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Biathlon At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of , from 5 to 18 February 2022. A total of 210 quota spots (110 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 11 events were contested, five for men, five for women and one mixed. Qualification A total quota of 210 athletes are allowed at the Games (105 both men and women). The first 93 quota allocations, per gender, will be assigned using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in their best six sprints, one individual, three relays, one mixed relay, and one single mixed relay. These results will come during the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cups seasons, up until 16 January 2022. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List, to nations who have not qualified any at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 7 December 1990) is a former Norwegian biathlete and 3 time Winter Olympic gold medalist. In addition, she won two Olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. Her world championships achievements include winning two gold medals and eleven relay victories. She won the overall Biathlon World Cup in 2022. Personal life Olsbu Røiseland was born on 7 December 1990. She is married to Sverre Olsbu Røiseland. She resides in Froland, Norway. Career Olsbu Røiseland has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since the 2012–13 World Cup season and has represented Norway at several Biathlon World Championships. During the Biathlon World Championships 2016 in Oslo, she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay and raced the final leg when Norway won the gold in the relay. At the Biathlon World Championships 2020 in Antholz, she became the first biathlete to win seven medals at a World Championship with her five gold medals and two bronze medals. At the 2018 Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon Pictogram
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not timed per se, but depending on the competition, missed shots result in extra distance or time being added to the contestant's total. History According to ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', the biathlon "is rooted in the skiing traditions of Scandinavia, where early inhabitants revered the Norse god Ullr as both the ski god and the hunting god." In modern times, the activity that developed into this sport was an exercise for Norwegians as alternative training for the military. Norwegian skiing regiments organized military skiing contests in the 18th century, divided into four classes: shooting at mark while skiing at top speed, downhill race among trees, downhill race on big hills without falling, and a long race on flat ground while carrying a ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (born 12 May 1992) is a Norwegian biathlete. Early life Christiansen was born in Geilo, a centre in the municipality of Hol, to Randi Sjåstad and her husband Georg William Christiansen. His younger sister, Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen, is a successful freestyle skier. Christiansen began his career by racing in biathlon and cross-country skiing as a junior on the national level. In his youth, his greatest idol was Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Christiansen learned much about how to train from literature of and about Bjørndalen, and was inspired by Bjørndalen's training mentality, and started training a lot and hard, from a very early age. On the last day of the 2004 World Championships, Christiansen set a long-term goal of qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2008, Christiansen entered the Norwegian College of Elite Sport in Geilo. Career Early career and World Cup debut Before turning 17, Christiansen had made a clean sweep at the Junior Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiril Eckhoff
Tiril Kampenhaug Eckhoff (born 21 May 1990) is a Norwegian former biathlete. Eckhoff is a two-time Olympic champion, winning the mixed relay at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics, and also won a bronze in the mass start, a feat she repeated at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Eckhoff is also a ten-time gold medalist at the Biathlon World Championships, winning gold in the 7.5 km sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2016, and both the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit at the Biathlon World Championships 2021.Tiril Eckhoff IBU. Retrieved 12 December 2014 She is the sister of fellow biathlete . Career Eckhoff has been part of the N ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Wierer
Dorothea Wierer (, ; 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. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won her first individual medal in the Sprint. She is the 2019 Mass Start World Champion and the 2020 Pursuit and Individual World Champion. Career 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira Öberg
Elvira Karin Öberg (born 26 February 1999) is a Swedish Biathlon, biathlete. She is the younger sister of Olympic champion Hanna Öberg. Elvira won three gold medals in the youth category at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2018, 2018 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Otepää; in the 10 km Biathlon#Individual, individual, the 3 × 6 km Biathlon#Relay, relay and the 6 km Biathlon#Sprint, sprint respectively. Öberg placed twelfth in the sprint in her Biathlon World Cup debut in Östersund, 1 December 2019. At the Olympic Games in Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing in 2022 she won the silver medal in the sprint race, following up with a silver in the pursuit. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)'' World Championships World Cup Individual podiums * 5 victories * 14 podiums Team podiums *5 victories *13 podiums :''*Results are from IBU races which include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet (born 12 February 1993) is a retired French biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics. She retired at the end of the 2022/23 season. Her sister Chloé Chevalier Chloé Chevalier (born 2 November 1995) is a French biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2017. She is the younger sister of fellow biathlete Anaïs Chevalier Anaïs, Anais or ANAIS may refer to: People * Anaïs (given ... is also a biathlete. Career Olympic Games ''3 medals (2 silver, 1 bronze)'' World Championships ''7 medals (3 silver, 4 bronze)'' :''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.'' World Cup ;World Cup rankings ;Individual victory 1 victory ;Relay victories 12 victories Personal life On 9 September 2017, Chevalier married with the former biathlete Martin Bouchet. On 29 October 2019 they had a baby called Emie. References External links * 1993 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Herrmann
Denise Herrmann-Wick (née Herrmann, born 20 December 1988) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She won gold at 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's individual, won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2019 – Women's pursuit and won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2023 – Women's sprint. Previously, she has competed in FIS Cross-Country World Cup The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recogn ... 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 the future. On 14 March 2023, she announced her retirement following the 2022–2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Tsvetkov
Maxim Sergeyevich Tsvetkov (russian: Максим Сергеевич Цветков; born 3 January 1992) is a Russian biathlete. He competes in the Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ..., and represented Russia at the Biathlon World Championships 2016. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games References External links * 1992 births Living people Skiers from Moscow Russian male biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Vologda Oblast Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Russia Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes 21st-century Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Loginov (biathlon)
Alexandr Viktorovich Loginov (russian: Александр Викторович Логинов; born 31 January 1992) is a Russian biathlete. He began his career in 2004. Career Loginov started professional in the late 2012–13 season, taking bronze medal in pursuit in Holmenkollen and gold as part of the relay team in Sochi. Loginov was provisionally suspended by IBU 25 November 2014, after re-testing of a sample of his from 26 November 2013 showed he'd been doping with EPO. All his results from 26 November 2013 onwards were annulled, and he was handed a two-year ban from sports. The ban ended 25 November 2016. Loginov returned to sport in the 2016–17 season, winning bronze with his relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2017. In the next season, Loginov while failing to finish in the top 3 progressed, finishing 23rd in the overall standings. The 2018–19 season was to date his best season, being one of the leading Russian biathletes. He won his first WC cup t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Karimulla Khalili
Said Karimulla Khalili (russian: Саид Каримулла Халили; ps, کریم الله خلیلي وویل; born 2 September 1998) is a Russian-Afghan biathlete. He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2021, winning a bronze medal in the relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ... event. Biathlon results Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' World Championships ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalili, Said Karimulla 1998 births Living people Russian male biathletes Russian people of Afghan descent People from Sergiyev Posad Biathletes at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Biathlon World Championships medalists Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Russia Medalists at the 2022 Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Desthieux
Simon Desthieux (born 3 December 1991) is a retired French biathlete, olympic champion and world champion. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for France, where he finished 45th in the sprint and 21st in the pursuit. Desthieux won his first World Championship medal in Hochfilzen 2017 when he was a part of men's relay team that became second. Next year he was a part of France's mixed relay team in the 2018 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ... and won his first Olympic gold medal. In Antholz-Anterselva 2020 won his first World Championship title with men's relay. He announced his retirement after the 2021/22 season. Biathlon results Olympic Games ''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)'' World Championships ''3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)'' :''*The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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