Vivian Hösch

Vivian Hösch
Vivian Hösch and guide Florian Schillinger after their bronze medals at the 2015 World Championships in Cable (USA)
Personal information
Born18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) (age 34)
Freiburg, Germany
Sport
Country Germany
Sport
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2014, 2018
Medal record
Women's para biathlon
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Cable 6 km

Vivian Hösch (also spelled Hoesch, born 18 March 1991) is a visually impaired German para biathlete and para cross-country skier.[1][2]

Hösch competed for Germany at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she finished fifth in the 5 km cross-country skiing event and sixth in the 6 km biathlon event.[3] At the 2015 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Cable, she won a bronze medal in the 6 km biathlon event.[4][5] She competed again for Germany at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, where she finished seventh in the 6 km biathlon event.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vivian Hösch". teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). National Paralympic Committee Germany. Retrieved 27 July 2025. Date of birth 18.03.1991 Place of birth Freiburg
  2. ^ "Vivian HOESCH". sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Vivian Hösch". nordski.de (in German). Nordic Paraski Team Germany. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. ^ Osborne, Paul (24 January 2015). "Major shock on opening day of IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships as Petushkov fails to medal". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. Germany's Vivian Hosch and guide Florian Schillinger found their way onto the podium as they captured bronze.
  5. ^ "Cable 2015: Biathlon returns for middle distance races". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 27 January 2015. On the women's side, Germany's Vivian Hosch and guide Florian Schillinger captured a bronze medal on Saturday, just 0.6 seconds ahead of Russia's Elena Remizova and guide Maksim Pirogov.