Biathlon
Franziska Preuss
- All-around
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born
- 11 March 1994
- Turned pro
- 2013
- Primary discipline
- All-around
About Franziska Preuss
German biathlete and the 2024-25 Overall World Cup champion, with a career spanning 4 Olympic Games (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026) and World Championship gold medals in the relay (2015) and pursuit (2025). Also won the mass start discipline title twice (2014-15, 2024-25) and the sprint title in 2024-25. Retired from competition immediately after the women's mass start at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, her fourth and final Games, closing out a career of 15 World Cup victories and 297 World Cup starts.
Sponsors: Rossignol (skis) - confirmed via Rossignol's own official athlete page listing her under Biathlon; per Nordic Mag reporting, she had been with Rossignol since around 2022 (her 'third year' as of an April 2025 visit to Rossignol's premises).
Setup
1 item
Skis
Rossignol Cross-country
Confirmed via Rossignol's own official athlete page listing Franziska Preuss under Biathlon. Reusing existing DB Rossignol cross-country ski family entry.
Rossignol's race-stock cross-country ski line (brand-level; exact model not specified by federation).
Setup verified 14 July 2026
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franziska_Preu%C3%9F
- https://www.rossignol.com/us-en/athlete?aid=1lv63n6jibp6
- https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/preuss-calls-it-a-career-after-25-26-winter/4SL4KK2rUgB5dcCzgRA0N0
- https://www.nordicmag.info/en/biathlon-cross-country-skiing-dorothea-wierer-franziska-preuss-and-jonna-sundling-visit-the-rossignol-premises-0424/