Selina Grotian
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 2004 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Mittenwald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2023– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All victories | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Selina Grotian (born 25 March 2004) is a German biathlete.[1] She won multiple gold medals at youth and junior world championships in 2022 and 2023, respectively.[2] In the 2023 European Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, she won the gold medal in the pursuit race.[3]
Career
[edit]Selina Grotian started her cross-country skiing at the age of six, and biathlon at the age of nine following in her two older brothers footsteps. She competes for the Skiclub Mittenwald, her home town, and is trained by Bernhard Kröll, Albert Neuner and Benedikt Ertl at the biathlon base of the Skigau Werdenfels in Kaltenbrunn.[4]
For the 2020–21 season, she was introduced to the junior squad by the German Ski Association. In the same season, she qualified for the Youth and Junior World Championships in Obertilliach after winning internal qualifications.[5] There she won bronze in the sprint. In addition, she took eleventh in singles, eighth in the pursuit and fourth in the team relay.[6]
For the 2021–22 season, she made her debut in the IBU Junior Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia. In the first race of the season, she narrowly missed victory by just 0.8 seconds. The following week, Grotian won the gold medal in the sprint and then also in the pursuit at the European Junior Championships taking place in the same place with the best running time.[7] At the 2022 World Junior Biathlon Championships in Soldier Hollow, USA, Grotian participated at the youth age group, winning a bronze in individual race. In the sprint she missed a medal with 4th place and subsequent pursuit race, she achieved the gold medal. Concluding the tournament, she finished the competition as the most successful youth athlete with the silver medal in the team relay race.[8]
For the 2022/23 season, Selina Grotian is accepted by the German Ski Association into the junior team, although she is still in the youth class. At the beginning of season, she qualified for the German IBU Cup team and made her debut at the senior level in Idre, Sweden. There she won her first career victory at the senior level in the sprint race. At the highlight of the IBU Cup season, Grotian won the pursuit race of the European Biathlon Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. In addition, she achieved the silver medal in the mixed relay and bronze in the individual.[9] At the 2023 World Junior Biathlon Championships, she won four gold medals in women's sprint, pursuit, relay, and mixed-relay races in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan.[10][11][12][13] After successful races at IBU cup competitions and junior world championships, she made her IBU World cup debut race in sprint discipline on 18 March 2023 in Oslo, Norway. However, she missed two targets on stand shooting even though didn't miss a target on prone shooting and took 44th place.[14]
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3][7]
World Championships
[edit]1 medal (1 bronze)
| Year | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2024 Nové Město
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4th | 30th | Bronze |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
European Championships
[edit]3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2023 Lenzerheide
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18 | Bronze | 5th | Gold | Silver | — |
World Cup
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | |||||
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| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | ||
| 2022–23 | 18 | NC | — | — | — | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
Youth and Junior World Championships
[edit]8 medals (5 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2021 Obertilliach
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17 | 11th | Bronze | 8th | 4th | — |
 2022 Soldier Hollow
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18 | Bronze | 4th | Gold | Silver | — |
 2023 Shchuchinsk
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19 | 5th | Gold | Gold | Gold | Gold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Selina Grotian profile". Germany Ski Association. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Grotian earns quadruple gold haul as Germany dominate IBU Youth Junior World Championships". insidethegames.biz. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Selina Grotian profile". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Who is Selina Grotian?". biathlonworld.com. IBU. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Nominierungen aus Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz und Italien zur Jugend- und Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft in Obertilliach". biathlon-nachwuchs.de. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Youth and Junior World Championships 2021". biathlon-obertilliach.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Selina Grotian profile". Ukraine biathlon federation. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Youth relay gold medals to Norway and Italy". biathlonworld.com. March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Grotian and Soerum win in the pursuit in Lenzerheide". International Biathlon Union. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Deutsche Nachwuchs-Biathleten eilen bei der WM von Sieg zu Sieg". sportschau.de. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Grotian and Wright take junior sprint gold". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Pursuit gold for Tannheimer, Gerhardsen, Grotian and Nevland". International Biathlon Union. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Norway and Germany win mixed relay gold". International Biathlon Union. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Biathlete Herrmann-Wick Wins Sprint In Oslo". Globe echo. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
