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2022–23 Biathlon World Cup

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 29 November 2022 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 19 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.[1]

2022–23 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Johannes Thingnes Bø Julia Simon
U25    Niklas Hartweg Elvira Öberg
Individual Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Lisa Vittozzi
Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Denise Herrmann-Wick
Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Julia Simon
Mass start Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Julia Simon
Relay  Norway  France
Nations Cup  Norway  France
Mixed  France
Competition
Edition 46th 41st
Locations 9 9
Individual 21 21
Relay/Team 5 5
Mixed 4 4
Cancelled 1
Rescheduled 1
Overall Champions
Johannes Thingnes Bø won his fourth overall World Cup title. He won 16 individual races in this season.
Julia Simon won her first overall World Cup title in history. She became the first French woman since 2005 to win the World Cup.

Quentin Fillon Maillet from France and Marte Olsbu Røiseland from Norway were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 season.

Map of world cup hosts Edit

All 10 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Oberhof – venue of the World Championships).

  Kontiolahti   Hochfilzen   Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand   Pokljuka   Ruhpolding
         

Europe

  Antholz-Anterselva   Oberhof   Nové Město   Östersund   Oslo Holmenkollen
         

  World Championships

Calendar Edit

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1   Kontiolahti 29 November–4 December details
2   Hochfilzen 8–11 December details
3   Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand 15–18 December details
4   Pokljuka 5–8 January details
5   Ruhpolding 11–15 January details
6   Antholz-Anterselva 19–22 January details
WC   Oberhof 8–19 February World Championships
7   Nové Město na Moravě 2–5 March details
8   Östersund 9–12 March details
9   Oslo Holmenkollen 16–19 March details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed) 4 8 8 5 6 3 3

Men Edit

Calendar Edit

Stage Season Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib  
(After competition)
Dark blue bib  
(After competition)
Ref.
1 1 29 November 2022     Kontiolahti 20 km Individual   Martin Ponsiluoma     Niklas Hartweg   David Zobel   Martin Ponsiluoma     Niklas Hartweg [2]
2 3 December 2022   10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Roman Rees   Johannes Thingnes Bø [3]
3 4 December 2022   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Émilien Jacquelin [4]
2 4 9 December 2022     Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Émilien Jacquelin   Sturla Holm Lægreid [5]
5 11 December 2022   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Émilien Jacquelin [6]
3 6 15 December 2022     Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Benedikt Doll [7]
7 17 December 2022   12.5 km Pursuit   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Filip Fjeld Andersen [8]
8 18 December 2022   15 km Mass Start   Johannes Dale   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Johannes Thingnes Bø [9]
4 9 6 January 2023     Pokljuka 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Tarjei Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid [10]
10 7 January 2023   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Quentin Fillon Maillet   Tarjei Bø [11]
5 11 11 January 2023     Ruhpolding 20 km Individual   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Jakov Fak [12]
12 15 January 2023   15 km Mass Start   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Sturla Holm Lægreid     Niklas Hartweg [13]
6 13 20 January 2023     Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Martin Ponsiluoma   Sturla Holm Lægreid [14]
14 21 January 2023   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Martin Ponsiluoma [15]
World Championships 11 February 2023     Oberhof 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Tarjei Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid not included
in the World Cup
[16]
12 February 2023   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Sebastian Samuelsson [17]
14 February 2023   20 km Individual   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Sturla Holm Lægreid   Sebastian Samuelsson [18]
19 February 2023   15 km Mass Start   Sebastian Samuelsson   Martin Ponsiluoma   Johannes Thingnes Bø [19]
7 15 2 March 2023     Nové Město 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Tarjei Bø   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Johannes Thingnes Bø     Niklas Hartweg [20]
16 4 March 2023   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Tarjei Bø   Martin Ponsiluoma [21]
8 17 9 March 2023     Östersund 20 km Individual   Benedikt Doll   Tommaso Giacomel   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Tommaso Giacomel [22]
18 12 March 2023   15 km Mass Start   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Johannes Dale   Éric Perrot [23]
9 19 16 March 2023     Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Martin Ponsiluoma   Benedikt Doll [24]
20 18 March 2023   12.5 km Pursuit   Johannes Thingnes Bø   Quentin Fillon Maillet   Sturla Holm Lægreid [25]
21 19 March 2023   15 km Mass Start   Johannes Thingnes Bø     Niklas Hartweg   Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen     Niklas Hartweg [26]

