2015–16 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup Overall FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Gabriela Soukalová Nations Cup NOR Norway GER Germany Individual FRA Martin Fourcade ITA Dorothea Wierer Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Gabriela Soukalová Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Gabriela Soukalová Mass start FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Gabriela Soukalová Relay NOR Norway GER Germany Mixed NOR Norway 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season began on 29 November 2015 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 19 March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Termine bis 2018 Biathlon Online Magazin 3 March 2015 http://www.biathlon-online.de/termine/ de The defending overall champions from the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Darya Domracheva of Belarus, but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.June 2026 Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season. Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details 1 SWE Östersund 29 November–6 December ● ● ● ● ● details 2 AUT Hochfilzen 11–13 December ● ● ● details 3 SLO Pokljuka 17–20 December ● ● ● details 4 GER RuhpoldingOriginally scheduled in Oberhof on 7–10 January, relocated in Ruhpolding due to lack of snow.http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2675 Relocation Worldcup 4 to Ruhpolding International Biathlon Union 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160105025922/http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2675 2016-01-05 dead "nb" 8–10 January ● ● ● details 5 GER Ruhpolding 13–17 January ● ● ● details 6 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ● details 7 CAN Canmore 4–7 February ● ● ● ● details 8 USA Presque Isle 11–13 February ● ● ● details WC NOR Holmenkollen 3–13 March ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships 9 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 17–19 March ● ● Cancelled details Total: 65 (30 men's, 30 women's, 5 mixed) 3 9 8 5 5 3 2 Men World Cup podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bibDet. Detail12 December 2015  SWE Östersund   20 km Individual NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Simon Schempp RUS Alexey Volkov NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail5 December 2015     10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade GER Arnd Peiffer NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail6 December 2015     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade GER Arnd Peiffer FRA Quentin Fillon Maillet FRA Martin Fourcade Detail211 December 2015  AUT Hochfilzen   10 km Sprint GER Simon Schempp FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Tarjei Bø Detail12 December 2015     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade GER Simon Schempp RUS Anton Shipulin Detail317 December 2015  SLO Pokljuka   10 km Sprint GER Simon Schempp NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Evgenii Garanichev Detail19 December 2015     12.5 km Pursuit GER Simon Schempp FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin Detail20 December 2015     15 km Mass Start FRA Jean-Guillaume Béatrix NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail48 January 2016  GER Ruhpolding   10 km Sprint NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø NOR Tarjei Bø NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail9 January 2016     12.5 km Pursuit AUT Simon Eder FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Michal Šlesingr Detail10 January 2016     15 km Mass Start FRA Martin Fourcade CZE Ondřej Moravec NOR Tarjei Bø Detail513 January 2016  GER Ruhpolding   20 km Individual FRA Martin Fourcade AUT Simon Eder RUS Anton Shipulin Detail16 January 2016     15 km Mass Start GER Erik Lesser FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Evgenii Garanichev Detail622 January 2016  ITA Anterselva   10 km Sprint GER Simon Schempp RUS Maxim Tsvetkov NOR Tarjei Bø Detail23 January 2016     12.5 km Pursuit RUS Anton Shipulin GER Simon Schempp NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail74 February 2016  CAN Canmore   10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade RUS Anton Shipulin GER Simon Schempp Detail6 February 2016     15 km Mass Start ITA Dominik Windisch GER Benedikt Doll FRA Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail811 February 2016  USA Presque Isle   10 km Sprint NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø RUS Anton Shipulin FRA Martin Fourcade Detail12 February 2016     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø RUS Anton Shipulin DetailWCH5 March 2016  NOR Oslo   10 km Sprint FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen UKR Serhiy Semenov Detail6 March 2016     12.5 km Pursuit FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail10 March 2016     20 km