# Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer (Italian:, German:; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian biathlete competing in the Biathlon World Cup. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea she won again the bronze medal in the Mixed relay with Lisa Vittozzi, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won her first individual medal in the Sprint. She is the 2019 Mass Start World Champion and the 2020 Pursuit and Individual World Champion.

## Career

Wierer has won her first Biathlon World Championships medal, placing third in the Women's relay together with Nicole Gontier, Michela Ponza and Karin Oberhofer at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě, which was the first ever medal for Italian women at the Biathlon World Championships. At the 2019 Championships in Östersund, she won the gold medal in the 12.5 km Mass Start, also a first for Italian women in Biathlon. She has currently won 12 medals in total, including 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes.
At the start of the 2015–16 season, Wierer recorded the first win in her career in the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund and as of the end of 2021-22 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 45 times with 13 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 23 relays, including five victories. She has won the 2018–19 Overall World Cup (first Italian to do so, including men). Wierer defended the overall title in the 2019–20 Season (the first woman to do since Magdalena Forsberg in 2001/02) and has also won 4 disciplines cup, the 2015–16 Individual World Cup, the 2018–19 Pursuit World Cup, the 2019–20 Mass Start World Cup and the 2020-21 Individual World Cup.
In February 2019, Wierer became the third biathlete (after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every biathlon discipline.

## Record
### Olympic Games

3 medals (3 bronze)
Wierer has won three medals from Olympic Games. In Sochi, she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay. In Pyeongchang, she won another bronze medal in the same discipline, mixed relay. In Beijing she won her first individual medal in Sprint.
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
| 2014 Sochi | DNS | 6th | 17th | 26th | 6th | Bronze |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 7th | 18th | 15th | 6th | 9th | Bronze |
| 2022 Beijing | 18th | Bronze | 6th | 22nd | 5th | 9th |
    *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

### World Championships

12 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
| 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | – | 28th | 9th | 21st | 4th | – | — |
| 2012 Ruhpolding | 41st | 61st | – | – | 12th | – | — |
| 2013 Nové Město | 58th | 21st | 30th | – | Bronze | 4th | — |
| 2015 Kontiolahti | 4th | 20th | 9th | 27th | Bronze | 7th | — |
| 2016 Oslo | 8th | 5th | Silver | 20th | 7th | 8th | — |
| 2017 Hochfilzen | 16th | 21st | 10th | 8th | 5th | 4th | — |
| 2019 Östersund | 8th | 10th | 20th | Gold | – | Bronze | Silver |
| 2020 Antholz-Anterselva | Gold | 7th | Gold | Silver | 10th | Silver | 9th |
| 2021 Pokljuka | 9th | 20th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5th |
| 2023 Oberhof | 15th | 19th | 11th | 14th | Gold | Silver | – |
| 2024 Nové Město | 14th | 10th | 21st | 20th | 11th | 10th | – |
| 2025 Lenzerheide | - | 21st | DNS | - | 7th | 7th | 7th |
    *The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

### Junior/Youth World Championships

| Event | Age Class | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
| 2007 Martell | Youth (U19) | 10th | 16th | 14th | — |
| 2008 Ruhpolding | Youth (U19) | Gold | 8th | 21st | Bronze |
| 2009 Canmore | Youth (U19) | 7th | 4th | Gold | Bronze |
| 2010 Torsby | Junior (U21) | 6th | 13th | 11th | — |
| 2011 Nové Město | Junior (U21) | Gold | Gold | Gold | Silver |

