Simone Hye-Soon Hauswald (born Simone Hye-Soon Denkinger; 3 May 1979) is a former German biathlete and Winter Olympics bronze medalist. In 2008, she won her first single World Cup Race. Hauswald retired after the 2009–10 season.[1]
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Full name | Simone Hye-Soon Denkinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-05-03) 3 May 1979 (age 45) Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | SC Gosheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2000-2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on March 21, 2010. |
Hauswald was born to a German father and Korean mother. As a teenager she trained at the Skiinternat Furtwangen, an alpine sports training facility in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, and met her coach and future husband, former skier Steffen Hauswald.[2] The couple have twin daughters.
Season | Discipline |
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2010 | Sprint |
7 race victories (3Sprint, 2 Mass Start, 1 Individual, 1 Pursuit)
Season | Date | Location | Race |
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2009 | 12 December 2008 | Hochfilzen, Austria | Sprint |
11 March 2009 | Vancouver-Whistler, Canada | Individual | |
29 March 2009 | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | Mass Start | |
2010 | 8 January 2010 | Oberhof, Germany | Sprint |
18 March 2010 | Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway | Sprint | |
20 March 2010 | Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway | Pursuit | |
21 March 2010 | Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway | Mass Start |