Biathlon World Championship 2005
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The 40th Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Pillersee valley 5km west of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001.It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 from 4 to 13 March. Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions. The mixed relay, contested for the first time in the World Championships, was held in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Pursuit 12.5 km

Date: 6 March 2005



Non-starters were Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...

, AUT
AUT
AUT may refer to:- Autriche - Österreich*The IATA airport code for the airport in Atauro, Indonesia.*The ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code for Austria-Other uses:In education:*Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran...

 and Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher is a German biathlete. His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2007 world championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 world championships.-External links:*...

, GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.




Relay 4 x 6 km

Date: 11 March 2005


In total, 19 countries presented teams for the start.




4 x 6 km Relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....


Svetlana Ishmuratova
Ivan Cherezov
Ivan Cherezov
- Honours :Winter Olympics*2006 in Turin : silver medal in the 4x7.5 km relay.Biathlon World Championships*2007 in Antholz : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay.*2008 in Östersund : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay....


Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
 Russia 1


Anna Bogaliy
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...


Sergey Tchepikov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov is a Russian biathlete.-Career:*World Championships*1999: Silver medal on the relay*2000: Gold medal on the relay*2003: Silver medal on the relay*2005: Silver medal on the relay-References:*...

 
 Russia 2


Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...


Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...


Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...


Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

 
 Germany 1



Medal table

The 40th Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Pillersee valley 5km west of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001.It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 from 4 to 13 March. Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions. The mixed relay, contested for the first time in the World Championships, was held in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Sprint 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

24:37.5 1-0
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 10.5 1-0
3 LAT
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

Ilmārs Bricis
Ilmars Bricis
Ilmārs Bricis is former Latvian biathlete, who has participated in six Winter Olympics from 1992 to 2010.He is married to three-time Olympian Anžela Brice...

+ 24.0 0-0
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 26.3 0-1
5 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 34.1 0-0
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 41.9 1-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

+ 49.4 0-1
8 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Carl Johan Bergman
Carl Johan Bergman
Carl Johan Bergman is a Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian girlfriend, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is , and weighs 152 lb ....

+ 51.2 0-1
9 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 51.5 0-1
10 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

+ 53.5 0-1


Date: 5 March 2005





Pursuit 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

36:41.4 0-1-1-1
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 39.2 0-0-0-0
3 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 50.7 2-0-1-0
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 1:11.1 0-0-0-1
5 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 1:16.1 0-0-0-1
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

+ 1:53.9 0-1-2-0
7 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

+ 2:16.7 1-1-1-0
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya is a Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship.-References:* , from biathlonworld.com...

+ 2:29.6 0-2-2-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 2:32.5 0-0-2-2
10 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 2:33.6 1-1-3-0


Date: 6 March 2005



Non-starters were Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...

, AUT
AUT
AUT may refer to:- Autriche - Österreich*The IATA airport code for the airport in Atauro, Indonesia.*The ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code for Austria-Other uses:In education:*Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran...

 and Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher is a German biathlete. His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2007 world championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 world championships.-External links:*...

, GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.




Mass start 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

40:51.9 1-0-2-0
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 11.0 0-1-1-1
3 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 20.6 0-0-1-1
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 27.3 0-0-0-1
5 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 30.7 0-0-2-0
6 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya is a Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship.-References:* , from biathlonworld.com...

+ 33.2 2-0-0-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Groß + 34.5 0-1-1-0
8 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 36.7 0-0-1-1
9 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Olexander Bilanenko
Olexander Bilanenko
Olexander Viktorovich Bilanenko is a Ukrainian biathlete.- External links :*...

+ 37.7 0-0-0-0
10 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 46.1 0-0-0-2


Date: 13 March 2005





Individual 20 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 CZE
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Roman Dostál
Roman Dostál
Roman Dostál is a Czech biathlete. He became a Biathlon World Champion on the 20 km in 2005. The victory itself was very surprising because he has never managed to come among the top three in any World Cup competition.-References:*...

