
2016 Oslo 10 km pursuit
2017 Hochfilzen 10 km pursuit
2017 Hochfilzen 15 km individual
2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km mass start
2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km relay
2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti 10 km pursuit
2016 Oslo 12.5 km mass start
2017 Hochfilzen 7.5 km sprint
2016 Oslo 15 km individual
2016 Oslo 7.5 km sprint
2016 Oslo 4 × 6 km relay
2019 Östersund 7.5 km sprint
2019 Östersund 10 km pursuit
World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Sprint 4 9 4
Pursuit 11 4 3
Mass Start 4 5 2
Individual 3 0 2
Relay 12 3 3
Mixed Relay 1 1 0
Total 35 22 14
  • WC podiums including the Olympic games and World championships races
Junior World Championships
2013 Obertilliach 12.5 km individual
2013 Obertilliach 7.5 km sprint
2013 Obertilliach 3 × 6 km relay
2013 Obertilliach 10 km pursuit
2011 Nové Město 10 km pursuit
2011 Nové Město 3 × 6 km relay
European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
2011 Liberec 10 km individual
2011 Liberec 6 km sprint
2011 Liberec Mixed relay

Laura Dahlmeier (German: [ˈlaʊʁa ˈdaːlˌmaɪɐ] ; 22 August 1993 – 28 July 2025) was a German biathlete. Dahlmeier started in her first World Cup races in the 2012–13 season. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. She won a record of five gold medals at the World Championships of 2017. In 2018, she became the first woman to win the biathlon sprint and pursuit in the same Olympics. During her career she won a total of two golds and one bronze at the Olympics, seven gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals at World Championships, one overall World Cup and two discipline World Cup titles.

Dahlmeier announced her retirement from competition in May 2019, at the age of 25. She died on 28 July 2025 in a mountaineering accident in northern Pakistan.