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Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Kaisa Leena Mäkäräinen (born 11 January 1983) is a Finnish former 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. Career Mäkäräinen was originally a cross-country skier and focused on this until the age of twenty. She started training for the biathlon in 2003. In 2004, she made the Finnish National Team. 2005 saw Mäkäräinen compete at the Biathlon World Championships for the first time. Her best placings in the Biathlon World Championships have occurred at the 2007 World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva, where she placed eighth in the individual 15 and seventh in the mass start events. At the 2008 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, she was 15th in the mass start. During the 2007-08 Biathlon W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ristijärvi
Ristijärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the smallest municipality in Kainuu in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality was named after the Ristijärvi lake, ''Ristijärvi'' meaning "Cross Lake", referring to the shape of the lake. Politics Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Ristijärvi: * Centre Party 41.5% *Finns Party 25.7% * Left Alliance 7.9% *Social Democratic Party 7.6% *National Coalition Party 7.3% * Christian Democrats 5.8% * Green League 2.3% As of 2021 Finnish municipal elections, Ristijärvi municipal council is made up of: Centre Party (10 seats), Finns Party (2), National Coalition Party (1), Left Alliance (1), and Green League (1). People born in Ristijärvi * Salomo Pulkkinen, Member of Parliament * Kari Härkönen, cross count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2017
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. Host selection The second candidate city was Östersund, Sweden. Hochfilzen was selected as the host city on September 2, 2012 during the X IBU Congress in Merano, Italy (27 to 20 votes). This will be fourth time when World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen; the city had previously hosted the event in 1978, 1998 and 2005. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Medal summary Medal table Top athletes All athletes with two or more medals. Men Women Mixed References External linksOfficial website { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's Mass Start
The Women's mass start competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 19 February 2017. Results The race was started at 11:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon World Championships 2017 - Women's mass start Women's mass start 2017 in Austrian women's sport Biath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Women's Mass Start
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, 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 Ullr, 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 Norwegian army, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2015 – Women's Individual
The Women's individual event of the Biathlon World Championships 2015 The 47th Biathlon World Championships were 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 ev ... was held on 11 March 2015. Results The race was started at 18:15 EET. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon World Championships 2015 - Women's individual Women's individual 2015 in Finnish women's sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Women's Mass Start
The women's mass start competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2012 The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 1 to 11 March 2012. There were total of 11 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay races for men and women, and a mixed relay. All events du ... was held on March 11, 2012 at 16:00 local time. Results The race started at 16:00. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon World Championships 2012 - Women's mass start Biathlon World Championships 2012 2012 in German women's sport ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2011 – Women's Sprint
The women's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2011 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 even ... was held on March 5, 2011 at 18:00 local time. 103 athletes participated. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon World Championships 2011 - Women's sprint Biathlon World Championships 2011 2011 in Russian women's sport ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships 2011 – Women's Pursuit
The women's pursuit competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2011 was held on March 6, 2011 at 16:30 local time. The best 60 athletes from the sprint participated. Results See also *2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships – Women's pursuit
The women's pursuit competitions in biathlon of the 2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships were held on April 2, 2011.
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Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km), which we know today. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint Biathlon World Championships. In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters. Venues The Biathlon World Championships of the season takes place during February or March. Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions. Full, joint Biathlon World Championships have never been held in Olympic Winter Game ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Biathlon World Cup
The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2017 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 25 March 2018 in Tyumen, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Laura Dahlmeier of Germany. Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season. World Cup podiums Men Women Men's team Women's team Mixed Standings: Men 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men, Overall *Final standings after 22 races. 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men, Individual *Final standings after 2 races. 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men, Sprint *Final standings after 8 races. 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men, Pursuit *Final standings after 7 races. 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men, Mass start *Final standings after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