1:00:24.5 0-0-0-1
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 9.4 0-0-0-0
3 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Groß + 26.9 1-0-0-1
4 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 1:05.2 0-1-1-1
5 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 1:55.0 0-1-1-1
6 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

+ 2:01.7 1-1-0-3
7 FIN
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

Vesa Hietalahti
Vesa Hietalahti
Vesa Hietalahti is a former Finnish biathlete-References:*...

+ 2:22.1 0-1-1-0
8 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 2:26.3 1-1-0-0
9 CZE
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Michal Šlesingr
Michal Šlesingr
Michal Šlesingr is a Czech biathlete. His biggest achievement so far is silver medal in 10 km sprint and bronze medal in 20 km individual at the 2007 World Championship in Antholz, Italy.- External links :*...

+ 2:41.6 0-1-1-1
10 ITA
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Wilfried Pallhuber
Wilfried Pallhuber
Wilfried "Willi the Kid" Pallhuber . Is an Italian biathlete. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino he competed in his fifth olympics...

+ 3:10.8 1-1-0-1


Date: 9 March 2005





Relay 4 x 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Halvard Hanevold
Halvard Hanevold
Halvard Hanevold , is a Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion. Hanevold won the bronze medal in the men's 20 km individual and the silver medal in the men's 10 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He also medaled in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter...

 
Stian Eckhoff
Stian Eckhoff
Stian Eckhoff, born 3 September 1979 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian biathlete.- Honours :*World Championships** 2005, gold medal in the relay.*Junior World Championships** 1999: silver medal in relay* World Championships...

 
Egil Gjelland
Egil Gjelland
Egil Gjelland is a former Norwegian biathlete. He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

1:21:59.2 0+5
0+1
0+1
0+0
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Rozhkov 
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. 
Pavel Rostovtsev
Pavel Rostovtsev
Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев (born September 21, 1971 in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast is a former Russian...

 
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 26.0 0+0
0+1
0+1
0+3
3 AUT
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...

 
Friedrich Pinter
Friedrich Pinter
Friedrich Pinter is an Austrian biathlete.- Career :*World Championships*2005 - bronze medal on the relay-References:*...

 
Wolfgang Rottmann
Wolfgang Rottmann
Wolfgang Rottmann is a former biathlete from Austria.As the result of a doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the IOC banned Rottmann for life from competing in the Olympics. -Career:...

 
Christoph Sumann
Christoph Sumann
Christoph "Sumi" Sumann is an Austrian biathlete.As many fellow biathletes Sumann picked up the sport switching from cross-country skiing he had been doing since childhood. By mid-1990s he entered junior ski team of Austria and he made it onto the senior level later on...

+ 43:3 0+2
0+0
0+1
0+1
4 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Alexander Syman 
Sergei Novikov 
Rustam Valiullin 
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Oleg Vladimirovich Ryzhenkov is a Belarusian biathlete.- Career :*World Championships*1995 - Bronze medal on the 20 km and on the relay*1996 - Gold medal in the Team event, bronze medal on the relay...

+ 59.2 0+1
0+0
0+2
1+4
5 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Julien Robert
Julien Robert
Julien Robert is a French biathlete.As a member of the French team, he won bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

 
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 
Ferreol Cannard
Ferréol Cannard
Ferréol Cannard is a French biathlete. He celebrated his biggest triumphs with the French relay team at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, where he won a bronze medal with the French relay team. He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof- References :*...

 
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 1:45.2 0+1
0+1
0+0
0+2
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Alexander Wolf
Alexander Wolf
Alexander Wolf is a German biathlete. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, Sweden, he won bronze medals in the 12.5 km pursuit and the 4×7.5 km relay.-External links:*...

 
Ricco Groß 
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

 
Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 1:59.1 1+6
1+5
0+3
0+0


Date: 12 March 2005





Sprint 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

21:58.6 0-0
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...

+ 3.5 0-0
3 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Olena Zubrilova
Olena Zubrilova
Olena Zubrilova is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for the Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002....

+ 26.6 0-0
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 34.1 0-2
5 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 34.7 0-1
6 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 43.8 0-1
7 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 49.0 1-1
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 53.2 0-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

+ 1:03.7 0-0
10 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 1:09.5 0-1


Date: 5 March 2005





Pursuit 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

33:32.5 1-0-2-1
2 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 17.9 0-1-1-2
3 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

+ 40.6 0-1-1-2
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 49.5 3-0-0-1
5 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 51.9 2-0-0-2
6 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 53.6 1-0-0-3
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club...

+ 1:04.3 1-0-1-1
8 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

+ 1:09.2 0-0-2-0
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:20.5 0-2-2-2
10 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

+ 1:28.9 0-0-2-2


Date: 6 March 2005





Mass Start 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

41:40.3 0-1-0-3
2 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 3.7 0-1-1-1
3 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 8.4 1-1-1-0
4 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 12.7 2-1-1-0
5 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...

+ 17.7 1-0-1-1
6 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Jingchao Kong + 21.2 2-2-0-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

+ 38.7 0-0-2-1
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 1:05.4 1-1-0-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:16.3 2-0-2-1
10 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

+ 1:19.0 1-1-4-0


Date: 13 March 2005





Individual 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

52,37.5 0-1-0-0
2 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Sun Riboun + 30.2 0-1-0-1
3 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Linda Tjørhom + 34.3 1-0-0-0
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 41.5 0-1-1-1
5 BUL
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. At the age of 15 years she signed up in the sports club of her hometown, where she went in for biathlon. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

+ 44.2 0-1-0-1
6 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 52.3 1-0-0-1
7 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 1:16.5 1-0-0-1
8 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 2:04.6 0-2-0-2
9 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 2:13.5 0-0-1-1
10 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

+ 2:16.7 0-0-1-2


Date: 8 March 2005





Relay 4 x 6 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

 
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

 
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

 
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...

1:13:44.4 0+1
0+3
0+0
0+3
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

 
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club...

 
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

 
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...

+ 41.4 1+6
0+2
0+1
0+3
3 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Ekaterina Ivanova 
Olga Nazarova 
Liudmila Ananko 
Olena Zubrylava
+ 53.2 1+3
0+2
0+1
0+3
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Delphyne Peretto
Delphyne Peretto
Delphyne Peretto is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics.Peretto retired at the end of the 2007-08 season.- External links :*...

 
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

 
Anne-Laure Mignerey 
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:23.7 0+1
0+0
0+2
0+1
5 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Tora Berger
Tora Berger
Tora Berger is a World Cup level biathlete and Olympic Champion. She has been a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999. She has 5 individual victories in the World Cup. She is the sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger...

 
Liv Kjersti Eikeland 
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

 
Linda Tjørhom
+ 1:34.3 0+3
2+4
0+3
0+0
6 SVK
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

Anna Murinova 
Martina Halinarova
Martina Halinárová
Martina Halinárová, née Jašicová, also known as Schwarzbacherová from her first marriage, is a Slovakian biathlete.She won a silver medal at the 1999 Biathlon World Championships.-References:*...

 
Marcela Pavkovcekova 
Sona Mihokova
+ 1:51.5 0+1
0+1
0+1
0+2


Date: 11 March 2005


In total, 19 countries presented teams for the start.




4 x 6 km Relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....


Svetlana Ishmuratova
Ivan Cherezov
Ivan Cherezov
- Honours :Winter Olympics*2006 in Turin : silver medal in the 4x7.5 km relay.Biathlon World Championships*2007 in Antholz : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay.*2008 in Östersund : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay....


Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
 Russia 1


Anna Bogaliy
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...


Sergey Tchepikov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov is a Russian biathlete.-Career:*World Championships*1999: Silver medal on the relay*2000: Gold medal on the relay*2003: Silver medal on the relay*2005: Silver medal on the relay-References:*...

 
 Russia 2


Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...


Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...


Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...


Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

 
 Germany 1



Medal table

The 40th Biathlon World Championships
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in...

were held in 2005 for the third time in Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Pillersee valley 5km west of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001.It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 from 4 to 13 March. Approximately 80,000 spectators went to see the competitions. The mixed relay, contested for the first time in the World Championships, was held in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Sprint 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

24:37.5 1-0
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 10.5 1-0
3 LAT
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

Ilmārs Bricis
Ilmars Bricis
Ilmārs Bricis is former Latvian biathlete, who has participated in six Winter Olympics from 1992 to 2010.He is married to three-time Olympian Anžela Brice...

+ 24.0 0-0
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 26.3 0-1
5 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 34.1 0-0
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 41.9 1-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

+ 49.4 0-1
8 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Carl Johan Bergman
Carl Johan Bergman
Carl Johan Bergman is a Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian girlfriend, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is , and weighs 152 lb ....

+ 51.2 0-1
9 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 51.5 0-1
10 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

+ 53.5 0-1


Date: 5 March 2005





Pursuit 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

36:41.4 0-1-1-1
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 39.2 0-0-0-0
3 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 50.7 2-0-1-0
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 1:11.1 0-0-0-1
5 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 1:16.1 0-0-0-1
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

+ 1:53.9 0-1-2-0
7 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

+ 2:16.7 1-1-1-0
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya is a Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship.-References:* , from biathlonworld.com...

+ 2:29.6 0-2-2-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 2:32.5 0-0-2-2
10 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 2:33.6 1-1-3-0


Date: 6 March 2005



Non-starters were Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...

, AUT
AUT
AUT may refer to:- Autriche - Österreich*The IATA airport code for the airport in Atauro, Indonesia.*The ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code for Austria-Other uses:In education:*Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran...

 and Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher
Andreas Birnbacher is a German biathlete. His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2007 world championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 world championships.-External links:*...

, GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.




Mass start 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

40:51.9 1-0-2-0
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 11.0 0-1-1-1
3 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 20.6 0-0-1-1
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. + 27.3 0-0-0-1
5 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 30.7 0-0-2-0
6 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Deryzemlya is a Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship.-References:* , from biathlonworld.com...

+ 33.2 2-0-0-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Groß + 34.5 0-1-1-0
8 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 36.7 0-0-1-1
9 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Olexander Bilanenko
Olexander Bilanenko
Olexander Viktorovich Bilanenko is a Ukrainian biathlete.- External links :*...

+ 37.7 0-0-0-0
10 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 46.1 0-0-0-2


Date: 13 March 2005





Individual 20 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 CZE
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Roman Dostál
Roman Dostál
Roman Dostál is a Czech biathlete. He became a Biathlon World Champion on the 20 km in 2005. The victory itself was very surprising because he has never managed to come among the top three in any World Cup competition.-References:*...

1:00:24.5 0-0-0-1
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 9.4 0-0-0-0
3 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Ricco Groß + 26.9 1-0-0-1
4 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

+ 1:05.2 0-1-1-1
5 POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora
Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....

+ 1:55.0 0-1-1-1
6 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

+ 2:01.7 1-1-0-3
7 FIN
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

Vesa Hietalahti
Vesa Hietalahti
Vesa Hietalahti is a former Finnish biathlete-References:*...

+ 2:22.1 0-1-1-0
8 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 2:26.3 1-1-0-0
9 CZE
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

Michal Šlesingr
Michal Šlesingr
Michal Šlesingr is a Czech biathlete. His biggest achievement so far is silver medal in 10 km sprint and bronze medal in 20 km individual at the 2007 World Championship in Antholz, Italy.- External links :*...

+ 2:41.6 0-1-1-1
10 ITA
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Wilfried Pallhuber
Wilfried Pallhuber
Wilfried "Willi the Kid" Pallhuber . Is an Italian biathlete. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino he competed in his fifth olympics...

+ 3:10.8 1-1-0-1


Date: 9 March 2005





Relay 4 x 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Halvard Hanevold
Halvard Hanevold
Halvard Hanevold , is a Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion. Hanevold won the bronze medal in the men's 20 km individual and the silver medal in the men's 10 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He also medaled in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter...