### World Cup

| Season | Age | Overall | Overall | Overall | Sprint | Sprint | Sprint | Pursuit | Pursuit | Pursuit | Individual | Individual | Individual | Mass start | Mass start | Mass start |
| Season | Age | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position |
| 2008/09 | 18 | 2/26 | 0 | N/A | 2/10 | 0 | N/A | 0/7 | – | – | 0/4 | – | – | 0/5 | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 20 | 9/26 | 86 | 54th | 5/10 | 30 | 58th | 3/7 | 36 | 46th | 0/4 | – | – | 1/5 | 20 | 40th |
| 2011/12 | 21 | 16/26 | 5 | 91st | 9/10 | 5 | 78th | 4/8 | – | – | 3/3 | – | – | 0/5 | — | — |
| 2012/13 | 22 | 17/26 | 171 | 38th | 9/10 | 63 | 40th | 5/8 | 87 | 29th | 3/3 | 21 | 39th | 0/5 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | 23 | 21/22 | 399 | 16th | 9/9 | 143 | 19th | 7/8 | 141 | 17th | 2/2 | 60 | 7th | 3/3 | 55 | 20th |
| 2014/15 | 24 | 22/25 | 745 | 7th | 9/10 | 333 | 4th | 6/7 | 214 | 5th | 2/3 | 70 | 14th | 5/5 | 128 | 13th |
| 2015/16 | 25 | 25/25 | 944 | 3rd | 9/9 | 327 | 3rd | 8/8 | 348 | 2nd | 3/3 | 154 | 1st | 5/5 | 148 | 8th |
| 2016/17 | 26 | 26/26 | 719 | 5th | 9/9 | 246 | 8th | 9/9 | 286 | 5th | 3/3 | 45 | 23rd | 5/5 | 156 | 5th |
| 2017/18 | 27 | 22/22 | 681 | 5th | 8/8 | 228 | 8th | 7/7 | 264 | 4th | 2/2 | 60 | 6th | 5/5 | 131 | 11th |
| 2018/19 | 28 | 25/25 | 904 | 1st | 9/9 | 330 | 2nd | 8/8 | 327 | 1st | 3/3 | 89 | 7th | 5/5 | 194 | 2nd |
| 2019/20 | 29 | 21/21 | 793 | 1st | 8/8 | 305 | 2nd | 5/5 | 186 | 2nd | 3/3 | 114 | 2nd | 5/5 | 223 | 1st |
| 2020/21 | 30 | 26/26 | 821 | 5th | 10/10 | 282 | 4th | 8/8 | 220 | 7th | 3/3 | 103 | 1st | 5/5 | 144 | 8th |
| 2021/22 | 31 | 21/22 | 577 | 9th | 9/9 | 196 | 13th | 6/7 | 185 | 9th | 2/2 | 44 | 11th | 4/4 | 152 | 3rd |
| 2022/23 | 32 | 20/20 | 911 | 2nd | 7/7 | 310 | 2nd | 6/6 | 285 | 3rd | 3/3 | 143 | 5th | 4/4 | 169 | 4th |
| 2023/24 | 33 | 7/21 | 150 | 40th | 3/7 | 48 | 43rd | 2/7 | 51 | 39th | 2/3 | 51 | 18th | 0/4 | / | / |
| 2024/25 | 34 | 16/21 | 433 | 11th | 6/7 | 196 | 7th | 5/6 | 133 | 11th | 2/3 | 0 | / | 3/5 | 104 | 7th |
    *Updated as of 13 March 2025, all the point totals count the dropped results, if there are any. Italic means the season is still ongoing

### Overall record

| Result | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay | Total | Total | Total |
| Result | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay | Individual events | Team events | All events |
| 1st place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2nd place | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| 3rd place | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| Podiums | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 30 | 80 |
| Top 10 | 17 | 52 | 45 | 25 | 57 | 27 | 6 | 139 | 90 | 229 |
| Points | 32 | 107 | 87 | 55 | 66 | 27 | 6 | 281 | 99 | 380 |
| Other | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| DNF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DSQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starts | 40 | 126 | 92 | 55 | 66 | 27 | 6 | 313 | 99 | 412 |
    * Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.
    ** Updated as of 25 Feb 2025

#### Individual podiums

* 16 victories (6 Individuals, 4 Sprints, 2 Pursuits, 4 Mass starts)
* 50 podiums (6 Individuals, 17 Sprints, 19 Pursuits, 8 Mass starts)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
| 1 | 2013–14 | 8 March 2014 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 2 | 2014–15 | 7 December 2014 | Östersund | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 3 | 2014–15 | 18 December 2014 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 4 | 2014–15 | 9 January 2015 | Oberhof | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 5 | 2015–16 | 3 December 2015 | Östersund | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
| 6 | 2015–16 | 6 December 2015 | Östersund | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 7 | 2015–16 | 9 January 2016 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 8 | 2015–16 | 14 January 2016 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
| 9 | 2015–16 | 21 January 2016 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 10 | 2015–16 | 23 January 2016 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 11 | 2015–16 | 5 February 2016 | Canmore | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 12 | 2015–16 | 6 February 2016 | Canmore | World Cup | Mass start | 1st |
| 13 | 2015–16 | 6 March 2016 | Oslo | World Championships | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 14 | 2015–16 | 19 March 2016 | Khanty-Mansiysk | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 15 | 2016–17 | 4 December 2016 | Östersund | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 16 | 2016–17 | 17 December 2016 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 17 | 2016–17 | 18 December 2016 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Cup | Mass start | 3rd |
| 18 | 2017–18 | 8 December 2017 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 19 | 2017–18 | 6 January 2018 | Oberhof | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 20 | 2017–18 | 11 January 2018 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
| 21 | 2017–18 | 20 January 2018 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 22 | 2018–19 | 8 December 2018 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 23 | 2018–19 | 9 December 2018 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 24 | 2018–19 | 13 December 2018 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
| 25 | 2018–19 | 15 December 2018 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
| 26 | 2018–19 | 22 December 2018 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 27 | 2018–19 | 26 January 2019 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Pursuit | 1st |
| 28 | 2018–19 | 17 March 2019 | Östersund | World Championships | Mass start | 1st |
| 29 | 2019–20 | 1 December 2019 | Östersund | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
| 30 | 2019–20 | 13 December 2019 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
| 31 | 2019–20 | 22 December 2019 | Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand | World Cup | Mass start | 2nd |
| 32 | 2019–20 | 15 January 2020 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 33 | 2019–20 | 16 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Championships | Pursuit | 1st |
| 34 | 2019–20 | 18 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Championships | Individual | 1st |
| 35 | 2019–20 | 23 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Championships | Mass start | 2nd |
| 36 | 2020–21 | 28 November 2020 | Kontiolahti | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
| 37 | 2020–21 | 20 December 2020 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Mass start | 3rd |
| 38 | 2020–21 | 14 January 2021 | Oberhof | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 39 | 2020–21 | 13 March 2021 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 40 | 2020–21 | 19 March 2021 | Östersund | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
| 41 | 2021–22 | 12 January 2022 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 42 | 2021–22 | 23 January 2022 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Mass Start | 1st |
| 43 | 2021–22 | 11 February 2022 | Beijing | Winter Olympic Games | Sprint | 3rd |
| 44 | 2021–22 | 6 March 2022 | Kontiolahti | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 45 | 2022–23 | 4 December 2022 | Kontiolahti | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 46 | 2022–23 | 5 January 2023 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
| 47 | 2022–23 | 7 January 2023 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
| 48 | 2022–23 | 19 January 2023 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
| 49 | 2022–23 | 9 March 2023 | Östersund | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
| 50 | 2022–23 | 12 March 2023 | Östersund | World Cup | Mass Start | 1st |
    *Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
    *Bolded lines are WCH or WOG races