Individual FRA Martin Fourcade AUT Dominik Landertinger AUT Simon Eder Detail13 March 2016     15 km Mass Start NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø FRA Martin Fourcade NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail918 March 2016  RUS Khanty-Mansiysk   10 km Sprint AUT Julian Eberhard GER Simon Schempp GER Arnd Peiffer Detail19 March 2016     12.5 km Pursuit GER Simon Schempp NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø GER Erik Lesser Detail20 March 2016     15 km Mass Start Cancelled due to strong winds Detail Men's Relay Podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeaderDet. Detail 213 December 2015   AUT Hochfilzen   4 × 7.5 km Relay Alexey Volkov Evgenii Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin Henrik L'Abée-Lund Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Detail515 January 2016   GER Ruhpolding   4 × 7.5 km Relay Ole Einar Bjørndalen Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexey Volkov Evgenii Garanichev Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Shipulin Sven Grossegger Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger / Detail624 January 2016   ITA Anterselva   4 × 7.5 km Relay Maxim Tsvetkov Evgenii Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Ole Einar Bjørndalen Lars Helge Birkeland Johannes Thingnes Bø Erlend Bjøntegaard Detail813 February 2016   USA Presque Isle   4 × 7.5 km Relay Lars Helge Birkeland Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Daniel Böhm Benedikt Doll DetailWCH12 March 2016   NOR Oslo   4 × 7.5 km Relay Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Christian Gow Nathan Smith Scott Gow Brendan Green Detail Standings Overall Rankafter all 25 racesMen's Total Score Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=TS&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bib FRA Martin Fourcade 1151 2. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 820 3. RUS Anton Shipulin 806 4. GER Simon Schempp 769 5. AUT Simon Eder 714 6. NOR Tarjei Bø 708 7. RUS Evgenii Garanichev 659 8. GER Benedikt Doll 602 9. AUT Dominik Landertinger 600 10. NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen 595 Individual Rankafter all 3 racesMen's Individual Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=IN&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 140 2. AUT Simon Eder 138 3. AUT Dominik Landertinger 105 4. RUS Anton Shipulin 100 5. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 90 Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesMen's Sprint Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=SP&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 379 2. GER Simon Schempp 316 3. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 298 4. GER Arnd Peiffer 262 5. RUS Anton Shipulin 251 Pursuit Rankafter all 8 racesMen's Pursuit Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?DisciplineId=PU&women=false&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1&men=true www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 391 2. RUS Anton Shipulin 300 3. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 4. NOR Tarjei Bø 267 5. AUT Simon Eder 254 Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesMen's Mass Start Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=MS&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib FRA Martin Fourcade 242 2. FRA Quentin Fillon Maillet 162 3. RUS Anton Shipulin 155 4. NOR Johannes Thingnes Bø 154 5. RUS Evgenii Garanichev 153 Relay Rankafter all 5 racesMen's Relay Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=RL&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 1. 282 2. 255 3. 236 4. 217 5. 209 Nation Rankafter all 22 racesMen's Nations Cup Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=false&men=true&DisciplineId=NC&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.com Points 1. 7808 2. 7518 3. 7178 4. 7113 5. 6795 Women World Cup podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bibDet. Detail13 December 2015  SWE Östersund   15 km Individual ITA Dorothea Wierer FRA Marie Dorin Habert UKR Olena Pidhrushna ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail5 December 2015     7.5 km Sprint CZE Gabriela Soukalová ITA Federica Sanfilippo UKR Olena Pidhrushna CZE Gabriela Soukalová Detail6 December 2015     10 km Pursuit FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen ITA Dorothea Wierer GER Franziska Hildebrand Detail211 December 2015  AUT Hochfilzen   7.5 km Sprint GER Franziska Hildebrand GER Maren Hammerschmidt GER Miriam Gössner Detail12 December 2015     10 km Pursuit GER Laura Dahlmeier GER Maren Hammerschmidt CZE Gabriela Soukalová Detail318 December 2015  SLO Pokljuka   7.5 km Sprint FRA Marie Dorin Habert GER Laura Dahlmeier GER Franziska Hildebrand Detail19 December 2015     10 km Pursuit GER Laura Dahlmeier FRA Marie Dorin Habert FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FRA Marie Dorin Habert Detail20 December 2015     12.5 km Mass Start FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen CZE Gabriela Soukalová RUS Olga Podchufarova CZE Gabriela Soukalová Detail48 January 2016  GER Ruhpolding   7.5 km Sprint GER Franziska Hildebrand CZE Gabriela Soukalová FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail9 January 2016     10 km Pursuit GER Laura Dahlmeier CZE Gabriela Soukalová ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail10 January 2016     12.5 km Mass Start GER Laura Dahlmeier FRA Marie Dorin Habert NOR Tiril Eckhoff Detail514 January 2016  GER Ruhpolding   15 km Individual ITA Dorothea Wierer FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen CZE Gabriela Soukalová Detail16 January 2016     12.5 km Mass Start CZE Gabriela Soukalová GER Franziska Hildebrand GER Laura Dahlmeier Detail621 January 2016  ITA Anterselva   7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Podchufarova ITA Dorothea Wierer RUS Ekaterina Yurlova Detail23 January 2016     10 km Pursuit RUS Ekaterina Yurlova SUI Selina Gasparin ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail75 February 2016  CAN Canmore   7.5 km Sprint UKR Olena Pidhrushna POL Krystyna Guzik ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail6 February 2016     12.5 km Mass Start ITA Dorothea Wierer FRA Marie Dorin Habert CZE Gabriela Soukalová Detail811 February 2016  USA Presque Isle   7.5 km Sprint CZE Gabriela Soukalová USA Susan Dunklee POL Krystyna Guzik Detail12 February 2016     10 km Pursuit CZE Gabriela Soukalová FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FRA Marie Dorin Habert DetailWCH5 March 2016  NOR Oslo   7.5 km Sprint NOR Tiril Eckhoff FRA Marie Dorin Habert GER Laura Dahlmeier Detail6 March 2016     10 km Pursuit GER Laura Dahlmeier ITA Dorothea Wierer FRA Marie Dorin Habert Detail9 March 2016     15 km Individual FRA Marie Dorin Habert FRA Anaïs Bescond GER Laura Dahlmeier Detail13 March 2016     12.5 km Mass Start FRA Marie Dorin Habert GER Laura Dahlmeier FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail917 March 2016  RUS Khanty-Mansiysk   7.5 km Sprint FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen CZE Gabriela Soukalová NOR Marte Olsbu Detail19 March 2016     10 km Pursuit FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen FRA Marie Dorin Habert ITA Dorothea Wierer Detail20 March 2016     12.5 km Mass Start Cancelled due to strong winds Detail Women's Relay Podiums WC World CupDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeaderDet. Detail 213 December 2015   AUT Hochfilzen   4 × 6 km Relay Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Federica Sanfilippo Dorothea Wierer Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Yuliia Dzhima Olga Abramova Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna Detail517 January 2016   GER Ruhpolding   4 × 6 km Relay Iryna Varvynets Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna Karolin Horchler Miriam Gössner Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer / Detail624 January 2016   ITA Anterselva   4 × 6 km Relay Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Eva Puskarčíková Lucie Charvátová Gabriela Soukalová Veronika Vítková Ekaterina Shumilova Anastasia Zagoruiko Ekaterina Yurlova Olga Podchufarova Detail813 February 2016   USA Presque Isle   4 × 6 km Relay Eva Puskarčíková Lucie Charvátová Gabriela Soukalová Veronika Vítková Iryna Varvynets Natalya Burdyga Yuliia Dzhima Olena Pidhrushna Franziska Preuß Luise Kummer Miriam Gössner Karolin Horchler DetailWCH11 March 2016   NOR Oslo   4 × 6 km Relay Synnøve Solemdal Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier Detail Standings Overall Rankafter all 25 racesWomen's Total Score Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=TS&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Yellow bib CZE Gabriela Soukalová 1074 2. FRA Marie Dorin Habert 1028 3. ITA Dorothea Wierer 944 4. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 892 5. GER Franziska Hildebrand 793 6. GER Laura Dahlmeier 786 7. UKR Olena Pidhrushna 754 8. CZE Veronika Vítková 705 9. FRA Anaïs Bescond 666 10. POL Krystyna Guzik 566 Individual Rankafter all 3 racesWomen's Individual Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=IN&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib ITA Dorothea Wierer 154 2. FRA Marie Dorin Habert 152 3. CZE Gabriela Soukalová 128 4. GER Franziska Hildebrand 112 5. FRA Anaïs Bescond 107 Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesWomen's Sprint Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=SP&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib CZE Gabriela Soukalová 413 2. FRA Marie Dorin Habert 336 3. ITA Dorothea Wierer 327 4. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 309 5. UKR Olena Pidhrushna 299 Pursuit Rankafter all 8 racesWomen's Pursuit Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=PU&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jersey of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bibCZE Gabriela Soukalová 354 2. ITA Dorothea Wierer 348 3. FRA Marie Dorin Habert 331 4. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 5. GER Laura Dahlmeier 265 Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesWomen's Mass Start Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=MS&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 25px|link=Leaders jerse of the classification in winter sports|alt=Red bib CZE Gabriela Soukalová 241 2. FRA Marie Dorin Habert 236 3. GER Laura Dahlmeier 228 4. FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 179 5. GER Franziska Hildebrand 169 Relay Rankafter all 5 racesWomen's Relay Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=RL&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.comPoints 1. 236 2. 228 3. 228 4. 227 5. 202 Nation Rankafter all 22 racesWomen's Nations Cup Points https://www.biathlonworld.com/standings?women=true&men=false&DisciplineId=NC&SeasonId=1516&athleteCup=1 www.biathlonworld.com Points 1. 7417 2. 7176 3. 6944 4. 6822 5. 6573 Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 1 29 November 2015 SWE Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Lars Helge Birkeland Rosanna Crawford Nathan Smith Maren Hammerschmidt Daniel Böhm Detail 1 29 November 2015 SWE Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Benedikt Doll Simon Schempp Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec Detail 7 7 February 2016 CAN Canmore 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Marie Dorin Habert Martin Fourcade Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder Hilde Fenne Lars Helge Birkeland Detail 7 7 February 2016 CAN Canmore 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Dorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Marte Olsbu Synnøve Solemdal Alexander Os Håvard Bogetveit Detail WC 3 March 2016 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Detail Standings: Mixed Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. NOR Norway 264 2. GER Germany 252 3. FRA France 223 4. RUS Russia 191 5. CAN Canada 183 Final standings after 5 races. Medal table flagcountry 17 14 6 14 18 13 11 8 15 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 10 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Achievements First World Cup career victory Men Jean-Guillaume Béatrix FRA, 27, in his 9th season — the WC 3 Mass Start in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva Dominik Windisch ITA, 26, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore; it also was his first podium Julian Eberhard AUT, 29, in his 8th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was his first podium Women Dorothea Wierer ITA, 25, in her 6th season — the WC 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Pokljuka Franziska Hildebrand GER, 28, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Nové Město Olga Podchufarova RUS, 23, in her 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Pursuit in Hochfilzen First World Cup podium Men Maxim Tsvetkov RUS, 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Dominik Windisch ITA, 26, in his 9th season — no. 1 WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore Julian Eberhard AUT, 29, in his 8th season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiyk Women Federica Sanfilippo ITA, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund Maren Hammerschmidt GER, 26, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen Marte Olsbu NOR, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Men Martin Fourcade FRA, 10 (47) first places Simon Schempp GER, 5 (10) first places Johannes Thingnes Bø NOR, 3 (11) first places Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR, 1 (94) first place Anton Shipulin RUS, 1 (8) first place Simon Eder AUT, 1 (3) first place Erik Lesser GER, 1 (2) first place Jean-Guillaume Béatrix FRA, 1 (1) first place Dominik Windisch ITA, 1 (1) first place Julian Eberhard AUT, 1 (1) first place Women Laura Dahlmeier GER, 5 (7) first places Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN, 4 (19) first places Gabriela Soukalová CZE, 4 (12) first places Marie Dorin Habert FRA, 3 (5) first places Dorothea Wierer ITA, 3 (3) first places Franziska Hildebrand GER, 2 (2) first places Ekaterina Yurlova RUS, 1 (2) first place Olena Pidhrushna UKR, 1 (2) first place Tiril Eckhoff NOR, 1 (2) first place Olga Podchufarova RUS, 1 (1) first place Retirements Men Friedrich Pinter AUThttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/si-ritirano-fritz-pinter-e-audrey-vaillancourt-salgono-a-9-i-ritiri-nel-biathlon Si ritirano Fritz Pinter e Audrey Vaillancourt. Salgono a 9 gli addii nel biathlon Paone Francesco 4 May 2016 8 May 2016 Neve Italia it Fritz Pinter and Audrey Vaillancourt retires. Rising to nine retirements in biathlon. Scott Perras CANhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/natalya-burdyga-si-ritira-ancora