 
Stian Eckhoff
Stian Eckhoff
Stian Eckhoff, born 3 September 1979 in Trondheim, is a Norwegian biathlete.- Honours :*World Championships** 2005, gold medal in the relay.*Junior World Championships** 1999: silver medal in relay* World Championships...

 
Egil Gjelland
Egil Gjelland
Egil Gjelland is a former Norwegian biathlete. He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

1:21:59.2 0+5
0+1
0+1
0+0
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Sergei Rozhkov 
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. 
Pavel Rostovtsev
Pavel Rostovtsev
Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев (born September 21, 1971 in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast is a former Russian...

 
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergei Tchepikov
Sergey Vladimirovich Tchepikov |Khor]], Khabarovsk Krai) is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country skiing...

+ 26.0 0+0
0+1
0+1
0+3
3 AUT
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch
Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...

 
Friedrich Pinter
Friedrich Pinter
Friedrich Pinter is an Austrian biathlete.- Career :*World Championships*2005 - bronze medal on the relay-References:*...

 
Wolfgang Rottmann
Wolfgang Rottmann
Wolfgang Rottmann is a former biathlete from Austria.As the result of a doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the IOC banned Rottmann for life from competing in the Olympics. -Career:...

 
Christoph Sumann
Christoph Sumann
Christoph "Sumi" Sumann is an Austrian biathlete.As many fellow biathletes Sumann picked up the sport switching from cross-country skiing he had been doing since childhood. By mid-1990s he entered junior ski team of Austria and he made it onto the senior level later on...

+ 43:3 0+2
0+0
0+1
0+1
4 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Alexander Syman 
Sergei Novikov 
Rustam Valiullin 
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Oleg Vladimirovich Ryzhenkov is a Belarusian biathlete.- Career :*World Championships*1995 - Bronze medal on the 20 km and on the relay*1996 - Gold medal in the Team event, bronze medal on the relay...

+ 59.2 0+1
0+0
0+2
1+4
5 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Julien Robert
Julien Robert
Julien Robert is a French biathlete.As a member of the French team, he won bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

 
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne
Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 
Ferreol Cannard
Ferréol Cannard
Ferréol Cannard is a French biathlete. He celebrated his biggest triumphs with the French relay team at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, where he won a bronze medal with the French relay team. He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof- References :*...

 
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée
Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1999 to 2007. With his 44 World cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.-Biography:...

+ 1:45.2 0+1
0+1
0+0
0+2
6 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Alexander Wolf
Alexander Wolf
Alexander Wolf is a German biathlete. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, Sweden, he won bronze medals in the 12.5 km pursuit and the 4×7.5 km relay.-External links:*...

 
Ricco Groß 
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...

 
Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...

+ 1:59.1 1+6
1+5
0+3
0+0


Date: 12 March 2005





Sprint 7.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

21:58.6 0-0
2 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...

+ 3.5 0-0
3 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Olena Zubrilova
Olena Zubrilova
Olena Zubrilova is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for the Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002....

+ 26.6 0-0
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 34.1 0-2
5 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 34.7 0-1
6 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 43.8 0-1
7 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 49.0 1-1
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 53.2 0-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

+ 1:03.7 0-0
10 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 1:09.5 0-1


Date: 5 March 2005





Pursuit 10 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

33:32.5 1-0-2-1
2 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 17.9 0-1-1-2
3 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

+ 40.6 0-1-1-2
4 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 49.5 3-0-0-1
5 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 51.9 2-0-0-2
6 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 53.6 1-0-0-3
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club...

+ 1:04.3 1-0-1-1
8 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

+ 1:09.2 0-0-2-0
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:20.5 0-2-2-2
10 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

+ 1:28.9 0-0-2-2


Date: 6 March 2005





Mass Start 12.5 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

41:40.3 0-1-0-3
2 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 3.7 0-1-1-1
3 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 8.4 1-1-1-0
4 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying
Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

+ 12.7 2-1-1-0
5 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...

