# 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on 5 December 2019 in Östersund and will finished on 18 February 2020 in Antholz-Anterselva.

## Competition format

The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.

## 2018–19 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Lisa Vittozzi | 140 |
| Silver: | Paulína Fialková | 111 |
| Bronze: | Markéta Davidová | 102 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Justine Braisaz France | 42:35.1 (2+0+0+0) | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 42:46.2 (0+0+0+0) | Julia Simon France | 42:52.8 (0+0+0+2) |
| Pokljuka details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 41:33.4 (0+0+0+0) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 42:32.6 (0+1+0+0) | Anaïs Bescond France | 42:49.1 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 43:07.7 (1+1+0+0) | Vanessa Hinz Germany | 43:09.9 (0+0+0+1) | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 43:23.5 (0+1+0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | POK | ANT | Total |
| 1 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 31 | 54 | 43 | 128 |
| 2 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 36 | 18 | 60 | 114 |
| 3 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 60 | 30 | 22 | 112 |
| 4 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 23 | 60 | 29 | 112 |
| 5 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 29 | 40 | 40 | 109 |
| 6 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 22 | 29 | 48 | 99 |
| 7 | Monika Hojnisz-Staręga (POL) | 34 | 24 | 38 | 96 |
| 8 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 11 | 26 | 54 | 91 |
| 9 | Larisa Kuklina (RUS) | 40 | 28 | 18 | 86 |
| 10 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 54 | 27 | 4 | 85 |
| 11 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 43 | 9 | 25 | 77 |
| 12 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 32 | 43 | 0 | 75 |
| 13 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 48 | 16 | 10 | 74 |
| 14 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | 30 | 2 | 34 | 66 |
| 15 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 12 | 23 | 26 | 61 |
| 16 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 25 | 6 | 28 | 59 |
| 17 | Christina Rieder (AUT) | 0 | 20 | 36 | 56 |
| 18 | Eva Kristejn-Puskarčíková (CZE) | 18 | 3 | 31 | 52 |
| 19 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 26 | — | 23 | 49 |
| 20 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 0 | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| 21 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 28 | 0 | 20 | 48 |
| 22 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 32 | 14 | 46 |
| 23 | Clare Egan (USA) | 6 | 38 | 0 | 44 |
| 24 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 10 | 4 | 30 | 44 |
| 25 | Irina Starykh (RUS) | — | 34 | 9 | 43 |
| 26 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 21 | 22 | 0 | 43 |
| 27 | Lisa Hauser (AUT) | 3 | 36 | 0 | 39 |
| 28 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 29 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | DNS | 31 | 6 | 37 |
| 30 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 0 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | ANT | Total |
| 31 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | 4 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 32 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 0 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| 33 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 34 | Elvira Öberg (SWE) | 5 | — | 27 | 32 |
| 35 | Tamara Voronina (RUS) | 27 | — | — | 27 |
| 36 | Milena Todorova (BUL) | 2 | — | 24 | 26 |
| 37 | Célia Aymonier (FRA) | 0 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 38 | Mari Eder (FIN) | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 39 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 13 | — | 12 | 25 |
| 40 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 24 | — | 0 | 24 |
| 41 | Darya Blashko (UKR) | 20 | 0 | — | 20 |
| 42 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 43 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 44 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | — | 19 | — | 19 |
| 45 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | — | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 46 | Karoline Offigstad Knotten (NOR) | 17 | 0 | — | 17 |
| 47 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | 16 | 0 | — | 16 |
| 48 | Chloé Chevalier (FRA) | 15 | 0 | — | 15 |
| 49 | Janina Hettich (GER) | — | 15 | — | 15 |
| 50 | Kristina Reztsova (RUS) | 0 | 14 | — | 14 |
| 51 | Grete Gaim (EST) | 14 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 52 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | — | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 53 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 0 | DNF | 11 | 11 |
| 54 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 55 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 56 | Ingela Andersson (SWE) | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| 57 | Nadia Moser (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 58 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | 8 | — | — | 8 |
| 59 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 60 | Anastassiya Kondratyeva (KAZ) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | ANT | Total |
| 61 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| 62 | Elena Kruchinkina (BLR) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 63 | Daniela Kadeva (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 64 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 0 | — | 3 | 3 |
| 65 | Suvi Minkkinen (FIN) | 0 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 66 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 67 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 1 | — | — | 1 |