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km Edit

Stage Season Date Place Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Ref.
1 1 1 December 2022     Kontiolahti   Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Germany
Justus Strelow
Johannes Kühn
Benedikt Doll
Roman Rees
  France
Éric Perrot
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
  Norway [27]
2 2 10 December 2022     Hochfilzen   Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Filip Fjeld Andersen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
  Sweden
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Peppe Femling
Sebastian Samuelsson
  Germany
Justus Strelow
Johannes Kühn
Roman Rees
Benedikt Doll
[28]
5 3 13 January 2023     Ruhpolding   Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Germany
David Zobel
Johannes Kühn
Benedikt Doll
Roman Rees
  France
Éric Perrot
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Antonin Guigonnat
Fabien Claude
[29]
6 4 22 January 2023     Antholz-Anterselva   Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
  France
Antonin Guigonnat
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
  Germany
David Zobel
Johannes Kühn
Benedikt Doll
Roman Rees
[30]
World Championships 18 February 2023     Oberhof   France
Antonin Guigonnat
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
  Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Sweden
Peppe Femling
Martin Ponsiluoma
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
not included in the World Cup [31]
8 5 11 March 2023     Östersund   Norway
Endre Strømsheim
Vebjørn Sørum
Johannes Dale
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
  France
Oscar Lombardot
Antonin Guigonnat
Éric Perrot
Fabien Claude
  Germany
Roman Rees
Johannes Kühn
Philipp Nawrath
Benedikt Doll
  Norway [32]

Standings Edit

Women Edit

Calendar Edit

Stage Season Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib  
(After competition)
Dark blue bib  
(After competition)
Ref.
1 1 30 November 2022     Kontiolahti 15 km Individual   Hanna Öberg   Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Lisa Vittozzi   Hanna Öberg   Elvira Öberg [41]
2 3 December 2022   7.5 km Sprint   Lisa Theresa Hauser   Lisa Vittozzi   Linn Persson   Lisa Vittozzi [42]
3 4 December 2022   10 km Pursuit   Julia Simon   Dorothea Wierer   Elvira Öberg [43]
2 4 8 December 2022     Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint   Denise Herrmann-Wick   Markéta Davidová   Julia Simon   Julia Simon [44]
5 10 December 2022   10 km Pursuit   Julia Simon   Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Markéta Davidová [45]
3 6 16 December 2022     Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand 7.5 km Sprint   Anna Magnusson   Linn Persson   Denise Herrmann-Wick [46]
7 17 December 2022   10 km Pursuit   Elvira Öberg   Lisa Vittozzi   Julia Simon [47]
8 18 December 2022   12.5 km Mass Start   Lisa Theresa Hauser   Julia Simon   Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet [48]
4 9 5 January 2023     Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint   Elvira Öberg   Julia Simon   Dorothea Wierer [49]
10 7 January 2023   10 km Pursuit   Elvira Öberg   Dorothea Wierer   Julia Simon [50]
5 11 12 January 2023     Ruhpolding 15 km Individual   Lisa Vittozzi   Lou Jeanmonnot   Julia Simon [51]
12 15 January 2023   12.5 km Mass Start   Julia Simon   Lisa Vittozzi   Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet [52]
6 13 19 January 2023     Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint   Dorothea Wierer   Chloé Chevalier   Elvira Öberg [53]
14 21 January 2023   10 km Pursuit   Denise Herrmann-Wick   Lisa Vittozzi   Elvira Öberg [54]
World Championships 10 February 2023     Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint   Denise Herrmann-Wick   Hanna Öberg   Linn Persson not included
in the World Cup
[55]
12 February 2023   10 km Pursuit   Julia Simon   Denise Herrmann-Wick   Marte Olsbu Roeiseland [56]
15 February 2023   15 km Individual   Hanna Öberg   Linn Persson   Lisa Vittozzi [57]
19 February 2023   12.5 km Mass Start   Hanna Öberg   Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Julia Simon [58]
7 15 3 March 2023     Nové Město 7.5 km Sprint   Marte Olsbu Røiseland   Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet   Julia Simon   Elvira Öberg [59]
16 4 March 2023   10 km Pursuit   Marte Olsbu Røiseland   Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet [60]
8 17 9 March 2023     Östersund 15 km Individual   Dorothea Wierer   Lisa Vittozzi   Denise Herrmann-Wick [61]
18 12 March 2023   12.5 km Mass Start   Dorothea Wierer   Lou Jeanmonnot   Julia Simon [62]
9 19 [a]18 March 2023     Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint   Denise Herrmann-Wick   Hanna Öberg   Anna Magnusson [63]
18 March 2023   10 km Pursuit Cancelled due to delayed Sprint
20 19 March 2023   12.5 km Mass Start   Hanna Öberg   Marte Olsbu Røiseland   Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet   Julia Simon   Elvira Öberg [64]

Relay – 4 x 6 km Edit

Stage Season Date Place Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Ref.
1 1 1 December 2022     Kontiolahti   Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
Elvira Öberg
  Germany
Anna Weidel
Sophia Schneider
Vanessa Voigt
Denise Herrmann-Wick
  Norway
Karoline Offigstad Knotten
Ida Lien
Ragnhild Femsteinevik
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
  Sweden [65]
2 2 11 December 2022     Hochfilzen   France
Lou Jeanmonnot
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Chloé Chevalier
Julia Simon
  Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
Elvira Öberg
  Italy
Rebecca Passler
Dorothea Wierer
Samuela Comola
Lisa Vittozzi
[66]
5 3 14 January 2023     Ruhpolding   Norway
Karoline Offigstad Knotten
Ragnhild Femsteinevik
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
  Germany
Anna Weidel
Sophia Schneider
Vanessa Voigt
Denise Herrmann-Wick
  Italy
Samuela Comola
Lisa Vittozzi
Rebecca Passler
Dorothea Wierer
[67]
6 4 22 January 2023     Antholz-Anterselva   France
Lou Jeanmonnot
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Chloé Chevalier
Julia Simon
  Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
Elvira Öberg
  Germany
Vanessa Voigt
Sophia Schneider
Janina Hettich-Walz
Hanna Kebinger
[68]
World Championships 18 February 2023     Oberhof   Italy
Samuela Comola
Dorothea Wierer
Hannah Auchentaller
Lisa Vittozzi
  Germany
Vanessa Voigt
Hanna Kebinger
Sophia Schneider
Denise Herrmann-Wick
  Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Elvira Öberg
Hanna Öberg
not included in the World Cup [69]
8 5 11 March 2023     Östersund   Norway
Juni Arnekleiv
Ida Lien
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
  France
Lou Jeanmonnot
Chloé Chevalier
Caroline Colombo
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
  Germany
Janina Hettich-Walz
Hanna Kebinger
Vanessa Voigt
Denise Herrmann-Wick
  France [70]

Standings Edit

Mixed Relay Edit

Stage Season Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Ref.
4 1 8 January 2023     Pokljuka 1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
  Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
  France
Antonin Guigonnat
Lou Jeanmonnot
    Switzerland 
Niklas Hartweg
Amy Baserga
  Norway [79]
2 4 x 7.5 km   France
Fabien Claude
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Julia Simon
  Italy
Didier Bionaz
Tommaso Giacomel
Dorothea Wierer
Lisa Vittozzi
  Sweden
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Mona Brorsson
Elvira Öberg
  France [80]
World Championships 8 February 2023     Oberhof 4 x 6 km   Norway
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Thingnes Bø
  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Didier Bionaz
Tommaso Giacomel
  France
Julia Simon
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Emilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
not included
in the World Cup
[81]
16 February 2023   1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
  Norway
Johannes Thingnes Boe
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
  Austria
David Komatz
Lisa Theresa Hauser
  Italy
Tommaso Giacomel
Lisa Vittozzi
[82]
7 3 5 March 2023     Nové Město 4 x 6 km   France
Lou Jeanmonnot
Caroline Colombo
Éric Perrot
Fabien Claude
  Sweden
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
  Norway
Karoline Offigstad Knotten
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Johannes Dale
Endre Strømsheim
  France [83]
4 1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
  Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
    Switzerland 
Amy Baserga
Niklas Hartweg
  Latvia
Baiba Bendika
Andrejs Rastorgujevs
[84]

Rankings Edit

Podium table by nation Edit

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway30181361
2  Sweden88824
3  France7121534
4  Italy49417
5  Germany441119
6  Austria2002
7   Switzerland0314
8  Czech Republic0112
9  Latvia0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (10 entries)555555165

Points distribution Edit

The table shows the number of points won in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.[86]

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Individual 90 75 60 50 45 40 36 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Achievements Edit

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Team
Mixed
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Retirements Edit

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2022–23 season: