The 2020–21

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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 28 November 2020 in

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and ended on 21 March 2021 in

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. Starting from this season a blue bib will be introduced for the best biathlete under the age of 25.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.

Calendar changes

* On 28 September the rounds originally scheduled at

and

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were replaced by additional rounds at

and

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respectively. * On 5 October it was announced that Oberhof will host two events, replacing

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. * A round which was set to be held in

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as test event for the

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was replaced on 23 November with another round at Nové Město. * On 13 February the round originally scheduled at

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was replaced by additional rounds at

World Cup podiums

Men

Women

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Mixed Relay

Standings (men)

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*Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25

*Final standings after 26 races.

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*Final standings after 3 races.

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*Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

*Final standings after 8 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 25 races.

Standings (women)

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*Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25

*Final standings after 26 races.

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*Final standings after 3 races.

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*Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

*Final standings after 8 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 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

* Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Achievements

; First World Cup career victory ;Men *

Sturla Holm Lægreid Sturla Holm Lægreid (born 20 February 1997) is a Norwegian biathlete. In the season opener of the 2020–2021 season, he earned his first World Cup win at the 20 km Individual. Six-time Biathlon World Champion and 2022 Olympic Champion i ...

, 23, in his 2nd season — Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was his first podium *

Sebastian Samuelsson Sebastian Samuelsson (born 28 March 1997) is a Swedish biathlete who competes internationally. He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics; there he won a silver medal in the 12.5 km pursuit event as well as the gold medal in the relay. He beca ...

, 23, in his 5th season — Stage 2 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Oberhof *

Johannes Dale Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (born 23 May 1997) is a Norwegian biathlete. He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2020. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ...

, 23, in his 3rd season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium *

Martin Ponsiluoma Martin Ponsiluoma (born 8 September 1995) is a Swedish biathlete who competes internationally. He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the later he won a silver medal in mass start. He ended up on a World Cup p ...

, 25, in his 4th season — World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Nové Město *

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 firs ...

, 29, in his 9th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2017–18 Sprint in Tyumen ;Women *

Dzinara Alimbekava Dzinara Smolskaya ( Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava, , 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 spri ...

, 24, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium * Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season — Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2020–21 Sprint in Oberhof * Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 24, in her 5th season — Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Mass Start in Ruhpolding ; First World Cup podium ;Men *

, 23, in his 2nd season — no. 1 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti *

, 23, in his 3rd season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen * Felix Leitner, 24, in his 5th season – no. 2 in the Stage 6 Mass Start in Oberhof * Eduard Latypov, 26, in his 3rd season – no. 2 in the Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund ;Women * Johanna Skottheim, 26, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti * Karoline Offigstad Knotten, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti * Elvira Öberg, 21, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Kontiolahti *

, 24, in her 4th season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen * Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season - no. 3 in the Stage 5 Sprint in Oberhof * Hanna Sola, 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka ; Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) ;Men *

, 7 (7) first places * Johannes Thingnes Bø, 4 (51) first places * Tarjei Bø, 3 (12) first places * Quentin Fillon Maillet, 3 (6) first places *

, 2 (2) first places * Arnd Peiffer, 1 (10) first place * Alexander Loginov (biathlon), Alexandr Loginov, 1 (3) first place * Lukas Hofer, 1 (2) first place * Émilien Jacquelin, 1 (2) first place *

, 1 (1) first place *

, 1 (1) first place ;Women * Tiril Eckhoff, 13 (26) first places * Marte Olsbu Røiseland, 3 (9) first places * Hanna Öberg, 2 (5) first places * Julia Simon (biathlete), Julia Simon, 2 (3) first places * Lisa Theresa Hauser, 2 (2) first places * Dorothea Wierer, 1 (12) first place * Markéta Davidová, 1 (2) first place *

, 1 (1) first place * Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2020–21 season: ;Men * * Vladimir Oryachkov * Martin Perrillat-Bottonet * Giuseppe Montello * Arnd Peiffer * Simon Schempp * Ondřej Moravec * Anton Pantov * Lars Helge Birkeland * Marcin Szwajnos * Anatoliy Oskin * ;Women * Dafinka Koeva * Stefani Popova * Desislava Stoyanova * Nika Blazenic * Nicole Gontier * Anna Frolina * Krystyna Guzik * * Irina StarykhИрина Старых завершила карьеру
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Notes

References

External links

IBU official site
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Calendar

Calendar changes

World Cup podiums

Men

Women

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Mixed Relay

Standings (men)

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 ...

Under 25

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 ...

Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...

Pursuit

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 ...

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 ...

Nation A nation is a type of social organization where a collective Identity (social science), identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, t ...

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 ...

Under 25

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 ...

Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...

Pursuit

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 ...

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 ...

Nation A nation is a type of social organization where a collective Identity (social science), identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, t ...

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Medal table

Points distribution

Achievements

Retirements

Notes

References

External links

Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...

Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace * Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automobiles Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, a rebadged v ...