Biathlon World Championships
Women -- Pursuit ( 10 km )
Table:
Season

Winner

Runner-up

Third

1997

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Olena Zubrilova (UKR)

Olga Romasko (RUS)

1998

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Corinne Niogret (FRA)

Martina Zellner (GER)

1999

Olena Zubrilova (UKR)

Martina Schwarzbacherova (SVK)

Martina Zellner (GER)

2000

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) (3)

Uschi Disl (GER)

Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA)

2001

Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)

Corinne Niogret (FRA)

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

2003

Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
Martina Glagow (GER)

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Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)

2004

Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)

Martina Glagow (GER)

Anna Bogaliy (RUS)

2005

Uschi Disl (GER)

Xianying Liu (CHN)

Olga Zaitseva (RUS)

2007

Magdalena Neuner (GER)

Linda Grubben (NOR)

Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)

2008

Andrea Henkel (GER)

Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS)

Albina Akhatova (RUS)

2009

Helena Ekholm (SWE)

Kati Wilhelm (GER)

Olga Zaitseva (RUS)

2011

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

Magdalena Neuner (GER)

Helena Ekholm (SWE)

2012

Darya Domracheva (BLR)

Magdalena Neuner (GER)

Olga Vilukhina (RUS)

2013

Tora Berger (NOR)

Krystyna Pałka (POL)

Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)

2015

Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL)

2016

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

Dorothea Wierer (ITA)

Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)

2017

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

Darya Domracheva (BLR)

Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)

2019

Denise Herrmann (GER)

Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

With reference to the table as well as the context snippets provided at the end.

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The 32nd Biathlon World Championships were held in 1997 in Brezno-Osrblie , Slovakia . The pursuit races were contested for the first time in the world championships .
Magdalena Magda Forsberg ( born 25 July 1967 as Magdalena Wallin ) is a former Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete . She was the dominating female biathlete from 1997 to 2002 , when she retired , winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight . She is also a six-times world champion , a two-times Olympic bronze medalist , and holds the record for the most World Cup victories in women 's biathlon . She has been married to Henrik Forsberg , also a biathlete and cross-country skier , since mid-1996 .
Olena Zubrilova ( Belarusian : Алена Зубрылава Alena Zubrylava , Ukrainian : Олена Миколаївна Зубрилова , Russian : Елена Николаевна Зубрилова ; born February 25 , 1973 in Shostka , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002 . Prior to that , she had competed for Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002 .
Olga Vladimirovna Romasko ( Russian : Ольга Владимировна Ромасько ) ( born 18 April 1968 in Borodino , Krasnoyarsk Krai ) is a former Russian biathlete . She began with biathlon in 1993 . Both in 1996 and 1997 , she became world champion in the 7.5 km sprint event . Romasko also won a bronze medal both in the pursuit and on the relay in 1997 . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won a silver medal with the Russian relay team . Over the course of her career she had four individual world cup victories .
The 33rd Biathlon World Championships held in March 1998 in Pokljuka , Slovenia , and for the second time in Hochfilzen , Austria were only for the pursuit races ( Pokljuka ) and the team events ( Hochfilzen ) because these were not part of the Olympic programme in Nagano .
Corinne Niogret ( born 20 November 1972 in Nantua , Ain ) is a former French biathlete . She won 2 Olympic medals and 15 medals in the Biathlon World Championships . In 1999/2000 she finished 3rd in the overall World Cup , and she has a total of 8 victories in World Cup races .
Martina Zellner-Seidl ( born February 26 , 1974 in Traunstein ) is a former German biathlete . By the end of her career she had won one Olympic gold and six world championship medals , ( 2 gold , 1 silver and 3 bronze ) . In the World Cup she achieved 14 podium places with three victories . The best overall placing she achieved was in the 1997/98 season when she finished third .
The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti , Finland . Due to the cold , the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo , Norway . The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships .
Martina Halinárová , née Jašicová , also known as Schwarzbacherová from her first marriage , ( born 22 April 1973 in Dolný Kubín ) is a Slovak biathlete . She won a silver medal at the 1999 Biathlon World Championships .
The 35th Biathlon World Championships were held for the second time in Oslo , Norway from February 19 to February 26 , 2000 . Due to fog , the men 's relay was moved to Lahti , Finland on March 11 .
Ursula Uschi Disl ( born 15 November 1970 in Bad Tölz , West Germany ) is a German former biathlete . During her competitive career Disl was a 19-year veteran of biathlon and was a five time olympian , with two Olympic gold medals from the 4 × 7.5 km relays in 1998 and 2002 . She also has four silver medals ( two in 7.5 km sprint ( 1998 and 2002 ) , one in 4 × 7.5 km relay ( 1994 ) , and one in 3 × 7.5 km relay ( 1992 ) ) , and three bronze medals ( two in 15 km individual , 1994 and 1998 , and one in 12.5 km mass start , 2006 ) . She also has two World Championship individual titles , both won in Hochfilzen , Austria , in March 2005 , in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit . Dubbed Turbo-Disl by the German media , she lay second in the Biathlon World Cup table at the beginning of the Olympics behind fellow country-woman Kati Wilhelm , and finished fifth in the overall standings for the 2004/05 season . She has finished second overall three times in the Biathlon World Cup ( 1995/96 , 1996/97 and 1997/98 ) and has won forty World Cup races ( 28 single and 12 relay/team victories ) . This includes three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with one in 1995 ( sprint ) and two in 1996 ( sprint , pursuit ) . 2006 was Disl 's last Olympics and her final season . On 18 December 2005 , Disl was named German sportswoman of the year , becoming the first biathlete awarded , and beating speed skater Anni Friesinger and discus thrower Franka Dietzsch . Since 2012 , she resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Sweden , and , like most German Nordic skiers , is in the military as a border patrol guard . They have two children .
Florence Baverel ( born 24 May 1974 in Pontarlier , Doubs ) , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women 's 7.5 km sprint . She placed 26th in the women 's 15 km individual event , 5th in the 12.5 km mass start and 13th in the 10 km pursuit final . She married fellow French biathlete Julien Robert . They have one daughter Rose . Now they are divorced . At the end of the 2006-07 World Cup season , which she finished in 5th place in the overall standings ( her best career result ) , she announced the end of her career .
The 36th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2001 for the second time in Pokljuka , Slovenia .
Liv Grete Skjelbreid ( born 7 July 1974 ) from Hålandsdal , Fusa , near the city of Bergen in western Norway , is a former professional biathlete . On 20 March 2006 , Liv Grete announced her retirement , effective at the end of the season which ended on 26 March at the Holmenkollen . She said that she was retiring because of her young daughter , Emma , her family and because she did not have the motivation to continue .
The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .
Sandrine Bailly ( born 25 November 1979 in Belley , Ain ) is a former French biathlete . She was most successful in the 2004-05 season , when she won the overall World Cup , and in the 2007-08 season , when she finished second . In 2003 , she became world champion in the 10 km pursuit ( together with Martina Glagow ) .
Martina Molly Beck ( born Martina Glagow ; 21 September 1979 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , West Germany ) , is a retired German biathlete . She now lives in Mittenwald in Bavaria . She was most successful in the 2002-03 season , when she was the first German to win the women 's overall Biathlon World Cup . She is also a three-times world champion and three-times Olympic silver medalist . She married the Austrian biathlete Günther Beck on 24 July 2008 and is now known as Martina Beck . She has one daughter named Hilde ( born 1 April 2011 ) .
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova ( Russian : Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова ) ( born 20 April 1972 ) is a Russian biathlete . She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession . Ishmouratova won the gold in the women 's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2004 in Oberhof , Germany .
