2008–09 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup Overall NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen SWE Helena Jonsson Nations Cup NOR Norway GER Germany Individual GER Michael Greis GER Magdalena Neuner Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen SWE Helena Jonsson Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Kati Wilhelm Mass start AUT Dominik Landertinger SWE Helena Jonsson Relay AUT Austria GER Germany 2007–08 2009–10 thumb|2008–09 World cup in Östersund The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2008 in Östersund, Sweden and ends on 29 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2008–09 season.http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S World Cup Schedule 2008-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S 2008-12-18 dead Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details SWE Östersund 2–7 December ● ● ● details AUT Hochfilzen 11–14 December ● ● ● details AUT Hochfilzen 17–21 December ● ● ● details GER Oberhof 6–11 January ● ● ● details GER Ruhpolding 13–18 January ● ● ● details ITA Antholz 22–25 January ● ● ● details KOR Pyeongchanghttp://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WCH&event_class=S World Championships 2008-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184833/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WCH&event_class=S 2008-09-14 dead 13–22 February ● ● ● ● ● World Championships CAN Vancouver 10–15 March ● ● ● details NOR Trondheim 18–22 March ● ● ● details RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 25–29 March ● ● ● details Total 4 10 7 5 6 World Cup podiums Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 3 December 2008 SWE Östersund 20 km Individual GER Michael Greis NOR Alexander Os NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen GER Michael Greis Detail 1 6 December 2008 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen POL Tomasz Sikora FRA Simon Fourcade NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 1 7 December 2008 SWE Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit POL Tomasz Sikora NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 2 12 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen RUS Ivan Tcherezov NOR Alexander Os Detail 2 13 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen POL Tomasz Sikora Detail 3 18 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 20 km Individual RUS Maxim Tchoudov RUS Ivan Tcherezov SWE Björn Ferry Detail 3 20 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint NOR Lars Berger NOR Alexander Os SWE Carl Johan Bergman Detail 4 10 January 2009 GER Oberhof 10 km Sprint RUS Maxim Tchoudov GER Michael Rösch POL Tomasz Sikora POL Tomasz Sikora Detail 4 11 January 2009 GER Oberhof 15 km Mass Start AUT Christoph Sumann SWE Carl Johan Bergman NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 17 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Dominik Landertinger NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 18 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen AUT Dominik Landertinger Detail 6 23 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen SWE Björn Ferry POL Tomasz Sikora Detail 6 24 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit SWE Björn Ferry AUT Simon Eder NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 6 25 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start GER Christoph Stephan AUT Dominik Landertinger RUS Ivan Tcherezov Detail WC 14 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Lars Berger NOR Halvard Hanevold Detail WC 15 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Maxim Tchoudov NOR Alexander Os POL Tomasz Sikora Detail WC 17 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 20 km Individual NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Christoph Stephan CRO Jakov Fak Detail WC 21 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 15 km Mass Start AUT Dominik Landertinger AUT Christoph Sumann RUS Ivan Tcherezov Detail 7 11 March 2009 CAN Whistler 20 km Individual FRA Vincent Jay GER Daniel Böhm USA Jeremy Teela Detail 7 13 March 2009 CAN Whistler 10 km Sprint NOR Lars Berger NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Christoph Sumann NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 8 19 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 10 km Sprint GER Michael Greis NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Simon Eder Detail 8 21 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Simon Eder POL Tomasz Sikora Detail 8 22 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 15 km Mass Start NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Simon Eder NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 9 26 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint GER Arnd Peiffer NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Christoph Sumann Detail 9 28 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen AUT Christoph Sumann Detail 9 29 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start AUT Simon Eder AUT Dominik Landertinger NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 4 December 2008 SWE Östersund 15 km Individual SWE Helena Jonsson GER Kati Wilhelm GER Magdalena Neuner SWE Helena Jonsson Detail 1 6 December 2008 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint CHN Wang Chunli NOR Tora Berger GER Magdalena Neuner GER Magdalena Neuner Detail 1 7 December 2008 SWE Östersund 10 km Pursuit GER Martina Beck RUS Svetlana Sleptsova GER Kati Wilhelm GER Kati Wilhelm Detail 2 12 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint GER Simone Hauswald RUS Svetlana Sleptsova GER Andrea Henkel NOR Tora Berger Detail 2 13 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit GER Martina Beck RUS Svetlana Sleptsova GER Simone Hauswald GER Martina Beck Detail 3 18 