Uschi Disl

Biathlon, Olympic athlete

1970 –

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Who is Uschi Disl?

Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and, like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard. Their first child Hanna Ursula was born on 15 January 2007, and their son Tobias was born on 12 August 2010.

During her competitive career Disl was a 19 year veteran of biathlon and was a five time olympian, with two Olympic gold medals from the 4 × 7.5 km relays in 1998 and 2002. She also has four silver medals, and three bronze medals. She also has two World Championship individual titles, both won in Hochfilzen, Austria, in March 2005, in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit.

Dubbed "Turbo-Disl" by the German media, she lay second in the Biathlon World Cup table at the beginning of the Olympics behind fellow country-woman Kati Wilhelm, and finished fifth in the overall standings for the 2004/05 season. She has finished second overall three times in the Biathlon World Cup and has won forty World Cup races. This includes three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with one in 1995 and two in 1996.

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Born
Nov 15, 1970
Bad Tölz
Nationality
  • Germany

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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