Natalya Burdyga si ritira. Ancora. Smette anche Scott Perras. Salgono a 11 gli addii nel biathlon Paone Francesco 15 May 2016 31 May 2016 Neve Italia it Natalya Burdyga retires. Again. Scott Perras also stops. Rising to eleven retirements in biathlon. Indrek Tobreluts ESTRoosna Märt 14 January 2016 Pika karjääri lõpetanud Indrek Tobreluts: toredad aastad olid The end of the long career of Indrek Tobreluts: they were wonderful years http://epl.delfi.ee/archive/pika-karjaari-lopetanud-indrek-tobreluts-toredad-aastad-olid?id=73409171 et Eesti Päevaleht 8 March 2016 et Andreas Birnbacher GER9 March 2016 Überraschung in Oslo: Birnbacher beendet Karriere http://www.merkur.de/sport/wintersport/andreas-birnbacher-beendet-nach-biathlon-wm-oslo-seine-karriere-zr-6191124.html Merkur de Christian De Lorenzi ITAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/a-forni-avoltri-si-e-conclusa-la-carriera-di-christian-de-lorenzi A Forni Avoltri si è conclusa la carriera di Christian De Lorenzi Paone Francesco 26 March 2016 27 March 2016 Neve Italia it The career of Christian De Lorenzi concluded in Forni Avoltri Christian Martinelli ITAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/fine-carriera-anche-per-christian-martinelli Fine carriera anche per Christian Martinelli Paone Francesco 27 March 2016 8 May 2016 Neve Italia it Christian Martinelli ends career as well Alexander Os NOREidissen Lars 31 May 2016 Alexander Os legger opp som skiskytter og blir pappa igjen Alexander Os retires as biathlete and becomes father again http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/skiskyting/Alexander-Os-legger-opp-som-skiskytter-og-blir-pappa-igjen-757242_1.snd no Aftenposten 31 May 2016 Krzysztof Pływaczyk POL Ivan Tcherezov RUShttp://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2835 Retirement for Russia’s Ivan Tcherezov 19 March 2016 Biathlonworld International Biathlon Union 22 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160331203336/http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2835 2016-03-31 dead Miroslav Matiaško SVKhttp://biatlon-info.sk/profily-slovakov/21-teraz-ukoncili-karieru/38-miroslav-matiasko Miroslav Matiaško n.d. Biathlon-Info 14 December 2016 Women Zina Kocher CANhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/zina-kocher-chiude-la-sua-carriera Zina Kocher chiude la sua carriera Paone Francesco 28 March 2016 8 May 2016 Neve Italia it Zina Kocher ends her career Audrey Vaillancourt CAN Barbora Tomešová CZEhttp://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2866 Retirement for Alexander Os…and More Athletes en Biathlonworld International Biathlon Union 1 June 2016 9 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160805130046/http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2866 5 August 2016 dead dmy-all Daria Yurlova EST Annukka Siltakorpi FIN Marine Bolliet FRAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/marine-bolliet-appende-sci-e-carabina-al-chiodo Marine Bolliet appende sci e carabina al chiodo Paone Francesco 18 March 2016 8 May 2016 Neve Italia it Marine Bolliet hangs up skis and rifle Elena Khrustaleva KAZ Marina Lebedeva KAZ Marija Kaznacenko LTU Bente Landheim NOR Jori Mørkve NORØrjan Brattetveit 4 April 2016 Siste jubel for Jori Last hurrah for Jori http://www.avisa-hordaland.no/sport/siste-jubel-for-jori-1.1835015 no Hordaland 22 September 2019 22 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190922032617/http://www.avisa-hordaland.no/sport/siste-jubel-for-jori-1.1835015 dead Elise Ringen NOR 31 March 2016 Ringen legger opp Ringen retires http://www.t-a.no/ekstra/2016/03/31/Ringen-legger-opp-12537443.ece no Trønder-Avisa 12 August 2017 12 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170812101309/http://www.t-a.no/ekstra/2016/03/31/Ringen-legger-opp-12537443.ece dead Olga Vilukhina RUS Martina Chrapánová SVKhttp://biatlon-info.sk/profily-slovakov/21-teraz-ukoncili-karieru/18-martina-chrapanova Martina Chrapánová n.d. Biathlon-Info 14 December 2016 Natália Prekopová SVKhttp://biatlon-info.sk/profily-slovakov/21-teraz-ukoncili-karieru/42-natalia-prekopova Natália Prekopová n.d. Biathlon-Info 14 December 2016 Natalya Burdyga UKR Annelies Cook USAhttp://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/news/lowell-bailey-e-claire-egan-protagonista-ai-campionati-noram-annelies-cook-vince-nel-giorno-del-ritiro Lowell Bailey e Clare Egan protagonisti ai campionati NorAm. Annelies Cook vince nel giorno del ritiro Paone Francesco 28 March 2016 8 May 2016 Neve Italia it Lowell Bailey and Clare Egan are the protagonists of the NorAm championships. Annelies Cook victorious on the day of her retirement Hannah Dreissigacker USA Footnotes nb References 30em External links IBU official site IBU Guide 2015–16 season (PDF) RealBiathlon - statistics and analyses Category:Biathlon World Cup Category:2015 in biathlon Category:2016 in biathlon