Monika Hojnisz (born 27 August 1991), now Monika Hojnisz-Staręga, is a Polish biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Hojnisz won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 (12.5 km mass start).[3] In December 2018 she scored her best World Cup finish, taking second place in the 15 km individual at the Pokljuka round of the World Cup. She finished sixth in the 15 km individual at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[4]
| Monika Hojnisz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 August 1991 Chorzów, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | UKS Lider Katowice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Indiv. podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She married Polish cross-county skier Maciej Staręga in June 2019.[4]
Biathlon results
editAll results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
edit0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2014 Sochi
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12th | 21st | 19th | 5th | 10th | – |
 2018 Pyeongchang
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6th | 45th | 43rd | 15th | 7th | – |
 2022 Beijing
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20th | 16th | 9th | 27th | 14th | – |
- *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships
edit1 medal (1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk
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59th | 68th | – | – | 9th | – | — |
 2013 Nové Město
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– | 24th | 13th | Bronze | 9th | – | |
 2015 Kontiolahti
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9th | 74th | – | – | 12th | – | |
 2016 Oslo
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40th | 44th | 29th | – | 4th | – | |
 2017 Hochfilzen
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30th | 39th | 51st | – | 7th | – | |
 2019 Östersund
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39th | 34th | DNS | 13th | 7th | – | – |
 2020 Antholz-Anterselva
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6th | 28th | 26th | 4th | 7th | – | – |
 2021 Pokljuka
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16th | 30th | 16th | 22nd | 6th | – | – |
- *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.
World Cup
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Individual | Mass start | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | ||
| 2010–11 | 19 | 27 | 75th | 8 | 77th | 0 | – | 19 | 47th | 0 | – |
| 2011–12 | 20 | 22 | 70th | 0 | – | 22 | 53rd | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 179 | 37th | 81 | 33rd | 50 | 39th | 0 | – | 48 | 32nd |
| 2013–14 | 22 | 148 | 43rd | 53 | 51st | 66 | 41st | 29 | 22nd | 0 | – |
| 2014–15 | 23 | 248 | 29th | 111 | 27th | 55 | 36th | 72 | 13th | 10 | 43rd |
| 2015–16 | 24 | 306 | 26th | 119 | 24th | 80 | 34th | 26 | 34th | 81 | 21st |
| 2016–17 | 25 | 225 | 36th | 85 | 36th | 65 | 38th | 47 | 21st | 28 | 38th |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 13 | 82nd | 7 | 82nd | 6 | 74th | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 567 | 10th | 238 | 6th | 159 | 15th | 66 | 13th | 104 | 18th |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 500 | 12th | 162 | 14th | 91 | 19th | 96 | 7th | 151 | 7th |
References
edit- ^ "Poland's Girl Dominated Women's Biathlon Sprint". 2013 Winter Universiade. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Nowanska-Ziemniak (POL) Took Also Pursuit's Gold". 2013 Winter Universiade. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Women 12.5 km Mass Start". Biathlonresults.com. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Top Polish biathlete, XC skier tie the knot". thenews.pl. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.