# 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 18 March 2021 in Östersund

## Competition format

The 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2019–20 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 314 |
| Silver: | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 305 |
| Bronze: | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 283 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Kontiolahti details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 21:01.4 (0+0) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 21:25.3 (0+0) | Karoline Offigstad Knotten Norway | 21:39.2 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti (2) details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 21:11.5 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet France | 21:21.1 (0+0) | Elvira Öberg Sweden | 21:39.4 (0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Dzinara Alimbekava Belarus | 20:12.3 (0+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 20:20.8 (1+0) | Franziska Preuß Germany | 20:22.2 (0+1) |
| Hochfilzen (2) details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 19:38.0 (1+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 19:45.6 (0+0) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 20:02.6 (1+0) |
| Oberhof details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 23:54.0 (0+0) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 24:23.6 (0+0) | Lisa Theresa Hauser Austria | 24:34.2 (0+1) |
| Oberhof (2) details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 22:33.8 (0+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 22:43.1 (0+0) | Lisa Theresa Hauser Austria | 22:46.4 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 21:18.7 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet France | 21:30.7 (0+1) | Hanna Sola Belarus | 21:33.1 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 18:48.4 (1+0) | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 18:57.7 (0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 19:03.4 (0+0) |
| Nové Město (2) details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 18:11.1 (0+1) | Denise Herrmann Germany | 18:17.2 (0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 18:21.6 (0+0) |
| Östersund details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 18:44.6 (0+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 18:47.1 (0+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 18:51.3 (0+0) |

## Standings

7 of 10 competitions scored
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | WCH | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 1 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 0 | 34 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 420 |
| 2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 54 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 304 |
| 3 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 60 | 60 | 12 | 38 | 54 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 296 |
| 4 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 19 | 13 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 54 | 21 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 282 |
| 5 | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet (FRA) | 29 | 54 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 280 |
| 6 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | 38 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 274 |
| 7 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 18 | 25 | 48 | 43 | 27 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 267 |
| 8 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 28 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 48 | 48 | 32 | 3 | 28 | 40 | 256 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 3 | 40 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 43 | 31 | 54 | 7 | 238 |
| 10 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 20 | 30 | 22 | 54 | 0 | DNF | 20 | 38 | 24 | 48 | 236 |
| 11 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | 4 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 36 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 0 | 224 |
| 12 | Elvira Öberg (SWE) | 17 | 48 | 30 | 40 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 220 |
| 13 | Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (FRA) | 30 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 209 |
| 14 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 16 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 40 | 48 | 13 | 21 | 206 |
| 15 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 22 | 1 | 27 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 177 |
| 16 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 54 | 40 | 0 | 166 |
| 17 | Hanna Sola (BLR) | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 155 |
| 18 | Karoline Offigstad Knotten (NOR) | 48 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 145 |
| 19 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 140 |
| 20 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 137 |
| 21 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | 23 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 136 |
| 22 | Ida Lien (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 134 |
| 23 | Janina Hettich (GER) | 0 | 2 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 133 |
| 24 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 0 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 133 |
| 25 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 40 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 131 |
| 26 | Darya Blashko (UKR) | 0 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 9 | DNS | 27 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 123 |
| 27 | Chloé Chevalier (FRA) | 34 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | 29 | 118 |
| 28 | Elena Kruchinkina (BLR) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 113 |
| 29 | Clare Egan (USA) | 14 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| 30 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 103 |
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 31 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 103 |
| 32 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 32 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 | – | 21 | 0 | – | 98 |
| 33 | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 92 |
| 34 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 92 |
| 35 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 31 | 16 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 90 |
| 36 | Irina Kazakevich (RUS) | 13 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 37 | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | 36 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | DNS | – | 82 |
| 38 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | 7 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| 39 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 81 |
| 40 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | – | – | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 81 |
| 41 | Monika Hojnisz-Staręga (POL) | 10 | 6 | – | 6 | 24 | – | 11 | 0 | 21 | – | 78 |
| 42 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
| 43 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 75 |
| 44 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 74 |
| 45 | Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 46 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 67 |
| 47 | Johanna Skottheim (SWE) | 43 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | – | – | – | – | 64 |
| 48 | Milena Todorova (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 63 |
| 49 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | 2 | 22 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 50 | Emilie Kalkenberg (NOR) | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 58 |
| 51 | Irene Cadurisch (SUI) | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 52 | Mari Eder (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 53 | Valentyna Semerenko (UKR) | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 54 | Kamila Żuk (POL) | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | – | 44 |
| 55 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 56 | Larisa Kuklina (RUS) | 0 | – | 10 | – | 21 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 43 |
| 57 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| 58 | Jessica Jislová (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
| 59 | Johanna Talihärm (EST) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |
| 60 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| # | Name | KON | KON 2 | HOC | HOC 2 | OBH | OBH 2 | POK | NME | NME 2 | OST | Total |
| 61 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 62 | Caroline Colombo (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 63 | Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko (KAZ) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 64 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| 65 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 66 | Alina Stremous (MDA) | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 67 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 68 | Anastasiia Goreeva (RUS) | – | 0 | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 20 |
| 69 | Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR) | 0 | 0 | DNF | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 70 | Michela Carrara (ITA) | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 71 | Irene Lardschneider (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 72 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 73 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 15 |
| 74 | Joanne Reid (USA) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 |
| 75 | Tamara Voronina (RUS) | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 76 | Polona Klemenčič (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 77 | Lou Jeanmonnot (FRA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 78 | Anna Weidel (GER) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 79 | Sanita Buliņa (LAT) | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 80 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 |
| 81 | Christina Rieder (AUT) | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 82 | Kinga Zbylut (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 |
| 83 | Alla Ghilenko (MDA) | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 84 | Megan Bankes (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 |
| 85 | Suvi Minkkinen (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 86 | Lotte Lie (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 87 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 |
| 88 | Sarah Beaudry (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 |
| 89 | Sari Maeda (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |