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The 2019–20
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(BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of
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, organised by the
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. The season started on 30 November 2019 in
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and ended on 14 March 2020 in
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, a week and a day earlier than planned.


Calendar

Below was the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2019–20 season.


World Cup podiums


Men


Women


Men's team


Women's team


Mixed


Standings (men)


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* Final standings after 21 races.


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*Final standings after 3 races.


Sprint

*Final standings after 8 races.


Pursuit

*Final standings after 5 races.


Mass start Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon. There are usually many competitors in such an event, and in order for ...

*Final standings after 5 races.


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*Final standings after 6 races.


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*Final standings after 23 races.


Standings (women)


Overall Overalls or bib-and-brace overalls, also called dungarees in British English, are a type of garment usually used as protective clothing when working. The garments are commonly referred to as a "pair of overalls" by analogy with "pair of trousers ...

* Final standings after 21 races.


Individual An individual is one that exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of living as an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) as a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or g ...

*Final standings after 3 races.


Sprint

*Final standings after 8 races.


Pursuit

*Final standings after 5 races.


Mass start Mass start is a format of starting in some racing sports such as long-distance running in sport of athletics, speed skating, long-distance cross-country skiing and biathlon. There are usually many competitors in such an event, and in order for ...

*Final standings after 5 races.


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 switc ...

*Final standings after 6 races.


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*Final standings after 23 races.


Standings: Mixed


Mixed relay

* Final standings after 6 races.


Medal table


Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2019/20 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.


Achievements

; First World Cup career victory ;Men * , 24, in his 3rd season — World Championships Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2019–20 Pursuit in Hochfilzen ;Women * , 23, in her 4th season — Stage 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2019–20 Individual in Östersund ; First World Cup podium ;Men * , 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Östersund * , 24, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen * , 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 6 Individual in Pokljuka ;Women * , 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Östersund * , 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen * , 24, in her 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Le Grand-Bornand * , 25, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Mass Start in Le Grand-Bornand * , 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva ;Team ;Men - ;Mixed * - no. 2 in Stage 6 Single Mixed Relay in Pokljuka ;Women * — no. 2 in Stage 1 Women's Relay in Östersund ; Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) ;Men * , 10 (47) first places * , 7 (79) first places * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (1) first place ;Women * , 7 (13) first places * , 4 (11) first places * , 3 (7) first places * , 3 (6) first places * , 1 (27) first place * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (1) first place


Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2019–20 season: ;Men * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Women * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


References


External links


IBU official site
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