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Biathlon At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's Sprint
The Women's sprint competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of . The event was won by Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway, who was the 2018 silver medalist in sprint. This was her first individual Olympic gold medal. Elvira Öberg of Sweden won silver, her first Olympic medal, and Dorothea Wierer of Italy bronze, her first individual Olympic medal. Summary The 2018 champion, Laura Dahlmeier, and the bronze medalist, Veronika Vítková, retired from competitions. Røiseland was the overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup The 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2021 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 20 March 2022 in Oslo Holmenkol ... as well as the leader in the sprint before the Olympics. Qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon
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 r ... [...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] |
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Anastasiya Merkushyna (Ukrainian: Анастасія Олегівна Меркушина; born 14 January 1995) is a Ukrainian Biathlon, biathlete. She is Biathlon World Championships, World Championships medalist. She participated at 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Her first international successes were medals at Junior World and European championships. Merkushyna is two-time bronze medalist in girls' individual at 2013 and 2016 Junior Worlds, Junior World and two-time silver medalist in relay, three-time Junior European champion and three-time European medalist. In 2012 he qualified for 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where she was 14th both in sprint and pursuit. Before receiving a spot in Ukrainian national team, she took part in IBU Cup competitions. Her first Biathlon World Cup, World Cup race was in Swedish Östersund in 2014-15 Biathlon World Cup, 2014–15 season where she finished 51st in individual. There she also competed in sprint finishing 87th. Then s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Häcki
Lena Häcki (born 1 July 1995) is a Swiss biathlete. She competed in the 2014/15 World Cup season, and represented Switzerland at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti Kontiolahti ( sv, Kontiolax; literally meaning "bear bay") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region, about north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The pop .... References External links * 1995 births Living people Swiss female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Switzerland Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Obwalden {{Switzerland-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Katharina Innerhofer
Katharina Komatz ( Innerhofer, born 17 January 1991) is an Austrian biathlete. She was born in Zell am See. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 and 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 6 March 2014, Innerhofer won her first World cup event by finishing first in a sprint competition in Pokljuka. Before this victory, her best result in the World Cup was 22nd place in an individual race in Ruhpolding. It was also a first-ever victory in the World Cup for an Austrian female biathlete. Katharina Innerhofer has been married to the Austrian biathlete David Komatz since 2022 and bears his last name. In 2023 the two became parents to a son. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.'' World Championships ''0 medals'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' Individua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Kazakevich
Irina Vladimirovna Kazakevich (russian: Ирина Владимировна Казакевич; born 29 October 1997) is a Russian biathlete. She has competed 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 ... since 2020. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 silver)'' World Championships References External links * 1997 births Living people People from Novosibirsk Oblast Russian female biathletes Universiade medalists in biathlon Universiade silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Öberg
Hanna Öberg (born 2 November 1995) is a Swedish biathlete. Career In 2017 she won the IBU Female Rookie of the Year Award for her World Cup debut season, with the male counterpart being awarded to her fellow Swede Sebastian Samuelsson. At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics she won a surprising gold in the Individual, after four clean shootings. It was both the first victory and podium of her career, with her previous best being a fifth place in the world cup. She also claimed silver in the Relay, finished seventh in sprint, and fifth in both the mass start and the pursuit. Öberg repeated her Olympic success at the 2019 Biathlon World Championships on home snow in Östersund, where she again won the individual with a perfect shoot, having previously finished fourth in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit. She became the first female biathlete to win the individual World Championship title the year after taking the Olympic individual gold. She was awarded the Svenska Dagbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Voigt
Vanessa Voigt (born 7 October 1997) is a German biathlete 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 time .... She won the 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup and represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Voigt won the IBU Cup during the 2020–21 season. She represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 15 km individual race and finished in fourth place with a time of 44:29.3. She won a bronze medal in the women's relay. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' World Championships :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.'' World Cup Individual podiums * 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milena Todorova
Milena Todorova ( bg, Милена Тодорова) (born 18 January 1998) is a Bulgarian biathlete. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ... and at the Beijing Winter Olympics four years later. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''0 medals'' World Championships ''0 medals'' References 1998 births Living people Bulgarian female biathletes Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Bulgaria Biathletes at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics People from Troyan 21st-century Bulgarian women 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Hojnisz-Staręga
Monika Hojnisz (born 27 August 1991), now Monika Hojnisz-Staręga, is a Polish biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Hojnisz 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. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the .... Olympic Games ''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.'' World Championships ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' :''*Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzinara Alimbekava
Dinara Talhatauna Alimbekava ( kk, Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова, Dinara Talğatkyzy Älimbekova born 5 January 1996) is a Kazakhstan-born Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics. Alimbekava won her first IBU World Cup competition (a sprint) in Hochfilzen, Austria, in December 2020, and finished as the Under-25 Cup leader for the 2020-21 World Cup season. Alimbekava was born in Kazakhstan to a Kazakh father and a Belarusian mother. When she was three years old, her family moved to Belarus, where her younger brother Zhenya was born. Dzinara is professionally trained in piano and skates and practices snowboarding in her free time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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