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 15 km Individual ROM Éva Tófalvi RUS Svetlana Sleptsova GER Simone Hauswald RUS Svetlana Sleptsova Detail 3 20 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint RUS Svetlana Sleptsova UKR Vita Semerenko SWE Helena Jonsson Detail 4 9 January 2009 GER Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint GER Andrea Henkel SWE Helena Jonsson NOR Tora Berger Detail 4 11 January 2009 GER Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start GER Kati Wilhelm RUS Olga Medvedtseva SWE Helena Jonsson Detail 5 16 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint GER Magdalena Neuner GER Kati Wilhelm BLR 1995 Darya Domracheva Detail 5 18 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit GER Magdalena Neuner GER Kati Wilhelm NOR Tora Berger Detail 6 22 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint NOR Tora Berger BLR 1995 Darya Domracheva GER Kati Wilhelm Detail 6 24 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit RUS Anna Boulygina FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen BLR 1995 Darya Domracheva Detail 6 25 January 2009 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start SWE Helena Jonsson FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen GER Kati Wilhelm GER Kati Wilhelm Detail WC 14 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 7.5 km Sprint GER Kati Wilhelm GER Simone Hauswald RUS Olga Zaitseva Detail WC 15 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit SWE Helena Jonsson GER Kati Wilhelm RUS Olga Zaitseva Detail WC 18 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 15 km Individual GER Kati Wilhelm SLO Teja Gregorin NOR Tora Berger Detail WC 22 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 12.5 km Mass Start RUS Olga Zaitseva SVK Anastasiya Kuzmina SWE Helena Jonsson Detail 7 11 March 2009 CAN Whistler 15 km Individual GER Simone Hauswald RUS Olga Zaitseva UKR Vita Semerenko Detail 7 13 March 2009 CAN Whistler 7.5 km Sprint SWE Helena Jonsson GER Magdalena Neuner RUS Olga Zaitseva Detail 8 19 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Zaitseva SWE Helena Jonsson FRA Sylvie Becaert SWE Helena Jonsson Detail 8 21 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 10 km Pursuit GER Andrea Henkel RUS Olga Zaitseva FRA Marie-Laure Brunet GER Kati Wilhelm Detail 8 22 March 2009 NOR Trondheim 12.5 km Mass Start NOR Tora Berger GER Simone Hauswald FRA Sandrine Bailly Detail 9 27 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint GER Tina Bachmann GER Simone Hauswald SWE Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail 9 28 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit GER Magdalena Neuner ITA Michela Ponza FRA Marie Dorin Detail 9 29 March 2009 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start GER Simone Hauswald SWE Helena Jonsson GER Andrea Henkel SWE Helena Jonsson Detail Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Maxim Maksimov Nikolay Kruglov Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann Vyacheslav Derkach Andriy Deryzemlya Oleh Berezhnyi Serhiy Sednev 3 21 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Christoph Sumann Magnus Jonsson Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade 4 8 January 2009 GER Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann Michael Greis Michael Rösch Arnd Peiffer Toni Lang Emil Hegle Svendsen Rune Brattsveen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen 5 15 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Toni Lang Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Christoph Sumann WC 16 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 4x7.5 km Relay Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Berger Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann Michael Rösch Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis 7 15 March 2009 CAN Vancouver 4x7.5 km Relay David Ekholm Mattias Nilsson Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Martin Fourcade Simon Fourcade Simon Schempp Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Michael Rösch Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay Solveig Rogstad Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly Andrea Henkel Martina Beck Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm 3 21 December 2008 AUT Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Magdalena Neuner Kathrin Hitzer Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly Krystyna Palka Magdalena Gwizdon Weronika Nowakowska Agnieszka Cyl 4 7 January 2009 GER Oberhof 4x6 km Relay Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Vita Semerenko Oksana Khvostenko Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm Sabrina Buchholz Kathrin Hitzer Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Pauline Macabies Marie Dorin 5 14 January 2009 GER Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner Sofia Domeij Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Song Chaoqing WC 21 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 4x6 km Relay Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva Martina Beck Magdalena Neuner Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly 7 14 March 2009 CAN Vancouver 4x6 km Relay Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner Martina Beck Andrea Henkel Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Dong Xue Liu Yuanyuan Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third WC 19 February 2009 KOR Pyeongchang 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Zidek David Ekholm Carl Johan Bergman Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1080 2. POL Tomasz Sikora 870 3. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 844 4. GER Michael Greis 804 5. RUS Maxim Tchoudov 780 Final standings after 26 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. GER Michael Greis 146 2. RUS Ivan Tcherezov 120 3. RUS Maxim Tchoudov 119 4. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 110 5. AUT Christoph Sumann 100 Final standings after 4 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 372 2. POL Tomasz Sikora 337 3. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 318 4. GER Michael Greis 306 5. RUS Maxim Tchoudov 297 Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 342 2. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 308 3. POL Tomasz Sikora 276 4. GER Michael Greis 231 5. SWE Björn Ferry 215 Final standings after 7 races. Mass start Pos.Points 1. AUT Dominik Landertinger 208 2. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 199 3. AUT Christoph Sumann 197 4. AUT Simon Eder 176 5. RUS Ivan Tcherezov 170 Final standings after 5 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. AUT Austria 276 2. NOR Norway 254 3. GER Germany 247 4. FRA France 226 5. SWE Sweden 220 Final standings after 6 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. NOR 6795 2. AUT 6446 3. GER 6413 4. SWE 5908 5. FRA 5794 Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall Pos.Points 1. SWE Helena Jonsson 952 2. GER Kati Wilhelm 952 3. NOR Tora Berger 894 4. GER Magdalena Neuner 891 5. GER Andrea Henkel 838 Final standings after 26 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. GER Magdalena Neuner 129 2. ROM Éva Tófalvi 123 3. NOR Tora Berger 122 4. GER Kati Wilhelm 115 5. RUS Olga Zaitseva 113 Final standings after 4 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. SWE Helena Jonsson 372 2. GER Magdalena Neuner 358 3. NOR Tora Berger 352 4. GER Kati Wilhelm 347 5. BLR 1995 Darya Domracheva 329 Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. GER Kati Wilhelm 272 2. NOR Tora Berger 246 3. GER Martina Beck 244 4. GER Andrea Henkel 234 5. GER Magdalena Neuner 231 Final standings after 7 races. Mass start Pos.Points 1. SWE Helena Jonsson 210 2. GER Kati Wilhelm 186 3. GER Simone Hauswald 174 4. RUS Olga Zaitseva 162 5. GER Andrea Henkel 157 Final standings after 5 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. GER Germany 288 2. FRA France 242 3. UKR Ukraine 232 4. CHN Republic of China 217 5. SWE Sweden 212 Final standings after 6 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. GER 6954 2. SWE 5926 3. FRA 5925 4. UKR 5894 5. NOR 5827 Final standings after 20 races. Medal table flagcountry 21 15 13 19 11 14 8 10 6 6 8 6 5 9 6 2 3 8 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Achievements First World Cup career victory Wang Chunli CHN, 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; also her first individual podium Simone Hauswald GER, 29, in her 9th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2004-05 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva Éva Tófalvi ROU, 30, in her 13th season — the WC 3 Individual in Hochfilzen; also her first individual podium Anna Boulygina RUS, 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; also her first individual podium Christoph Stephan GER, 23, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz-Anterselva; also his first individual podium Dominik Landertinger AUT, 20, in his 2nd season — the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang; first podium was 2008-09 Sprint in Ruhpolding Vincent Jay FRA, 23, in his 4th season — the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver; also his first individual podium Arnd Peiffer GER, 22, in his 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also his first individual podium Tina Bachmann GER, 22, in her 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also her first individual podium Simon Eder AUT, 25, in his 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2008-09 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva First World Cup podium Vita Semerenko UKR, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen Darya Domracheva BLR 1995, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding Jakov Fak CRO, 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang Teja Gregorin SLO, 28, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang Anastasiya Kuzmina SVK, 24, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang Daniel Bohm GER, 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver Jeremy Teela USA, 32, in his 13th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver Marie-Laure Brunet FRA, 20, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Trondheim Marie Dorin FRA, 22, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Men Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR, 7 (88) first places Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR, 5 (11) first places Michael Greis GER, 2 (11) first places Lars Berger NOR, 2 (5) first places Maxim Tchoudov RUS, 2 (4) first places Tomasz Sikora POL, 1 (5) first place Christoph Sumann AUT, 1 (4) first place Björn Ferry SWE, 1 (2) first place Christoph Stephan GER, 1 (1) first place Dominik Landertinger AUT, 1 (1) first place Vincent Jay FRA, 1 (1) first place Arnd Peiffer GER, 1 (1) first place Simon Eder AUT, 1 (1) first place Women Helena Jonsson SWE, 4 (5) first places Kati Wilhelm GER, 3 (21) first places Magdalena Neuner GER, 3 (14) first places Simone Hauswald GER, 3 (3) first places Andrea Henkel GER, 2 (16) first places Martina Beck GER, 2 (15) first places Olga Zaitseva RUS, 2 (8) first places Tora Berger NOR, 2 (4) first places Svetlana Sleptsova RUS, 1 (4) first place Wang Chunli CHN, 1 (1) first place Éva Tófalvi ROU, 1 (1) first place Anna Boulygina RUS, 1 (1) first place Tina Bachmann GER, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 2008–09 season: Olegs Maluhins LAT Stian Eckhoff NOR Mikhail Kochkin RUS Pavlina Filipova BUL Romy Beer GER Albina Akhatova RUS Olga Anisimova RUS Oksana Neupokoeva RUS Tetiana Rud UKR References External links IBU official site World Cup World Cup Category:Biathlon World Cup