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{{Short description|East German-German cross-country skier}}
{{expand German|topic=bio|date=July 2022|Simone Opitz}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Simone Opitz
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = {{GER}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|07|03|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Sonneberg]],[[Bezirk Suhl]], [[East Germany]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| height =
| club =
| seasons =6 – ([[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985]]–[[1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1988]], [[1990–91 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1991]]–[[1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1992]])
| wins =1
| totalpodiums = 3
| teamwins =0
| teampodiums =1
| individual_starts = 27
| team_starts =6
| wcoveralls = 0 – (5th in [[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1986]])
}}
'''Simone Opitz''' (born 3 July 1963 in [[Sonneberg]], [[Bezirk Suhl]]) is an [[East Germany|East German]]-[[Germany|German]] [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]] who competed from 1985 to 1993. Competing in two [[Winter Olympics]], she earned best finish of fifth twice at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]] (20 km, 4 × 5 km relay).

Opitz's best finish at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] was fifth in the 10 km event at [[Val di Fiemme]] in [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991|1991]]. Her only World Cup victory was in a 20 km event in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1986.

==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&listid=&competitorid=45259|title=Athlete : OPITZ Simone |author= |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  5 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  10 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  15 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  Pursuit 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  20 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  30 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 5 km <br> relay 
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || ''25'' || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical|13]] ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical|10]] ||{{n/a}} || {{n/a}} ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre freestyle|5]] ||{{n/a}} ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay|5]]
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || ''29'' || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical|27]] || {{n/a}}|| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre classical|—]] ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit|12]] || {{n/a}}||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle|8]] ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay|8]]
|-
|}
===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  5 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  10 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  15 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  20 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  30 km 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 5 km <br> relay 
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987|1987]] || ''24'' || — ||— || {{n/a}} ||—||{{n/a}}||4
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991|1991]] || ''28'' || — ||5 ||— ||{{n/a}}||7||5
|-
|}

===World Cup===
====Season standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall
|-
| [[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985]] || ''22'' || 17
|-
| [[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1986]] || ''23'' || 5
|-
| [[1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1987]] || ''24'' || 39
|-
| [[1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1988]] || ''25'' || 17
|-
| [[1990–91 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1991]] || ''28'' || 14
|-
| [[1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1992]] || ''29'' || 19
|}
====Individual podiums====

*1 victory
*3 podiums

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:185px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:160px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
|-
| align=center|1 || rowspan=3 align=center|''' [[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985–86]] '''|| align=right| 11 January 1986 || align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Les Saisies]], France || 10 km Individual F || World Cup || 3rd
|-
| align=center|2 || bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 18 January 1986 || align=left| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Nové Město na Moravě|Nové Město]], Czechoslovakia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 20 km Individual F|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|3|| align=right| 15 March 1986 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Holmenkollen National Arena|Oslo]], Norway || 10 km Individual F ||World Cup || 2nd
|-
|}

====Team podiums====

* 1 podium

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| Teammates
|-
| align=center|1 || rowspan=1 align=center|''' [[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1984–85]] '''|| align=right| 17 March 1985 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Holmenkollen National Arena|Oslo]], Norway ||4 × 5 km Relay || World Cup || 3rd || [[Antje Misersky|Misersky]] / [[Gaby Nestler|Nestler]] / [[Ute Noack|Noack]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIS|S=CC|ID=45259|note=GER nationality}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080208204615/http://torino2006.coni.it/index.php?id=Staffetta%204x5%20km%20don Women's 4 x 5 km cross-country relay Olympic results: 1976-2002] {{in lang|it}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opitz, Simone}}
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl]]
[[Category:People from Sonneberg]]
[[Category:Skiers from Thuringia]]
[[Category:German female cross-country skiers]]
[[Category:East German female cross-country skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics]]

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Simone Opitz - Revision history

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