2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass Start Women
The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at January 8, 2012, in Oberhof and will finish in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Darya Domracheva of Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a .... Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011–12 Biathlon World Cup
The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season. World Cup podiums Men Women Men's team Women's team Mixed Relay Standings: Men Overall *Final standings after 26 races. Individual *Final standings after 3 races. Sprint *Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit *Final standings after 8 races. Mass start *Final standings after 5 races. Relay *Final standings after 4 races. Nation *Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall *Final standings after 26 races. Individual *Final standings after 3 races. Sprint *Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit *Final standings after 8 races. Mass start *Final standings after 5 race ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Helena Ekholm
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. In 2009, Ekholm won the Jerring Award. Career Jonsson debuted in 2005 in Östersund in the relay, coming in 15th. In the following World Cup in Hochfilzen she participated in her first individual, coming in 41st. In early 2006 she participated in the Biathlon World Championships Mixed Relay event in 2006 in Pokljuka, coming in sixth. The 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup began very successfully for her. In the World Cup 3 in Hochfilzen, she came in fourth in the Individual, eighth in the Sprint, and was on the relay team which came in fifth. In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz she continued her upward trend and placed fourth in the Sprint. As a high point she led th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valj Semerenko
Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko (), known also as Valya Semerenko () 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. Career When she was in the fourth grade of elementary school, she took up cross-country skiing together with her twin sister Vita. But later, they decided to switch to biathlon. She began competing internationally a year earlier than Vita. In 2004 she took part at Junior World Championships in Maurienne, France. In 2005 she won two medals at Junior World and one at Junior European Championships. On 17 December 2005, she debuted in Biathlon World Cup. She finished her first World Cup sprint competition in Osrblie, Slovakia, ranking 47th. Valja managed to qualify for 2006 Winter Olympics, where she took part only in individual race, finishing 46th. For the first time, she participated ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy () (born 12 June 1979) is a retired Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg. Biography She was born in Vozhega, Vologda Oblast, on 12 June 1979. When she was 5, her family moved to Murmansk, where she started biathlon. 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 Holmenkollen () is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It goes up to above sea level and is well known for its international skiing competitions. Etymology The name is a compound of the farm name and the .... In 2012 she made the decision to end her athletic career. Results Olympic Games World Championships References IBU's official websiteh1> External links * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Veronika Vítková
Veronika Vítková (; born on 9 December 1988) is a Czech former biathlete. She comes from a family of skiers and switched from cross-country to biathlon at age 10. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, together with Ondřej Moravec, Jaroslav Soukup and Gabriela Soukalová, she won a silver medal in the Mixed relay. At the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ... she won the bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint event. 23/4/2020 she announced retirement and her pregnancy. Record Olympic Games 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)'' World Championships 2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze) World Cup Podiums World Cup Relay Podiums World Cup Position References External links *Internationa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Franziska Hildebrand
Franziska Hildebrand (born 24 March 1987) is a former German biathlete. Hildebrand started in her first world cup races in the 2011/12-season after winning three medals at the two previous European Championships. In 2014, she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther .... She was officially nominated by the DOSB on 23 January 2014. She retired after 2021/2022, one day after she announced pregnancy. Record Olympic Games World Championships References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hildebrand, Franziska 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) Sportspeople from Bezirk Halle German female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Germany Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elise Ringen
Elise Ringen (born 21 November 1989) is a Norwegian former biathlete. Her greatest achievements include a bronze medal in the relay at the 2012 World Championships, and a World Cup victory in the relay in Hochfilzen during the 2011–12 season. Ringen retired after the 2015–16 season. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) 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 city. It was rocked by a corruption .... Olympic Games World Championships ''1 medal (1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people Norwegian female biathletes Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Norway Biathlon World Champio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michela Ponza
Michela Ponza (born 12 February 1979) is a retired Italian professional biathlete, who competed on the World Cup circuit from the final round of the World Cup in the 1997–98 season to the final round in the 2013–14 season. Biography She had seven individual podium finishes, four second places and three third places. She has also competed in 4 Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City in 2002, in Turin in 2006, in Vancouver in 2010 and finally in Sochi in 2014. Her best Olympic result was a fifth place in the pursuit in 2006. Ponza was born in Bolzano, but lives in Santa Cristina Gherdëina Santa Cristina Gherdëina (; ; ) is a Ladin ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in Val Gardena in the South Tyrol of northern Italy. It is located about east of Bolzano. Its Saslong ski run is home of the Super-G and Downhill for men races .... She is the granddaughter of Vincenzo Demetz. Achievements * 1999: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon * 2000: 1st, Italian championships of bia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (; 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. Record Olympic Games Zaitseva has won two gold medals and one silver medal at the Winter Olympic Games. On 1 December 2017, she was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics for doping offences. She appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2018. After a postponement that lasted until 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld her disqualification; however, it lifted her lifetime ban from all Olympic Games. World Championships Zaitseva has won eight medals — three gold, two silver and three bronze. All her World Championship medals Zaitseva won in two Championships: 2005 Hochfilzen, Austria and 2009 Pyeongchan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olga Vilukhina
Olga Gennadyevna Vilukhina (; born 22 March 1988) is a former Russian biathlete, who was competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2008–09 season. Career She has had four Top 10 finishes in World Cup races in individual races. Vilukhina was born in Mezhgorye, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union. She has won gold at 2006 Junior World Championships in Sprint. In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she finished second in the sprint and was the first leg of the relay team which won silver. Before the start of the 2014–2015 season the coach announced that Olga Vilukhina will miss him. After lackluster results in 2015–2016, she announced the end of her career before the start of the 2016–2017 season, citing lack of motivation. In December 2016, the IBU provisionally suspended her for doping violations during the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Svetlana Sleptsova
Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova (; born 31 July 1986 in Khanty Mansiysk) is a retired Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA (Central Sports Club of the Army). She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the Biathlon World Championships 2008, 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009, she was part of the gold medal winning Russian women's relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2009, World Championships in Pyeongchang. Sleptsova is an Olympic champion in relay at Olympic Games 2010, Vancouver. In February 2020, Sleptsova was found guilty of an anti-doping violation and had her results from 2013-14 disqualified. She was further identified as being a protected athlete as part of the Russian state doping program by whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, in which he alleges that her positive drug test from an in-competition test result was attributed to another athlete through state intervention. Career Sleptsova achieved ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Krystyna Guzik
Krystyna Guzik ( Pałka; born 16 August 1983) is a Polish biathlete. She was born in Zakopane. She represented Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympicshttp://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=14546/index.html NBC 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 Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther .... At the 2013 World Championships she won the silver medal in pursuit. In July 2014, Guzik married fellow biathlete Grzegorz Guzik. World Cup Podiums Record Olympic Games ''0 medals'' World Championships ''1 medal (1 silver)'' References External linksVancouver 2010IBU Profile 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Zakopane ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |