Background
Her father, Martin Glagow, is a former army officer and ski technician: he waxed Martina"s skis until the end of the 2004-2005 season, and was also wax technician for the British biathlon team from 2000 until his retirement in 2011.
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Martina Beck
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She now lives in Mittenwald in Bavaria. She has one daughter named Hilde (born 1 April 2011). Beck"s talent was discovered in fourth grade, when she beat out male competition up to three years older than herself in a cross-country skiing event.
Although Beck stands only 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) tall, she was a strong skier, but was renowned for her shooting ability: she was regularly among the female athletes with the highest accuracy rate, leading the shooting statistics in the 2003-2004 season with a rate of 89 percent.
In 2007-2008, she was the best biathlete in the individual discipline. Beck retired from the sport after the 2009-2010 season.
Achievements
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Winter Olympics: 2006: 3 × Silver (Individual, Pursuit, Relay) 2010: 1 × Bronze (Relay) Biathlon World Championships: 2001: 1 × silver (mass start) 2003: 1 × gold (pursuit), 1 × bronze (relay) 2004: 1 × silver (pursuit), 2 × bronze (sprint, relay) 2007: 1 × gold (relay), 1 × silver (mass start), 1 × bronze (individual) 2008: 1 × gold (relay), 1 × silver (individual) Biathlon World Cup overall: 1 × overall World Cup winner (2002/03), 1 × World Cup pursuit winner (2002/03), 1 × World Cup individual winner (2007/08) Biathlon World Cup victories: 14 (as of: 7 December 2008) Holmenkollen ski festival victories Three (as of 2006) - 2003 (pursuit), 2004 (individual), and 2006 (sprint).
Membership
She became a member of the German World Cup team in 2000, when she impressed by winning an event in her first year and even finished third in the mass start World Cup standings.
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Germany