2014–15 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup Overall FRA Martin Fourcade BLR Darya Domracheva Nations Cup NOR Norway GER Germany Individual UKR Serhiy Semenov FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade BLR Darya Domracheva Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade BLR Darya Domracheva Mass start RUS Anton Shipulin GER Franziska Preuß Relay RUS Russia CZE Czech Republic Mixed NOR Norway 2013–14 2015–16 thumb|2014–15 World Cup in Nové Město The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup is a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2014 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 22 March 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.Event Schedule http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=schedule_schedule IBU Datacenter International Biathlon Union 22 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20121204112219/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=schedule_schedule 4 December 2012 dead dmy-all A new event, called the "Single mixed relay", made its World Cup debut on 6 February 2015 in Nové Město. This event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.SINGLE MIXED RELAY CONFIRMED FOR NMNM WC PROGRAMME http://www.vysocina-arena.cz/en/clanek-single-mixed-relay-confirmed-for-nmnm-wc-programme-167.html vysocina-arena.cz 1 December 2014 19 November 2014 16 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150216015731/http://www.vysocina-arena.cz/en/clanek-single-mixed-relay-confirmed-for-nmnm-wc-programme-167.html dead Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2014–15 season. Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details 1 SWE Östersund 30 November–7 December ● ● ● ● details 2 AUT Hochfilzen 12–14 December ● ● ● details 3 SLO Pokljuka 18–21 December ● ● ● details 4 GER Oberhof 7–11 January ● ● ● details 5 GER Ruhpolding 14–18 January ● ● ● details 6 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 22–25 January ● ● ● details 7 CZE Nové Město 6–8 February ● ● ● ● details 8 NOR Holmenkollen 12–15 February ● ● ● details WC FIN Kontiolahti 5–15 March ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships 9 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 19–22 March ● ● ● details Total: 66 (31 men's, 31 women's, 4 mixed) 3 10 7 5 6 3 1 Men World Cup podiums +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartNo. Season competition numberDatePlace (In brackets Stage)DisciplineWinnerSecondThird Yellow bib 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bib Det. Detail13 December 2014  SWE Östersund   20 km Individual NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen UKR Serhiy Semenov CZE Michal Šlesingr NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail6 December 2014     10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Ondřej Moravec SLO Jakov Fak Detail7 December 2014     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail212 December 2014  AUT Hochfilzen   10 km Sprint NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø GER Simon Schempp GER Andreas Birnbacher Detail14 December 2014     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade GER Simon Schempp SLO Jakov Fak FRA Martin Fourcade Detail319 December 2014  SLO Pokljuka   10 km Sprint RUS Anton Shipulin AUT Dominik Landertinger NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail20 December 2014     12.5 km Pursuit NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen RUS Anton Shipulin FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail21 December 2014     15 km Mass Start RUS Anton Shipulin FRA Martin Fourcade AUT Simon EderFRA Martin Fourcade Detail410 January 2015  GER Oberhof   10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Timofey Lapshin Detail11 January 2015     15 km Mass Start FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin RUS Dmitry Malyshko Detail517 January 2015  GER Ruhpolding   10 km Sprint NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø GER Simon Schempp GER Arnd Peiffer Detail18 January 2015     15 km Mass Start GER Simon Schempp FRA Quentin Fillon Maillet CZE Michal Šlesingr Detail622 January 2015  ITA Anterselva   10 km Sprint GER Simon Schempp RUS Evgenii Garanichev SLO Jakov Fak Detail24 January 2015     12.5 km Pursuit GER Simon Schempp AUT Simon Eder RUS Evgenii Garanichev Detail77 February 2015  CZE Nové Město   10 km Sprint SLO Jakov Fak GER Simon Schempp FRA Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Detail8 February 2015     12.5 km Pursuit SLO Jakov Fak GER Simon Schempp FRA Martin Fourcade Detail812 February 2015  NOR Oslo   20 km Individual FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Evgenii Garanichev UKR Serhiy Semenov Detail14 February 2015     10 km Sprint GER Arnd Peiffer FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin DetailWCH7 March 2015  FIN Kontiolahti   10 km Sprint NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø CAN Nathan Smith NOR Tarjei Bø Detail8 March 2015     12.5 km Pursuit GER Erik Lesser RUS Anton Shipulin NOR Tarjei Bø Detail12 March 2015     20 km Individual FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen CZE Ondřej Moravec Detail15 March 2015     15 km Mass Start SLO Jakov Fak CZE Ondřej Moravec NOR Tarjei Bø Detail919 March 2015  RUS Khanty-Mansiysk   10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin GER Benedikt Doll Detail21 March 2015     12.5 km Pursuit CAN Nathan Smith GER Benedikt Doll RUS Anton Shipulin Detail22 March 2015     15 km Mass Start SLO Jakov Fak RUS Anton Shipulin NOR Tarjei Bø Detail Men's Relay Podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeaderDet. Detail 213 December 2014   AUT Hochfilzen   4 × 7.5 km Relay Maxim Tsvetkov Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Detail48 January 2015   GER Oberhof   4 × 7.5 km Relay Evgenii Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Alexander Os Johannes Thingnes Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail515 January 2015   GER Ruhpolding   4 × 7.5 km Relay Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Evgenii Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin Detail625 January 2015   ITA Anterselva   4 × 7.5 km Relay Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Detail815 February 2015   NOR Oslo   4 × 7.5 km Relay Evgenii Garanichev Maxim Tsvetkov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Sven Grossegger Dominik Landertinger DetailWCH14 March 2015   FIN Kontiolahti   4 × 7.5 km Relay Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Detail Standings Overall Rankafter all 25 racesMen's Total Score Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=TS&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bib FRA Martin Fourcade 1042 2. RUS Anton Shipulin 978 3. SLO Jakov Fak 883 4. GER Simon Schempp 792 5. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 729 6. CZE Ondřej Moravec 655 7. RUS Evgenii Garanichev 636 8. CZE Michal Šlesingr 630 9. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 613 10. GER Erik Lesser 607 Individual Rankafter all 3 racesMen's Individual Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=IN&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib UKR Serhiy Semenov 142 2. FRA Martin Fourcade 120 3. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 114 4. CZE Michal Šlesingr 109 5. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 108 Sprint Rankafter all 10 racesMen's Sprint Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=SP&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 416 2. RUS Anton Shipulin 370 3. GER Simon Schempp 354 4. SLO Jakov Fak 337 5. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 331 Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesMen's Pursuit Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?DisciplineId=PU&women=false&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1&men=true www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 335 2. RUS Anton Shipulin 305 3. SLO Jakov Fak 282 4. GER Simon Schempp 228 5. GER Erik Lesser 207 Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesMen's Mass Start Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=MS&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib RUS Anton Shipulin 242 2. SLO Jakov Fak 204 3. FRA Martin Fourcade 186 4. AUT Simon Eder 174 5. CZE Ondřej Moravec 167 Relay Rankafter all 6 racesMen's Relay Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=RL&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 1. 311 2. 308 3. 305 4. 279 5. 242 Nation Rankafter all 23 racesMen's Nations Cup Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=NC&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.com Points 1. 8096.5 2. 8011.5 3. 7826.5 4. 7533 5. 