#### Relay podiums

* 6 victories (3 Women relays, 2 Mixed relays, 1 Single mixed relay)
* 30 podiums (13 Women relays, 15 Mixed relays, 2 Single mixed relays)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place | Teammates |
| 1 | 2012-13 | 15 February 2013 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Championships | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Gontier/Ponza/Oberhofer |
| 2 | 2013-14 | 19 February 2014 | Sochi | Winter Olympic Games | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 3rd | Oberhofer/Windish/Hofer |
| 3 | 2014-15 | 15 February 2015 | Oslo | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 2nd | Gontier/Sanfilippo/Oberhofer |
| 4 | 2014-15 | 13 March 2015 | Kontiolahti | World Championships | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Gontier |
| 5 | 2015-16 | 13 December 2015 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 1st | Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Sanfilippo |
| 6 | 2015-16 | 17 January 2016 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Runggaldier |
| 7 | 2015-16 | 7 February 2016 | Canmore | World Cup | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 2nd | Oberhofer/Hofer/Windisch |
| 8 | 2016-17 | 27 November 2016 | Östersund | World Cup | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 3rd | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 9 | 2016-17 | 22 January 2017 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Vittozzi/Sanfilippo/Runggaldier |
| 10 | 2017-18 | 26 November 2017 | Östersund | World Cup | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 2nd | Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer |
| 11 | 2017-18 | 13 January 2018 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 2nd | Vittozzi/Gontier/Sanfilippo |
| 12 | 2017-18 | 20 February 2018 | Pyeongchang | Winter Olympic Games | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 3rd | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 13 | 2017-18 | 10 March 2018 | Kontiolahti | World Cup | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 1st | Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer |
| 14 | 2017-18 | 17 March 2018 | Oslo | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Vittozzi/Gontier/Sanfilippo |
| 15 | 2018-19 | 2 December 2018 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 3rd | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 16 | 2018-19 | 16 December 2018 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 1st | Vittozzi/Runggaldier/Sanfilippo |
| 17 | 2018-19 | 17 February 2019 | Soldier Hollow | World Cup | Single Mixed (M-W) | 1st | Hofer |
| 18 | 2018-19 | 7 March 2019 | Östersund | World Championships | Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M) | 3rd | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 19 | 2018-19 | 14 March 2019 | Östersund | World Championships | Single Mixed (W-M) | 2nd | Hofer |
| 20 | 2019-20 | 30 November 2019 | Östersund | World Cup | Mixed 4x6 km (W-M) | 1st | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 21 | 2019-20 | 13 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Championships | Mixed 4x6 km (W-M) | 2nd | Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch |
| 22 | 2020-21 | 14 March 2021 | Nové Město na Moravě | World Cup | Mixed 4x6 km (W-M) | 2nd | Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer |
| 23 | 2021-22 | 3 March 2022 | Kontiolahti | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Comola/Sanfilippo/Vittozzi |
| 24 | 2022-23 | 11 December 2022 | Hochfilzen | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Passler/Comola/Vittozzi |
| 25 | 2022-23 | 8 January 2023 | Pokljuka | World Cup | Mixed 4x7.5 km (M-W) | 2nd | Bionaz/Giacomel/Vittozzi |
| 26 | 2022-23 | 14 January 2023 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Women 4x6 km | 3rd | Comola/Vittozzi/Passler |
| 27 | 2022-23 | 9 February 2023 | Oberhof | World Championships | Mixed 4x6 km (W-M) | 2nd | Vittozzi/Bionaz/Giacomel |
| 28 | 2022-23 | 18 February 2023 | Oberhof | World Championships | Women 4x6 km | 1st | Comola/Auchentaller/Vittozzi |
| 29 | 2023-24 | 25 November 2023 | Östersund | World Cup | Mixed 4x6 km (M-W) | 3rd | Bionaz/Giacomel/Vittozzi |
| 30 | 2023-24 | 20 January 2024 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Mixed 4x6 km (W-M) | 2nd | Vittozzi/Bionaz/Giacomel |
    *Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
    *Bolded lines are WCH or OWG races