Biathlon World Championships
Women -- Mass start ( 12.5 km )
Table:
Season

Winner

Runner-up

Third

1999

Olena Zubrilova (UKR)

Olena Petrova (UKR)

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

2000

Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR)

Galina Koukleva (RUS)

Corinne Niogret (FRA)

2001

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Martina Glagow (GER)

Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)

2002

Olena Zubrilova (UKR) (2)

Olga Pyleva (RUS)

Olga Nazarova (BLR)

2003

Albina Akhatova (RUS)

Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)

Sandrine Bailly (FRA)

2004

Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) (2)

Katrin Apel (GER)

Sandrine Bailly (FRA)

2005

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (NOR)

Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)

Olga Pyleva (RUS)

2007

Andrea Henkel (GER)

Martina Glagow (GER)

Kati Wilhelm (GER)

2008

Magdalena Neuner (GER)

Tora Berger (NOR)

Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS)

2009

Olga Zaitseva (RUS)

Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)

Helena Jonsson (SWE)

2011

Magdalena Neuner (GER) (2)

Darya Domracheva (BLR)

Tora Berger (NOR)

2012

Tora Berger (NOR)

Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA)

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

2013

Darya Domracheva (BLR)

Tora Berger (NOR)

Monika Hojnisz (POL)

2015

Valentyna Semerenko (UKR)

Franziska Preuß (GER)

Karin Oberhofer (ITA)

2016

Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

2017

Laura Dahlmeier (GER)

Susan Dunklee (USA)

Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

2019

Dorothea Wierer (ITA)

Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS)

Denise Herrmann (GER)

