# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2009

The 2009 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Canmore, Canada from January 28 to February 3 2009. There was to be a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women.

## Medal winners
### Youth Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km individual details | Zhang Yan China | 35:13.7 (0+0+0+1) | Grace Boutot United States | 36:17.6 (1+0+0+0) | Yolaine Oddou Canada | 36:49.6 (1+1+0+0) |
| 6 km sprint details | Zhang Yan China Olga Iakushova Russia | 19:31.4 (0+0) 19:31.4 (0+1) | | | Audrey Vaillancourt Canada | 19:44.6 (0+1) |
| 7.5 km pursuit details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 27:07.9 (1+3+0+0) | Marion Charles France | 27:36.3 (1+0+2+1) | Marie-Christin Kloß Germany | 27:38.7 (1+1+2+1) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Russia Olga Iakushova Anna Pogorelova Larisa Kuklina | 1:00:46.4 (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) | Belarus Iryna Kryuko Nelia Nikalayeva Darya Nesterchik | 1:01:36.8 (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) | Italy Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Alexia Runggaldier | 58:25.8 (2+3) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) |

### Junior Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Nicole Wötzel Germany | 42:15.4 (0+0+0+2) | Anastasia Zagoruiko Russia | 42:21.1 (0+1+0+0) | Elisabeth Voigt Germany | 42:39.8 (1+1+1+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Nicole Wötzel Germany | 23:28.8 (1+0) | Miriam Gössner Germany | 23:37.5 (3+2) | Sophie Boilley France | 23:38.1 (1+0) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Miriam Gössner Germany | 33:56.9 (0+1+4+3) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 34:08.0 (1+2+0+1) | Nicole Wötzel Germany | 34:15.5 (2+0+0+1) |
| 3 × 6 km relay details | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Veronika Zvařičová Gabriela Soukalová | 58:00.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+4) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) | Russia Anastasia Zagoruiko Nastassia Kalina Olga Vilukhina | 58:12.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Elisabeth Voigt Miriam Gössner Nicole Wötzel | 58:23.0 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) |

### Youth Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details | Ludwig Ehrhart France | 37:10.9 (0+0+0+1) | Antti Raatikainen Finland | 38:18.6 (0+0+0+1) | Aliaksei Abromchyk Belarus | 38:33.2 (1+1+0+0) |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Kurtis Wenzel Canada | 21:10.2 (0+1) | Erlend Bjøntegaard Norway | 21:14.2 (0+2) | Mario Dolder Switzerland | 21:26.5 (1+1) |
| 10 km pursuit details | Erlend Bjøntegaard Norway | 29:03.9 (0+0+1+1) | Ludwig Ehrhart France | 29:29.0 (0+0+1+0) | Kurtis Wenzel Canada | 29:32.9 (0+1+1+1) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details | France Florent Claude Clement Jacquelin Ludwig Ehrhart | 1:06:18.8 (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | Canada Kurtis Wenzel Aaron Gillmor Scott Gow | 1:08:17.4 (2+3) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) | Russia Ivan Pichuzhkin Nikolay Yakushov Vladimir Burdinskiy | 1:08:56.2 (4+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) |

### Junior Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details | Manuel Müller Germany | 41:18.8 (0+1+0+0) | Alexey Volkov Russia | 41:46.3 (0+0+0+2) | Erik Lesser Germany | 41:48.0 (0+0+0+2) |
| 10 km sprint details | Lukas Hofer Italy | 27:39.3 (2+0) | Benjamin Weger Switzerland | 27:58.7 (1+0) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 28:08.2 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Lukas Hofer Italy | 34:20.3 (0+1+3+2) | Simon Schempp Germany | 34:37.3 (1+0+0+1) | Tarjei Bø Norway | 34:48.7 (3+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details | Germany Erik Lesser Simon Schempp Benedikt Doll Florian Graf | 1:23:39.8 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) | Russia Evgeny Petrov Timofey Lapshin Pavel Magazeev Alexey Volkov | 1:26:44.7 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (1+3) (0+1) (1+3) | Belarus Sergey Rutsevich Vladimir Chepelin Vitali Tsvetau Vladimir Alenishko | 1:27:00.7 (2+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN)* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 15 | 16 | 48 |