2012–13 Biathlon World Cup

2011–12 World Cup in Östersund

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 25 November 2012 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 17 March 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.^[1]

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	25 November–2 December	●	●	●			●	details
Hochfilzen	7–9 December		●	●		●		details
Pokljuka	13–16 December		●	●	●			details
Oberhof	3–6 January		●	●		●		details
Ruhpolding	9–13 January		●		●	●		details
Antholz-Anterselva	17–20 January		●	●		●		details
Nové Město	7–17 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Holmenkollen	28 February–3 March		●	●	●			details
Sochi	7–10 March	●	●			●		details
Khanty-Mansiysk	14–17 March		●	●	●			details
Total		3	10	8	5	6	2

Standings: Men

Overall Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 1248 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 827 3. Dominik Landertinger 715 4. Jakov Fak 709 5. Andreas Birnbacher 691 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 180 2. Andreas Birnbacher 104 3. Tim Burke 102 4. Dominik Landertinger 100 5. Ondřej Moravec 97 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 484 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 315 3. Evgeny Ustyugov 313 4. Jakov Fak 302 5. Simon Eder 260 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 388 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 287 3. Anton Shipulin 247 4. Fredrik Lindström 240 5. Dmitry Malyshko 231 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 248 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 182 3. Tim Burke 167 4. Andreas Birnbacher 163 5. Ondřej Moravec 162 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Russia 305 2. Norway 302 3. France 296 4. Germany 267 5. Austria 243 Final standings after 6 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 1234 2. Darya Domracheva 924 3. Andrea Henkel 856 4. Marie Dorin Habert 843 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 834 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 168 2. Andrea Henkel 131 3. Darya Domracheva 122 4. Olga Zaitseva 107 5. Anastasiya Kuzmina 104 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 428 2. Darya Domracheva 351 3. Miriam Gössner 337 4. Marie Dorin Habert 325 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 417 2. Andrea Henkel 279 3. Marie Dorin Habert 277 4. Olena Pidhrushna 265 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 255 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 262 2. Darya Domracheva 200 3. Vita Semerenko 185 4. Marie Dorin Habert 175 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 171 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 314 2. Ukraine 298 3. Germany 294 4. Russia 277 5. France 258 Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	22	9	10	41
2	France	12	12	6	30
3	Russia	7	12	9	28
4	Germany	7	7	9	23
5	Czech Republic	5	3	5	13
6	Belarus	3	5	3	11
7	Ukraine	2	5	6	13
8	Slovenia	2	2	3	7
9	Austria	1	2	4	7
10	Slovakia	1	2	2	5
11	Poland	1	1	1	3
12	Canada	1	0	0	1
13	Finland	0	2	4	6
14	United States	0	1	1	2
15	Italy	0	1	1	2
16	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		64	64	65	193

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN), 27, in his 6th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Canadian male biathlete
•  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 23, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
•  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 23, in her 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium
•  Miriam Gössner (GER), 22, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2010-11 Sprint in Östersund
•  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2011-12 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
•  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 26, in her 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2012-13 Sprint in Östersund
•  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 28, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012-13 Pursuit in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium

•  Erik Lesser (GER), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS), 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
•  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
•  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 28, in his 9th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
•  Veronika Vítková (CZE), 24, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Pursuit in Oberhof
•  Krystyna Pałka (POL), 29, in her 8th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Pursuit in Nové Město
•  Monika Hojnisz (POL), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass start in Nové Město
•  Alexandr Loginov (RUS), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Holmenkollen
•  Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Individual in Sochi
•  Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Sochi

Victory in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

•  Tora Berger (NOR), 11 (27) first places
•  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 10 (24) first places
•  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 4 (4) first places
•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 3 (31) first places
•  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 3 (12) first places
•  Miriam Gössner (GER), 3 (3) first places
•  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 2 (8) first places
•  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 2 (6) first places
•  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 2 (4) first places
•  Jakov Fak (SLO), 2 (3) first places
•  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 2 (2) first places
•  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 1 (13) first places
•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (6) first places
•  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 1 (4) first places
•  Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL), 1 (2) first places
•  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN), 1 (1) first place
•  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 1 (1) first place
•  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

•  Michael Greis (GER)
•  Vincent Jay (FRA)

External links

• IBU official site
• World Cup results

References

1. 1 2 "Event schedule". IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 15 December 2012.