6764 Women World Cup podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bibDet. Detail14 December 2014  SWE Östersund   15 km Individual BLR Darya Domracheva FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen UKR Valentyna Semerenko BLR Darya Domracheva Detail6 December 2014     7.5 km Sprint NOR Tiril Eckhoff CZE Veronika Vítková FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail7 December 2014     10 km Pursuit FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen UKR Valentyna Semerenko ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail212 December 2014  AUT Hochfilzen   7.5 km Sprint FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen ITA Karin Oberhofer NOR Tiril Eckhoff Detail14 December 2014     10 km Pursuit FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FRA Anaïs Bescond RUS Olga Podchufarova Detail318 December 2014  SLO Pokljuka   7.5 km Sprint CZE Gabriela Soukalová ITA Dorothea Wierer UKR Valentyna Semerenko Detail20 December 2014     10 km Pursuit BLR Darya Domracheva FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen UKR Valentyna Semerenko Detail21 December 2014     12.5 km Mass Start FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FRA Anaïs Bescond BLR Nadezhda Skardino Detail49 January 2015  GER Oberhof   7.5 km Sprint CZE Veronika Vítková ITA Dorothea Wierer ITA Nicole Gontier Detail11 January 2015     12.5 km Mass Start BLR Darya Domracheva CZE Veronika Vítková NOR Tiril Eckhoff Detail516 January 2015  GER Ruhpolding   7.5 km Sprint NOR Fanny Horn BLR Darya Domracheva NOR Tiril Eckhoff Detail18 January 2015     12.5 km Mass Start BLR Darya Domracheva GER Franziska Preuß CZE Veronika Vítková Detail623 January 2015  ITA Anterselva   7.5 km Sprint BLR Darya Domracheva FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen GER Laura Dahlmeier Detail24 January 2015     10 km Pursuit BLR Darya Domracheva RUS Daria Virolaynen FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail77 February 2015  CZE Nové Město   7.5 km Sprint GER Laura Dahlmeier GER Franziska Hildebrand CZE Veronika Vítková Detail8 February 2015     10 km Pursuit BLR Darya Domracheva FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen GER Laura Dahlmeier Detail812 February 2015  NOR Oslo   15 km Individual FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen BLR Darya Domracheva CZE Veronika Vítková Detail14 February 2015     7.5 km Sprint BLR Darya Domracheva GER Laura Dahlmeier FRA Marie Dorin Habert BLR Darya Domracheva DetailWCH7 March 2015  FIN Kontiolahti   7.5 km Sprint FRA Marie Dorin Habert POL Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak UKR Valentyna Semerenko Detail8 March 2015     10 km Pursuit FRA Marie Dorin Habert GER Laura Dahlmeier POL Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Detail11 March 2015     15 km Individual RUS Ekaterina Yurlova CZE Gabriela Soukalová FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail15 March 2015     12.5 km Mass Start UKR Valentyna Semerenko GER Franziska Preuß ITA Karin Oberhofer Detail920 March 2015  RUS Khanty-Mansiysk   7.5 km Sprint FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen GER Laura Dahlmeier BLR Darya Domracheva Detail21 March 2015     10 km Pursuit BLR Darya Domracheva GER Laura Dahlmeier GER Franziska Preuß Detail22 March 2015     12.5 km Mass Start GER Laura Dahlmeier CZE Gabriela Soukalová FRA Marie Dorin Habert Detail Women's Relay Podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeaderDet. Detail 213 December 2014   AUT Hochfilzen   4 × 6 km Relay Luise Kummer Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková Detail47 January 2015   GER Oberhof   4 × 6 km Relay Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková Marine Bolliet Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva Detail514 January 2015   GER Ruhpolding   4 × 6 km Relay Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Detail625 January 2015   ITA Anterselva   4 × 6 km Relay Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Luise Kummer Laura Dahlmeier Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková Yuliia Dzhima Natalya Burdyga Olga Abramova Valentyna Semerenko Detail815 February 2015   NOR Oslo   4 × 6 km Relay Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Federica Sanfilippo Karin Oberhofer Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Coline Varcin Marie Dorin Habert DetailWCH13 March 2015   FIN Kontiolahti   4 × 6 km Relay Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer Detail Standings Overall Rankafter all 25 racesWomen's Total Score Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=TS&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bib BLR Darya Domracheva 1094 2. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 1047 3. UKR Valentyna Semerenko 869 4. CZE Veronika Vítková 798 5. GER Franziska Hildebrand 761 6. CZE Gabriela Soukalová 758 7. ITA Dorothea Wierer 751 8. GER Laura Dahlmeier 725 9. GER Franziska Preuß 658 10. ITA Karin Oberhofer 651 Individual Rankafter all 3 racesWomen's Individual Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=IN&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 162 2. BLR Darya Domracheva 139 3. CZE Veronika Vítková 122 4. GER Franziska Hildebrand 103 5. BLR Nadezhda Skardino 89 Sprint Rankafter all 10 racesWomen's Sprint Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=SP&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib BLR Darya Domracheva 417 2. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 366 3. CZE Veronika Vítková 349 4. ITA Dorothea Wierer 335 5. UKR Valentyna Semerenko 330 Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesWomen's Pursuit Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=PU&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jersey of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bibBLR Darya Domracheva 348 2. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 348 3. UKR Valentyna Semerenko 258 4. GER Laura Dahlmeier 224 5. ITA Dorothea Wierer 215 Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesWomen's Mass Start Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=MS&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib GER Franziska Preuß 218 2. UKR Valentyna Semerenko 210 3. BLR Darya Domracheva 206 4. CZE Gabriela Soukalová 200 5. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 195 Relay Rankafter all 6 racesWomen's Relay Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=RL&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 1. 318 2. 303 3. 271 4. 266 5. 255 Nation Rankafter all 23 racesWomen's Nations Cup Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=NC&SeasonId=1415&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.com Points 1. 7880.5 2. 7681.5 3. 7465.5 4. 7323.5 5. 7111 Mixed Relay Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.1 30 November 2014 SWE Östersund Mixed Relay Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade Synnøve Solemdal Tiril Eckhoff Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Lars Helge Birkeland Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Detail7 6 February 2015 CZE Nové Město Single Mixed Relay Yana Romanova Alexey Volkov Marte Olsbu Henrik L'Abée-Lund Juliya Dzhyma Artem Tyshchenko Detail7 6 February 2015 CZE Nové Město Mixed Relay Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec Iryna Varvynets Valj Semerenko Dmytro Pidruchnyi Serhiy Semenov DetailWC 5 March 2015 FIN Kontiolahti Mixed relay Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Detail Standings Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. NOR Norway 216 2. FRA France 197 3. CZE Czech Republic 174 4. UKR Ukraine 169 5. GER Germany 169 Final standings after 4 races. Medal table flagcountry 11 16 8 11 8 10 10 6 11 9 4 3 7 10 6 6 8 7 6 4 3 4 0 3 1 2 8 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 Achievements First World Cup career victory Men Erik Lesser GER, 26, in his 6th season — the World Championships Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2012–13 Individual in Östersund Nathan Smith CAN, 29, in his 7th season — the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2015 World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti Women Tiril Eckhoff NOR, 24, in her 4th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand Veronika Vítková CZE, 26, in her 9th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oberhof Fanny Welle-Strand Horn NOR, 26, in her 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was her first podium Laura Dahlmeier GER, 21, in her 3rd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Marie Dorin Habert FRA, 28, in her 8th season — the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk Ekaterina Yurlova RUS, 30, in her 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was her first podium Team – Single Mixed Relay in Nové MěstoMX First victory in Mixed Relay events First World Cup podium Men Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA, 22, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding Nathan Smith CAN, 29, in his 7th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti Benedikt Doll GER, 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk Women Karin Oberhofer ITA, 29, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen Olga Podchufarova RUS, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen Nicole Gontier ITA, 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof Franziska Preuß GER, 20, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding Laura Dahlmeier GER, 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Franziska Hildebrand GER, 27, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak POL, 28, in her 8th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti Team – no. 2 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové MěstoMX First victory in Mixed Relay events – no. 3 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové MěstoMX First victory in Mixed Relay events Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins) Menhttps://www.realbiathlon.com/records.html?gender=M&type=athletes&discipline=NonTeam&event=wc&category=table&stat=wins&min=1&limit=200&percent=Total Men's Overall records realbiathlon.com Martin Fourcade FRA, 8 (37) first places Jakov Fak SLO, 4 (8) first places Johannes Thingnes Bø NOR, 3 (8) first places Simon Schempp GER, 3 (5) first places Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR, 2 (37) first places Anton Shipulin RUS, 2 (7) first places Arnd Peiffer GER, 1 (7) first place Erik Lesser GER, 1 (1) first place Nathan Smith CAN, 1 (1) first place Womenhttps://www.realbiathlon.com/records.html?gender=W&type=athletes&discipline=NonTeam&event=wc&category=table&stat=wins&min=1&limit=200&percent=Total Women's Overall records realbiathlon.com Darya Domracheva BLR, 9 (25) first places Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN, 6 (15) first places Marie Dorin Habert FRA, 2 (2) first places Laura Dahlmeier GER, 2 (2) first places Gabriela Soukalová CZE, 1 (8) first place Valj Semerenko UKR, 1 (2) first place Tiril Eckhoff NOR, 1 (1) first place Veronika Vítková CZE, 1 (1) first place Fanny Welle-Strand Horn NOR, 1 (1) first place Ekaterina Yurlova RUS, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2014–15 season: Men Alexei Almoukov AUS Alexis Bœuf FRAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/alexis-boeuf-si-ritira-con-effetto-immediato Alexis Boeuf si ritira con effetto immediato Paone Francesco 13 December 2014 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Alexis Boeuf retires with immediate effect it Lee-Steve Jackson GBRhttp://www.britishbiathlon.com/index.htm#ATHLETE_RETIREMENTS ATHLETE RETIREMENTS n.d. British biathlon British Biathlon Union 28 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151008172101/http://www.britishbiathlon.com/index.htm#ATHLETE_RETIREMENTS 2015-10-08 dead Christoph Stephan GERhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/christoph-stephan-annuncia-il-ritiro-dallattivita-agonistica Christoph Stephan annuncia il ritiro dall'attività agonistica Paone Francesco 19 April 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Christoph Stephan announces retirement from racing it Lars Berger NORTingve Pål Marius 27 April 2015 Lars Berger legger opp http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/04/27/sport/sportno/idrett/ski/skiskyting/38887833/ Norwegian Dagbladet 27 April 2015 Martin Eng NOR Janez Marič SLOhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/ufficiale-il-ritiro-di-janez-maric-un-capitolo-di-storia-del-biathlon-sloveno Ufficiale il ritiro di Janez Maric, un capitolo di storia del biathlon sloveno Paone Francesco 3 October 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Official retirement of Janez Maric, a chapter of the history of Slovenian biathlon it Serguei Sednev UKRhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/serguei-sednev-si-ritira-con-effetto-immediato Serguei Sednev si ritira con effetto immediato Paone Francesco 3 October 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Serguei Sednev retires with immediate effect it Women Rayna Koyuva BGR Chaoqing Song CHN Yue Wang CHN Eevamari Rauhamaki FIN Sophie Boilley FRAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/la-francese-sophie-boilley-appende-gli-sci-al-chiodo La francese Sophie Boilley appende gli sci al chiodo Paone Francesco 30 March 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian The French Sophie Boilley hangs skis to the nail it Nerys Jones GBR Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle GER Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case http://www.dw.de/biathlete-sachenbacher-stehle-announces-retirement-following-doping-case/a-18102795 Deutsche Welle 30 November 2014 28 January 2015 Roberta Fiandino ITAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/fine-carriera-per-roberta-fiandino Fine carriera per Roberta Fiandino Paone Francesco 31 March 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian End career for Roberta Fiandino it Miki Kobayashi JPN Katsura Sato JPN Jo In-hee KOR Kim Kyung-nam KOR Ane Skrove Nossum NOR Anastasia Kalina RUS Olga Zaitseva RUShttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/olga-zaitseva-torna-sui-suoi-passi-e-decide-di-ritirarsi Olga Zaitseva torna sui suoi passi e decide di ritirarsi Paone Francesco 24 January 2015 9 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Olga Zaitseva back on his feet and decides to retire it Yana Romanova RUSЯна Романова завершила спортивную карьеру Evgenia Seledtsova RUS Notes References External links IBU official site Category:Biathlon World Cup Category:2014 in biathlon Category:2015 in biathlon