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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 .
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 .
Olena Petrova ( formerly Elena Petrova ; born 24 September 1972 in Sharkan , Udmurtia ) is a former Ukrainian biathlete . Petrova had switched to competing for Ukraine when she was unable to land a spot on the Russian team . She is a Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine and a former member of Dynamo ( Ukraine ) . She débuted on the World Cup circuit in 1992 . Petrova ended her career in January 2008 ; to become a youth coach in Ukraine . She is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Galina Alekseyevna Kukleva or Koukleva ( Russian : Галина Алексеевна Куклева , born 21 November 1972 ) is a retired Russian biathlete . At the 1998 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint , and was a part of the team that won a silver medal in the relay . Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics she was a part of the team that won a bronze medal . In the World Championships she earned a silver medal in the mass start from 2000 , in addition to five relay medals ( gold in 2000 , 2001 and 2003 , silver in 1999 and bronze in 1997 ) . She won 9 world cup competitions by the end of her career .
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 .
The 36th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2001 for the second time in Pokljuka , Slovenia .
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 ) .
The 37th Biathlon World Championships held in 2002 for the third time in Oslo , Norway were only for the mass start because these events were not part of the Olympic programme in Salt Lake City .
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva ( Russian : Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева ) , former Pyleva ( Russian : Пылёва ) , née Zamorozova ( Russian : Заморозова ) , ( born 7 July 1975 ) is a former Russian biathlete . At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit , as well as the bronze medal in the team relay . Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition during the 2004-05 season in the sprint and pursuit events . She retired after the 2009-10 season .
Olga Viktorovna Nazarova ( born in Omsk on ( 1977-08-27 ) August 27 , 1977 ) is a Russian-born Belarusian biathlete . Nazarova competed in the 2002,2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Belarus . Her best finish was 4th , as part of the 2006 Belarusian women 's relay team . Her best individual placing was 6th , in the individual and the mass start . In 2002 , she also finished 14th in the sprint , 11th in the pursuit and 7th with the relay team . In 2006 , she also finished 8th in the sprint , and 7th in the pursuit and individual . In 2010 , she finished 74th in the sprint . As of February 2013 , Nazarova has won one medal at the Biathlon World Championships , a bronze with the Belarusian women 's relay team , in 2005 . Her best individual result at the Biathlon World Championships is 9th , in the 2009 sprint . As of February 2013 , Nazarova has won eight Biathlon World Cup medals . This includes two individual medals , both bronze in mass start events at Holmenkollen in 2002/03 and 2005/06 . She also has two gold medals , won in the women 's relay with Belarus at Brezno in 2002/03 and Hochfilzen in 2003/04 .
The 38th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova ( Russian : Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това , Tatar : Albina Xəmit qızı Axatova ; born November 13 , 1976 ) is a Russian former biathlete .
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 .
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 ) .
The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2004 in Oberhof , Germany .
Katrin Apel ( born 4 May 1973 in Erfurt ) is a retired German biathlete . 1.72 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) , 61 kg ( 134 lb ) . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda , and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club . Like most German winter sport athletes , Apel is a sport soldier , performing normal soldier duties but released for training and competitions . Apel began her career as a cross country skier ; between 1990 and 1994 , her best results were third place in the junior World Championships 5 km classic in 1993 , and second in the relay also in the junior World Championships , in 1990 . However , when Apel failed to qualify for the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994 , she made the decision ( along with her friend and then training partner Steffi ) to switch to biathlon . Apel began biathlon in 1994 in the European Cup , the second division to the World Cup . In Apel 's first season in the World Cup , 1995/96 , she placed 33rd , but her results improved from then on . In the 1998/99 season she placed 8th , in 1999/00 10th , 2000/01 12th . The 2001/02 season was her best when she finished the season in 5th place . In that season Apel placed 13th in the individual , 4th in the sprint , 4th in the pursuit , and 12th in the mass start . The year after she could only finish a lowly 20th place .
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 .
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen ( born February 9 , 1978 ) is a retired Norwegian biathlete from Voss . She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998 . In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event , and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass start .
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 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz-Anterselva , Italy from February 2 to February 11 .
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 .
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 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 .
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 .
Tora Berger ( born 18 March 1981 ) is a retired Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina ( Slovak : Anastasia Kuzminová , Russian : Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина ; née Shipulina ; born 28 August 1984 ) is a retired Russian-born Slovak biathlete .
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 .
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 .
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 .
The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding , Germany , from 1 to 11 March 2012 .
Marie-Laure Brunet ( born 20 November 1988 in Lannemezan , Hautes-Pyrénées ) is a retired French biathlete and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in the women 's pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games of Vancouver . Brunet made her Biathlon World Cup debut in March 2007 at Kontiolahti , shortly after winning a gold medal in the individual event at the Youth World Championships . During her career she developed a reputation as one of the most accurate shooters on the biathlon circuit . Brunet announced her retirement in June 2014 after suffering health problems , including collapsing during the relay at the 2014 Olympics .
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 46th Biathlon World Championships was held in Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic , from 7 to 17 February 2013 .
Monika Hojnisz ( born 27 August 1991 ) , now Monika Hojnisz-Staręga , is a Polish biathlete . She competes in the Biathlon World Cup . Hojnisz has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 ( 12.5 km mass start ) . In December 2018 she scored her best World Cup finish , taking second place in the 15 km individual at the Pokljuka round of the World Cup . She finished sixth in the 15 km individual at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . She married Polish cross-county skier Maciej Staręga in June 2019 .
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 .
Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko ( Ukrainian : Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко ) , known also as Valya Semerenko ( listen ( help·info ) ) and featuring in statistics as Valj Semerenko ( born 18 January 1986 ) is a Ukrainian biathlete . She is Olympic and World champion , multiple World championships medalist and one of the most successful Ukrainian winter athletes .
Franziska Preuß ( also spelled Preuss , born 11 March 1994 ) is a German biathlete . Preuß started in her first world cup races in the 2013/14-season after winning two medals at the last European Championships , three medals at the Junior World Championships and 3 gold medals ( 4 in total ) at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics . In 2014 , she is going to participate in the Winter Olympics in Sochi . She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014 .
Karin Oberhofer ( born 3 November 1985 ) is an Italian biathlete . She competes in the Biathlon World Cup . Oberhofer has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 ( 4x6 km relay ) . She also competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics ( 11th place in the relay ) . Together with Dorothea Wierer , Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics , in Sochi , Russia .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Susan Dunklee ( born February 13 , 1986 ) is an American biathlete .
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 .
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 .
Ekaterina Viktorovna Yurlova-Percht ( Russian : Екатери́на Ви́кторовна Ю́рлова-Перхт , born 23 February 1985 ) is a Russian biathlete . She debuted at the World Cup in 2008 . In 2015 , she won World Championships at 15 km individual distance , which was her first victory at the World Cup . On 17 October 2015 , Yurlova married Josef Percht , masseur of the Austrian biathlon team . Since then she is known as Yurlova-Percht . On 13 November 2016 , she gave birth to Kira .
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 .