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy ( Russian : А́нна Ива́новна Бога́лий ) ( born June 12 , 1979 in Vozhega , Vologda Oblast ) is a retired Russian biathlete . She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg . She has had eleven podium finishes , three in first place , four in second , and has come third four times . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Bogaliy won gold on the 4 × 6 km relay . At the World Championships , she won three gold medals in relays , including a recent title in mixed relay in Holmenkollen .
The 40th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen , Austria from 4 to 13 March . Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions . The mixed relay , contested for the first time in the World Championships , was held in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .
Liu Xianying ( simplified Chinese : 刘显应 ; traditional Chinese : 劉顯應 ; pinyin : Liú Xiǎnyīng ; born July 8 , 1977 in Jilin ) is a former Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics , the 2002 Winter Olympics , the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics . She retired after the 2009-10 season .
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva ( Russian : Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева ; born 16 May 1978 ) is a former Russian biathlete . She began her career in 1994 . After not competing in the 2014-15 season , Zaitseva announced her retirement on 24 January 2015 . Shortly afterwards she announced that she had been appointed as caretaker head coach of the Russian biathlon team .
The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz-Anterselva , Italy from February 2 to February 11 .
Magdalena Lena Neuner ( since her 2014 marriage legally Magdalena Holzer , born 9 February 1987 ) is a retired German professional biathlete . She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist . At the age of 21 , she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union ( IBU ) . With 34 World Cup wins , Neuner is ranked second all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour . She has won the Overall World Cup title three times , in 2007-08 , in 2009-10 and her final season in 2011-12 . Neuner retired from the sport in March 2012 , citing a lack of motivation and her desire for a normal life . Neuner started biathlon when she was nine years old and won five junior world championship titles from 2004 to 2006 . She made her World Cup debut in 2006 and won her first World Cup race in January 2007 . One month later , she claimed three gold medals in her first appearance at the Biathlon World Championships . In the 2007-08 season , Neuner won the Overall World Cup and once more claimed three titles at the 2008 World Championships . After a less successful winter in 2008-09 , she participated in her first Winter Olympic Games in 2010 , winning the gold medal in both the pursuit and the mass start , and silver in the sprint race . Neuner also claimed the 2009-10 Overall World Cup title .
Linda Grubben ( née Linda Tjørhom ; 13 September 1979 in Stavanger ) is a retired Norwegian biathlete .
Anna Carin Helena Cecilia Zidek ( née Olofsson , born 1 April 1973 ) is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics . Originally a cross-country skier , Olofsson competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics , but in the three events she took part in she made the top 30 only once ( 15 km freestyle ) , and the following season she switched to biathlon . On 3 May 2008 Olofsson married her then boyfriend , Tom Zidek - a serviceman in the Canadian biathlon team - in a ceremony near Canmore , Canada . Olofsson officially announced her retirement on 16 July 2011 .
The 42nd Biathlon World Championships were held in Östersund , Sweden from 8 to 17 February 2008 . It was the second time Östersund was hosting the Biathlon World Championships , the first being in 1970 . It was also 50 years after the first Biathlon World Championships , which were held 1958 in Saalfelden , Austria . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and the relatively new mixed relay . The championships were dominated by the German , Norwegian , and Russian teams , which would win every competition and 28 of the 33 available medals .
Andrea Burke , née Henkel ( born December 10 , 1977 ) is a retired German professional biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel , a successful cross-country skier . She trained at SV Großbreitenbach . Andrea Henkel started out as a cross-country skier but later specialised in biathlon when women 's biathlon became an Olympic sport . Since the 1998/99 season , she was a regular member of the German team in the Biathlon World Cup . After several top-ten results , she could win her first World Cup event in 1999 , her second year . She was most successful in the 2006/07 season , which she finished first in the overall standings . Henkel has won four Olympic medals : one gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 15 km individual , and a gold ( 2002 ) , silver ( 2006 ) and bronze ( 2010 ) medal in relay competitions . She is also the first biathlete to become world champion in each individual event : 2005 in the 15 km individual , 2007 in the 12.5 km mass start , and 2008 in the 7.5 km sprint and subsequent 10 km pursuit . She has won a total of eight gold , six silver and two bronze medals at world championships . She retired from the sport at the end of the 2013/14 season .
Ekaterina Valeryevna Iourieva ( Russian : Екатерина Валерьевна Юрьева ; born June 11 , 1983 in Chaykovsky , Perm Krai ) is a Russian former biathlete and 2008 World Champion in the 15 km individual . She was known for her outstanding shooting speed .
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova ( Russian : Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това , Tatar : Albina Xəmit qızı Axatova ; born November 13 , 1976 ) is a Russian former biathlete .
The 43rd Biathlon World Championships were held in Pyeongchang , South Korea from February 13 to February 22 , 2009 . It was the first time that the Biathlon World Championships were held in Asia ( outside Asian Russia ) . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and the relatively new mixed relay . All the events during these championships also counted for the 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup season .
Helena Ekholm ( née Helena Jonsson ) ( born September 6 , 1984 in Helgum ) is a former Swedish biathlete . She was born in Helgum , Sollefteå Municipality . She is the 2009 world champion in pursuit and the 2011 world champion in individual . She also won the Women 's Overall World Cup in the 2008-09 season .
Kati Wilhelm ( born 2 August 1976 in Schmalkalden ) is a German former professional biathlete . Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces ( Bundeswehr ) with the rank of master sergeant ( Hauptfeldwebel ) . She currently resides in Steinbach-Hallenberg , also in the Federal State of Thuringia .
