Leonie Walter
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| Full name | Leonie Maria Walter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2004 Freiburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic Nordic skiing (Paralympic cross-country skiing and Paralympic biathlon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Macular hypoplasia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC St. Peter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ralf Rombach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonie Maria Walter (born 17 January 2004) is a German visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete. She represented Germany at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Career
[edit]Walter represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 10 kilometres, and three bronze medals in the 6 kilometres, and 12.5 kilometres biathlon events, and in the 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing event.[1][2] Pirmin Strecker has competed as her sighted guide.
She represented Germany at the 2025 Winter World University Games and won a gold medal in the 10 kilometre freestyle event.[3]
She represented Germany at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. During the sprint classical cross-country skiing event she was initially on the podium, however, she was downgraded for infringing the classic style, and Cong Jihong won the bronze medal.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Leonie Walter". nordski.de (in German). Nordic Paraski Team Deutschland. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ↑ "Leonie Maria Walter". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ↑ "Silver at the Paralympics, FISU World University Games gold Walter". fisu.net. International University Sports Federation. 15 January 2025. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ↑ "Para cross-country skiing: the visually impaired classic sprint for Anastasiia Bagiian and Jake Adicoff". Nordic Mag. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Leonie Walter at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Leonie Walter at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (para cross-country)
- Leonie Walter at Nordic Paraski Team Deutschland (in German)
- Leonie Walter at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)
- Leonie Maria Walter at the International Paralympic Committee
- Leonie Walter on Instagram
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