The 33-year-old is a six-time winner at World Cup and World Championship-level, with his first and most memorable victory coming at the World Championships 2017 in Hochfilzen in the sprint.
Once you notice it gets tougher to really prepare 100% for every single competition, that's when I told myself "It's enough", I will wrap up my career. Another reason is that I wanted to spend more time with my family. You're more or less on the road half the year if you're a biathlon. Also I really want to do something new now, I want to look into the future and take on new challenges - but before that there are still three World Cup and I'll attack in those.