2015–16 Biathlon World Cup

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season began on 29 November 2015 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 19 March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The defending overall champions from the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Darya Domracheva of Belarus, but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.[2]

2015–16 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Martin Fourcade Gabriela Soukalová
Nations Cup Norway Germany
Individual Martin Fourcade Dorothea Wierer
Sprint Martin Fourcade Gabriela Soukalová
Pursuit Martin Fourcade Gabriela Soukalová
Mass start Martin Fourcade Gabriela Soukalová
Relay Norway Germany
Mixed Norway
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.[1]

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1 Östersund 29 November–6 December details
2 Hochfilzen 11–13 December details
3 Pokljuka 17–20 December details
4 Ruhpolding[nb 1] 8–10 January details
5 Ruhpolding 13–17 January details
6 Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January details
7 Canmore 4–7 February details
8 Presque Isle 11–13 February details
WC Holmenkollen 3–13 March World Championships
9 Khanty-Mansiysk 17–19 March Cancelled details
Total: 65 (30 men's, 30 women's, 5 mixed) 3 9 8 5 5 3 2

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 2 December 2015 Östersund 20 km Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Simon Schempp Alexey Volkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 5 December 2015 Östersund 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 6 December 2015 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Detail
2 11 December 2015 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Tarjei Bø Detail
2 12 December 2015 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Anton Shipulin Detail
3 17 December 2015 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Ole Einar Bjørndalen Evgeniy Garanichev Detail
3 19 December 2015 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail
3 20 December 2015 Pokljuka 15 km Mass Start Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
4 8 January 2016 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
4 9 January 2016 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Eder Martin Fourcade Michal Šlesingr Detail
4 10 January 2016 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Ondřej Moravec Tarjei Bø Detail
5 13 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Simon Eder Anton Shipulin Detail
5 16 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 15 km Mass Start Erik Lesser Martin Fourcade Evgeniy Garanichev Detail
6 22 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Maxim Tsvetkov Tarjei Bø Detail
6 23 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Shipulin Simon Schempp Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail
7 4 February 2016 Canmore 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Simon Schempp Detail
7 6 February 2016 Canmore 15 km Mass Start Dominik Windisch Benedikt Doll Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
8 11 February 2016 Presque Isle 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Detail
8 12 February 2016 Presque Isle 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Anton Shipulin Detail
WC 5 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Serhiy Semenov Detail
WC 6 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
WC 10 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Detail
WC 13 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
9 18 March 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Julian Eberhard Simon Schempp Arnd Peiffer Detail
9 19 March 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Schempp Johannes Thingnes Bø Erik Lesser Detail

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 3 December 2015 Östersund 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Olena Pidhrushna Dorothea Wierer Detail
1 5 December 2015 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Federica Sanfilippo Olena Pidhrushna Gabriela Soukalová Detail
1 6 December 2015 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Dorothea Wierer Franziska Hildebrand Detail
2 11 December 2015 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Miriam Gössner Detail
2 12 December 2015 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Maren Hammerschmidt Gabriela Soukalová Detail
3 18 December 2015 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Hildebrand Detail
3 19 December 2015 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Detail
3 20 December 2015 Pokljuka 12.5 km Mass Start Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Olga Podchufarova Gabriela Soukalová Detail
4 8 January 2016 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Franziska Hildebrand Gabriela Soukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail
4 9 January 2016 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Gabriela Soukalová Dorothea Wierer Detail
4 10 January 2016 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Tiril Eckhoff Detail
5 14 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Detail
5 16 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 12.5 km Mass Start Gabriela Soukalová Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier Detail
6 21 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Olga Podchufarova Dorothea Wierer Ekaterina Yurlova Detail
6 23 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Ekaterina Yurlova Selina Gasparin Dorothea Wierer Detail
7 5 February 2016 Canmore 7.5 km Sprint Olena Pidhrushna Krystyna Guzik Dorothea Wierer Detail
7 6 February 2016 Canmore 12.5 km Mass Start Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Gabriela Soukalová Detail
8 11 February 2016 Presque Isle 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Susan Dunklee Krystyna Guzik Detail
8 12 February 2016 Presque Isle 10 km Pursuit Gabriela Soukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Detail
WC 5 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Detail
WC 6 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Detail
WC 9 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Laura Dahlmeier Detail
WC 13 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail
9 17 March 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Marte Olsbu Detail
9 19 March 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Dorothea Wierer Detail

Men's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 13 December 2015 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Alexey Volkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
 Norway
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 France
Simon Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
Detail
5 15 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Russia
Alexey Volkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Shipulin
 Austria
Sven Grossegger
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Detail
6 24 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Maxim Tsvetkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Lars Helge Birkeland
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Detail
8 13 February 2016 Presque Isle 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
 France
Simon Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Andreas Birnbacher
Daniel Böhm
Benedikt Doll
Detail
WC 12 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Canada
Christian Gow
Nathan Smith
Scott Gow
Brendan Green
Detail

Women's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 13 December 2015 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Karin Oberhofer
Federica Sanfilippo
Dorothea Wierer
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Preuß
 Ukraine
Yuliia Dzhima
Olga Abramova
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
Detail
5 17 January 2016 Ruhpolding (2) 4x6 km Relay  Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Yuliia Dzhima
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
 Germany
Karolin Horchler
Miriam Gössner
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Karin Oberhofer
Alexia Runggaldier
Dorothea Wierer
Detail
6 24 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay  France
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
 Czech Republic
Eva Puskarčíková
Lucie Charvátová
Gabriela Soukalová
Veronika Vítková
 Russia
Ekaterina Shumilova
Anastasia Zagoruiko
Ekaterina Yurlova
Olga Podchufarova
Detail
8 13 February 2016 Presque Isle 4x6 km Relay  Czech Republic
Eva Puskarčíková
Lucie Charvátová
Gabriela Soukalová
Veronika Vítková
 Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Natalya Burdyga
Yuliia Dzhima
Olena Pidhrushna
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Luise Kummer
Miriam Gössner
Karolin Horchler
Detail
WC 11 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay  Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Fanny Horn Birkeland
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu
 France
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
Detail

Mixed

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
1 29 November 2015 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Norway
Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen
Lars Helge Birkeland
 Canada
Rosanna Crawford
Nathan Smith
 Germany
Maren Hammerschmidt
Daniel Böhm
Detail
1 29 November 2015 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Norway
Fanny Horn Birkeland
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Vanessa Hinz
Benedikt Doll
Simon Schempp
 Czech Republic
Veronika Vítková
Gabriela Soukalová
Michal Šlesingr
Ondřej Moravec
Detail
7 7 February 2016 Canmore 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 France
Marie Dorin Habert
Martin Fourcade
 Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Simon Eder
 Norway
Hilde Fenne
Lars Helge Birkeland
Detail
7 7 February 2016 Canmore 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Franziska Preuß
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Italy
Dorothea Wierer
Karin Oberhofer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
 Norway
Marte Olsbu
Synnøve Solemdal
Alexander Os
Håvard Bogetveit
Detail
WC 3 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Marie Dorin Habert
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Franziska Hildebrand
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Norway
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
   Martin Fourcade1152
2. Johannes Thingnes Bø820
3. Anton Shipulin806
4. Simon Schempp769
5. Simon Eder714
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
   Gabriela Soukalová1106
2. Marie Dorin Habert1043
3. Dorothea Wierer965
4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen905
5. Franziska Hildebrand793
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos. Points
1. Norway 264
2. Germany252
3. France223
4. Russia191
5. Canada183
  • Final standings after 5 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France1714637
2 Germany14181345
3 Norway1181534
4 Czech Republic56516
5 Italy55515
6 Russia541019
7 Finland4239
8 Austria2327
9 Ukraine2147
10 Canada0112
 Poland0112
12  Switzerland0101
 United States0101
Totals (13 nations)656565195

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Footnotes

  1. Originally scheduled in Oberhof on 7–10 January, relocated in Ruhpolding due to lack of snow.[3]

References

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  2. "Olympic champion Darya Domracheva to miss biathlon season". Zee News. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. "Relocation Worldcup 4 to Ruhpolding". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. Paone, Francesco (4 May 2016). "Si ritirano Fritz Pinter e Audrey Vaillancourt. Salgono a 9 gli addii nel biathlon" [Fritz Pinter and Audrey Vaillancourt retires. Rising to nine retirements in biathlon.]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. Paone, Francesco (15 May 2016). "Natalya Burdyga si ritira. Ancora. Smette anche Scott Perras. Salgono a 11 gli addii nel biathlon" [Natalya Burdyga retires. Again. Scott Perras also stops. Rising to eleven retirements in biathlon.]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  6. Roosna, Märt (14 January 2016). "Pika karjääri lõpetanud Indrek Tobreluts: toredad aastad olid" [The end of the long career of Indrek Tobreluts: they were wonderful years]. Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2016. (in Estonian) (subscription required)
  7. "Überraschung in Oslo: Birnbacher beendet Karriere". Merkur (in German). 9 March 2016.
  8. Paone, Francesco (26 March 2016). "A Forni Avoltri si è conclusa la carriera di Christian De Lorenzi" [The career of Christian De Lorenzi concluded in Forni Avoltri]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  9. Paone, Francesco (27 March 2016). "Fine carriera anche per Christian Martinelli" [Christian Martinelli ends career as well]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  10. Eidissen, Lars (31 May 2016). "Alexander Os legger opp som skiskytter og blir pappa igjen" [Alexander Os retires as biathlete and becomes father again]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  11. "Retirement for Russia's Ivan Tcherezov". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. "Miroslav Matiaško". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  13. Paone, Francesco (28 March 2016). "Zina Kocher chiude la sua carriera" [Zina Kocher ends her career]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  14. "Retirement for Alexander Os…and More Athletes". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  15. Paone, Francesco (18 March 2016). "Marine Bolliet appende sci e carabina al chiodo" [Marine Bolliet hangs up skis and rifle]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  16. Ørjan Brattetveit (4 April 2016). "Siste jubel for Jori" [Last hurrah for Jori]. Hordaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  17. "Ringen legger opp" [Ringen retires]. Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017. (subscription required)
  18. "Martina Chrapánová". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  19. "Natália Prekopová". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  20. Paone, Francesco (28 March 2016). "Lowell Bailey e Clare Egan protagonisti ai campionati NorAm. Annelies Cook vince nel giorno del ritiro" [Lowell Bailey and Clare Egan are the protagonists of the NorAm championships. Annelies Cook victorious on the day of her retirement]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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