+ 17.7 1-0-1-1
6 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Jingchao Kong + 21.2 2-2-0-0
7 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

+ 38.7 0-0-2-1
8 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 1:05.4 1-1-0-1
9 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:16.3 2-0-2-1
10 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

+ 1:19.0 1-1-4-0


Date: 13 March 2005





Individual 15 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

52,37.5 0-1-0-0
2 CHN
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

Sun Riboun + 30.2 0-1-0-1
3 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Linda Tjørhom + 34.3 1-0-0-0
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 41.5 0-1-1-1
5 BUL
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. At the age of 15 years she signed up in the sports club of her hometown, where she went in for biathlon. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

+ 44.2 0-1-0-1
6 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

+ 52.3 1-0-0-1
7 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

+ 1:16.5 1-0-0-1
8 SWE
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

+ 2:04.6 0-2-0-2
9 UKR
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko
Oksana Khvostenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. In 2011 Ukraine initially finished 2nd in the relay but was later disqualified because she had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test.- Career :...

+ 2:13.5 0-0-1-1
10 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

+ 2:16.7 0-0-1-2


Date: 8 March 2005





Relay 4 x 6 km

Position Nationality Competitor Time Sch.
1 RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....

 
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...

 
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg....

 
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...

1:13:44.4 0+1
0+3
0+0
0+3
2 GER
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...

 
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club...

 
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel
Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...

 
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...

+ 41.4 1+6
0+2
0+1
0+3
3 BLR
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

Ekaterina Ivanova 
Olga Nazarova 
Liudmila Ananko 
Olena Zubrylava
+ 53.2 1+3
0+2
0+1
0+3
4 FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Delphyne Peretto
Delphyne Peretto
Delphyne Peretto is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics.Peretto retired at the end of the 2007-08 season.- External links :*...

 
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...

 
Anne-Laure Mignerey 
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...

+ 1:23.7 0+1
0+0
0+2
0+1
5 NOR
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Tora Berger
Tora Berger
Tora Berger is a World Cup level biathlete and Olympic Champion. She has been a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999. She has 5 individual victories in the World Cup. She is the sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger...

 
Liv Kjersti Eikeland 
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

 
Linda Tjørhom
+ 1:34.3 0+3
2+4
0+3
0+0
6 SVK
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

Anna Murinova 
Martina Halinarova
Martina Halinárová
Martina Halinárová, née Jašicová, also known as Schwarzbacherová from her first marriage, is a Slovakian biathlete.She won a silver medal at the 1999 Biathlon World Championships.-References:*...

 
Marcela Pavkovcekova 
Sona Mihokova
+ 1:51.5 0+1
0+1
0+1
0+2


Date: 11 March 2005


In total, 19 countries presented teams for the start.




4 x 6 km Relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result Behind
Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....


Svetlana Ishmuratova
Ivan Cherezov
Ivan Cherezov
- Honours :Winter Olympics*2006 in Turin : silver medal in the 4x7.5 km relay.Biathlon World Championships*2007 in Antholz : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay.*2008 in Östersund : Gold medal in 4x7.5 km relay....


Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
 Russia 1


Anna Bogaliy
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...


Sergey Tchepikov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov
Sergey Rozhkov is a Russian biathlete.-Career:*World Championships*1999: Silver medal on the relay*2000: Gold medal on the relay*2003: Silver medal on the relay*2005: Silver medal on the relay-References:*...

 
 Russia 2


Uschi Disl
Uschi Disl
Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...


Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...


Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...


Ricco Gross
Ricco Gross
Ricco Groß is a former German biathlete and multiple gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and World Championships. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco , Simon , and Gabriel...

 Germany 1



Medal table

Position Land Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 5 0 1 6
2 3 4 3 10
3 2 4 2 8
4 1 0 0 1
5 0 2 0 2
6 0 1 0 1
7 0 0 2 2
8 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
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