The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia from March 3-13 , 2011 . There was a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and mixed relay . All the events during this championships also counted for the 2010-11 Biathlon World Cup season .
Kaisa-Leena Mäkäräinen ( born 11 January 1983 ) is a Finnish world-champion and 3-time world-cup-winning biathlete , who currently competes for Kontiolahden Urheilijat . Outside sports , Mäkäräinen is currently studying to be a Physics teacher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu . Her team coach is Jonne Kähkönen , while Jarmo Punkkinen is her ski coach .
The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding , Germany , from 1 to 11 March 2012 .
Dárya Vladímirovna Dómracheva ( Belarusian : Даря Уладзіміраўна Домрачава , Russian : Дарья Владимировна Домрачева ; born 3 August 1986 ) is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018 . She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics , three gold medals in the pursuit , individual , and mass start competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics , and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics . She was a Biathlon World Cup overall winner for the 2014-15 season .
Olga Gennadyevna Vilukhina ( Russian : Ольга Геннадьевна Вилухина ; born 22 March 1988 ) is a former Russian biathlete , who was competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2008-09 season .
The 46th Biathlon World Championships was held in Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic , from 7 to 17 February 2013 .
Tora Berger ( born 18 March 1981 ) is a retired Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion .
Krystyna Guzik ( née Pałka ; born 16 August 1983 ) is a Polish biathlete . She was born in Zakopane . She represented Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics , 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics . Her best result at the Olympics was a tenth place in the 15 km individual event at the 2014 Games in Sochi . At the 2013 World Championships she won the silver medal in pursuit . In July 2014 , Guzik married fellow biathlete Grzegorz Guzik .
Olena Pidhrushna ( Ukrainian : Олена Михайлівна Підгрушна , Olena Myxajlivna Pidhrušna ; born 9 January 1987 , in Legnica , Poland ) is a Ukrainian biathlete . She is Olympic and World champion , multiple medalist of different high-level competitions . Pidhrushna is considered to be one of the most successful winter sports athlete in Ukraine . She lives in Ternopil .
The 47th Biathlon World Championships was held in Kontiolahti , Finland from 5 March to 15 March 2015 . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and mixed relay . All the events during this championships also counted for the 2014-15 Biathlon World Cup season .
Marie Dorin Habert ( born 19 June 1986 ) is a retired French biathlete .
Laura Dahlmeier ( born 22 August 1993 ) is a retired German biathlete . Dahlmeier started in her first world cup races in the 2012/13 season . In 2014 , she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi . She won a record of five gold medals at the World Championships of 2017 . In 2018 she became the first woman to win the biathlon sprint and pursuit in the same Olympics.As of 2019 , she has won a total of two golds and one bronze at the Olympics , seven gold medals , three silver medals and five bronze medals at World Championships , one overall World Cup and two discipline World Cup titles . Dahlmeier announced her retirement from competition in May 2019 , at the age of 25 . On Friday 18 October 2019 , she released her first book , titled `` Die Klima Gang : Laura Dahlmeier und Freunde im Einsatz für die Natur '' , which she co-authored .
Weronika Nowakowska ( born 7 July 1986 ) is a Polish biathlete .
The 48th Biathlon World Championships was held in Oslo , Norway from 3 to 13 March 2016 . There were 11 competitions in total : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , relay races for men and women , and mixed relay . All the events during this championships also counted towards the Biathlon World Cup .
Dorothea Wierer Corradini ( Italian : [ doroˈtɛːa ˈviːrer korraˈdiːni ] , German : [ doʁoˈteːa ˈviːʁɐ ] ; 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 . 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 6 medals in total , including 1 Gold , 2 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 1 December 2019 , Wierer has finished on the podium twenty-nine times with eight wins . She has also finished on the podium in twenty relays , including five victories . She has won the 2018-19 Overall World Cup ( first Italian to do so , including men ) and she has also won 2 disciplines cup , the 2015-16 Individual World Cup and the 2018-19 Pursuit World Cup . In February 2019 , Wierer was the third biathlete ( after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert ) to achieve a victory in every [ A ] biathlon discipline .
The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen , Austria . There were a total of 11 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and mixed relay . All the events during this championships also count for the Biathlon World Cup season .
Gabriela Koukalová , née Soukalová ( Czech pronunciation : [ ˈɡabrɪjɛla ˈkoukalovaː/ˈsoukalovaː ] , born 1 November 1989 ) is a former Czech biathlete . She won two Olympic silver medals at the 2014 Sochi Games and she is a two-time World Championship winner , gold medalist at the 2015 Kontiolahti in mixed relay and gold medalist at 2017 Hochfilzen in 7.5 km sprint . In the 2015/2016 World Cup season she was overall champion , and she has also taken six discipline Crystal Globes : the 2013/2014 individual title , the 2015/2016 sprint , pursuit and mass-start titles , and the 2016/17 sprint and mass start titles .
The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund , Sweden , from 6 to 17 March 2019 . There were a total of 12 competitions : sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay races for men and women , and two mixed relay races . The single mixed relay was on the program of the World Championships for the first time . All the events during this championships also counted for the 2018-19 Biathlon World Cup season .
Denise Herrmann ( born 20 December 1988 ) is a German cross-country skier and biathlete . She has competed in FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2009 . Herrmann has won several medals at the World Cup events . In April 2016 she announced that she would switch to competing in biathlon for the following season although in an interview in November of that year she did not rule out competing in cross-country skiing in future .
Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff ( born 21 May 1990 ) is a Norwegian biathlete who represents Fossum IF . She is an Olympic champion , winning the Mixed Relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics , and also won a bronze in the Mass start , a feat she repeated at the 2018 Winter Olympics . Eckhoff is also a two-time gold medallist from the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo where she won both the relay and an individual gold in the 7.5 sprint . She is the sister of fellow biathlete Stian Eckhoff .