Sophia Schneider prize money
€24,450 in World Cup and World Championships prize money across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 14 paid races. The biggest single payday is €6,500, for the women's relay at the Ruhpolding World Cup 2024/25.
The IBU pays the first 30 in every individual race and the first eight teams in every relay a fixed sum for the place. Each figure on this page is that sum, at the place Sophia Schneider finished.
Sophia Schneider prize money by season
World Cup and World Championships, each season in full
season running total
Down €23,950 on the season before, in a year the World Cup ladder rose from €15,000 to €20,000 for a win. The 2024/25 figure carries the World Championships, which 2025/26 did not hold.
Where Sophia Schneider's money comes from
The same total split by kind of race
Sophia Schneider's biggest paydays
The ten races that paid the most
Every paid race
14 of them, newest first
| Race | Date | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhpolding Women's sprint | 16 January 2026 | 30th | €250 |
| Oslo Holmenkollen Women's sprint | 21 March 2025 | 27th | €500 |
| Pokljuka Mixed relay | 16 March 2025 | 6th | €1,500 |
| Nové Město na Moravě Women's relay | 9 March 2025 | 3rd | €4,000 |
| Nové Město na Moravě Women's pursuit | 8 March 2025 | 22nd | €1,000 |
| Nové Město na Moravě Women's sprint | 7 March 2025 | 29th | €300 |
| Lenzerheide Women's mass start, World Championships | 23 February 2025 | 28th | €550 |
| Lenzerheide Women's relay, World Championships | 22 February 2025 | 5th | €3,250 |
| Lenzerheide Women's pursuit, World Championships | 16 February 2025 | 23rd | €1,400 |
| Lenzerheide Women's sprint, World Championships | 14 February 2025 | 11th | €3,800 |
| Antholz-Anterselva Women's relay | 26 January 2025 | 8th | €500 |
| Antholz-Anterselva Women's sprint | 23 January 2025 | 28th | €400 |
| Ruhpolding Women's relay | 18 January 2025 | 1st | €6,500 |
| Oberhof Women's pursuit | 11 January 2025 | 27th | €500 |
Where two athletes tie on a place they share the money for the places they cover, so a tie for 12th pays each the average of 12th and 13th.
Sophia Schneider at each event
Every stop of the two seasons Sophia Schneider was paid at
| Event | Paid races | Best | Won there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberhof 2024/25 World Cup round 4 | 1 | 27th | €500 |
| Ruhpolding 2024/25 World Cup round 5 | 1 | relay | €6,500 |
| Antholz-Anterselva 2024/25 World Cup round 6 | 2 | 28th | €900 |
| Lenzerheide 2024/25 World Championships | 4 | 11th | €9,000 |
| Nové Město na Moravě 2024/25 World Cup round 7 | 3 | 22nd | €5,300 |
| Pokljuka 2024/25 World Cup round 8 | 1 | relay | €1,500 |
| Oslo Holmenkollen 2024/25 World Cup round 9 | 1 | 27th | €500 |
| Ruhpolding 2025/26 World Cup round 5 | 1 | 30th | €250 |
Where Sophia Schneider sits on the money list
Ranked 103 of 233 across both seasons
| # | Athlete | Country | Wins | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Sonja Leinamo | Finland | €31,150 | |
| 94 | Sverre Dahlen Aspenes | Norway | €29,650 | |
| 95 | Samuela Comola | Italy | €29,400 | |
| 96 | Marlene Fichtner | Germany | €29,050 | |
| 97 | Lena Repinc | Slovenia | €27,750 | |
| 98 | Venla Lehtonen | Finland | €27,100 | |
| 99 | Anna Weidel | Germany | €26,900 | |
| 100 | Sara Andersson | Sweden | €26,800 | |
| 101 | Juni Arnekleiv | Norway | €26,500 | |
| 102 | Sophie Chauveau | France | €26,100 | |
| 104 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | €23,950 | |
| 105 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | €23,900 | |
| 106 | Lea Meier | Switzerland | €23,350 | |
| 107 | Khrystyna Dmytrenko | Ukraine | €23,300 | |
| 108 | Malte Stefansson | Sweden | €22,450 | |
| 109 | Inka Hamalainen | Finland | €22,100 | |
| 110 | Joanna Jakiela | Poland | €21,150 | |
| 111 | Tamara Steiner | Austria | €20,850 | |
| 112 | Didier Bionaz | Italy | €20,800 | |
| 113 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | €20,100 |
The rest of the Germany team
Every Germany athlete the IBU paid, by prize money
| # | Athlete | Paid races | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Franziska Preuss | 44 | €350,750 |
| 21 | Philipp Nawrath | 55 | €212,650 |
| 30 | Selina Grotian | 38 | €140,200 |
| 40 | Justus Strelow | 45 | €119,200 |
| 41 | Vanessa Voigt | 28 | €114,525 |
| 44 | Philipp Horn | 36 | €110,825 |
| 51 | Julia Tannheimer | 35 | €89,950 |
| 62 | Danilo Riethmüller | 24 | €63,350 |
| 65 | Janina Hettich-Walz | 16 | €53,550 |
| 82 | David Zobel | 19 | €35,000 |
| 92 | Johannes Kühn | 17 | €32,700 |
| 96 | Marlene Fichtner | 9 | €29,050 |
| 99 | Anna Weidel | 9 | €26,900 |
| 103 | Sophia Schneider | 14 | €24,450 |
| 115 | Roman Rees | 5 | €17,725 |
| 135 | Lucas Fratzscher | 8 | €12,075 |
| 141 | Johanna Puff | 6 | €10,700 |
| 156 | Leonhard Pfund | 5 | €8,550 |
| 161 | Stefanie Scherer | 2 | €7,400 |
| 177 | Simon Kaiser | 4 | €4,300 |
| 207 | Julia Kink | 2 | €1,500 |
| 222 | Franz Schaser | 1 | €900 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Sophia Schneider won in biathlon?
€24,450 across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 14 paid races. That is 103rd of the 233 athletes the IBU paid, and 59th among the women.
How much did Sophia Schneider win in 2024/25?
€24,200 from 13 paid races in the 2024/25 season.
How much did Sophia Schneider win in 2025/26?
€250 from 1 paid race in the 2025/26 season.
What was Sophia Schneider's biggest payday?
€6,500 at the Ruhpolding World Cup 2024/25 on 18 January 2025, where Sophia Schneider 1st with the Germany team in the women's relay.
How many races has Sophia Schneider won?
None across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. Sophia Schneider's best individual finish in that time was 11th.
How much has Sophia Schneider won in relays?
€15,750 from 5 paid relays, which is 64% of the total. A relay pays every athlete on a team the full rung for the team's place.
How does Sophia Schneider compare with the rest of the Germany team?
Sophia Schneider took 1.7% of the €1,466,250 the IBU paid Germany's 22 athletes across the two seasons, 14th of them.
Where to next
The events Sophia Schneider raced, and the athletes around them