# Biathlon Junior World Championships 2020

The 2020 Biathlon Junior World Championships were held in Lenzerheide, Switzerland from 26 January to 2 February 2020. There was a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual and relay races for men and women.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 26 January | 11:00 | Youth Men's 12.5 km individual |
| 26 January | 14:00 | Youth Women's 10 km individual |
| 27 January | 11:00 | Junior Men's 15 km individual |
| 27 January | 14:00 | Junior Women's 12.5 km individual |
| 28 January | 11:00 | Youth Men's 3 × 7.5 km relay |
| 28 January | 15:00 | Youth Women's 3 × 6 km relay |
| 29 January | 11:00 | Junior Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| 29 January | 14:00 | Junior Women's 4 × 6 km relay |
| 31 January | 11:00 | Youth Men's 7.5 km sprint |
| 31 January | 14:00 | Youth Women's 6 km sprint |
| 1 February | 11:00 | Junior Men's 10 km sprint |
| 1 February | 14:00 | Junior Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 2 February | 11:00 | Youth Men's 10 km pursuit |
| 2 February | 12:00 | Youth Women's 7.5 km pursuit |
| 2 February | 14:15 | Junior Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 2 February | 15:20 | Junior Women's 10 km pursuit |

## Results
### Junior events
#### Junior Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 15 km Individual details | Max Barchewitz Germany | 40:15.8 (0+0+0+0) | Vebjørn Sørum Norway | 40:34.5 (0+1+0+1) | Sebastian Stalder Switzerland | 41:02.5 (0+0+0+1) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Vebjørn Sørum Norway | 24:02.7 (0+1) | Jakub Štvrtecký Czech Republic | 24:27.8 (0+0) | Dzmitry Lazouski Belarus | 24:34.2 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Danilo Riethmüller Germany | 35:34.2 (1+0+2+0) | Said Karimulla Khalili Russia | 35:34.8 (1+2+1+1) | Alex Cisar Slovenia | 35:35.4 (1+0+0+0) |
| 4 × 7.5 km Relay details | Russia Kirill Bazhin Daniil Serokhvostov Vadim Istamgulov Said Karimulla Khalili | 1:32:07.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (1+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) | Germany Max Barchewitz Tim Grotian Julian Hollandt Danilo Riethmüller | 1:32:27.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) | France Thomas Briffaz Guillaume Desmus Martin Bourgeois République Sébastien Mahon | 1:32:32.6 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) |

#### Junior Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 12.5 km Individual details | Anastasiia Khaliullina Russia | 41:32.6 (0+0+0+0) | Milena Todorova Bulgaria | 42:40.5 (0+2+1+0) | Amy Baserga Switzerland | 42:48.6 (0+1+0+1) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Anastasia Shevchenko Russia | 23:19.3 (0+0) | Åsne Skrede Norway | 24:00.2 (0+1) | Milena Todorova Bulgaria | 24:07.7 (1+2) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Anastasia Shevchenko Russia | 30:45.7 (0+0+0+0) | Åsne Skrede Norway | 31:00.7 (0+1+0+0) | Milena Todorova Bulgaria | 31:34.1 (0+0+2+0) |
| 4 × 6 km Relay details | France Camille Bened Laura Boucaud Lou Anne Chevat Paula Botet | 1:22:49.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | Russia Anastasiia Khaliullina Anastasiia Goreeva Alina Kudisova Anastasia Shevchenko | 1:23:04.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) | Norway Åsne Skrede Mari Wetterhus Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Juni Arnekleiv | 1:24:57.5 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) |

### Youth events
#### Youth Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 12.5 km Individual details | Martin Nevland Norway | 36:36.4 (1+1+1+0) | Damien Levet France | 36:49.3 (1+0+0+0) | Éric Perrot France | 37:07.1 (0+1+0+1) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Aleksei Kovalev Russia | 19:53.0 (0+0) | Ondřej Mánek Czech Republic | 20:02.3 (0+0) | Maxime Germain United States | 20:04.3 (1+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Martin Nevland Norway | 26:28.0 (1+0+0+0) | Ondřej Mánek Czech Republic | 26:53.4 (0+0+0+0) | Lovro Planko Slovenia | 27:20.0 (1+2+0+0) |
| 3 × 7.5 km Relay details | Norway Martin Uldal Morten Tørnblad Sameien Martin Nevland | 1:04:07.0 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Czech Republic Ondřej Mánek Josef Kabrda Jonáš Mareček | 1:05:22.7 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) | Russia Aleksei Zubarev Oleg Domichek Aleksei Kovalev | 1:05:44.5 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) |

#### Youth Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 10 km Individual details | Lea Meier Switzerland | 33:52.4 (0+1+1+0) | Rebecca Passler Italy | 34:05.1 (0+0+1+2) | Anna Gandler Austria | 34:08.8 (0+2+0+1) |
| 6 km Sprint details | Linda Zingerle Italy | 17:44.7 (0+1) | Liubov Kalinina Russia | 18:05.5 (0+0) | Océane Michelon France | 18:06.0 (1+1) |
| 7.5 km Pursuit details | Anna Gandler Austria | 22:01.2 (0+0+1+0) | Camille Coupé France | 22:02.4 (0+1+0+0) | Linda Zingerle Italy | 22:16.2 (1+0+1+1) |
| 3 × 6 km Relay details | Norway Tuva Aas Stræte Frida Dokken Maren Bakken | 1:02:11.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) | Italy Hannah Auchentaller Linda Zingerle Rebecca Passler | 1:02:12.6 (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) | Germany Emilie Behringer Johanna Puff Selina Kastl | 1:02:32.0 (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI)* | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |