2011–12 Biathlon World Cup

2011–12 World Cup in Östersund

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	30 November–4 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	7 december–11 December		●	●		●		details
Hochfilzen	15–18 December		●	●			●	details
Oberhof	4–8 January		●		●	●		details
Nové Město	11–15 January	●	●	●				details
Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January		●		●	●		details
Holmenkollen	2–5 February		●	●	●			details
Kontiolahti	10–12 February		●	●			●	details
Ruhpolding	29 February–11 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Khanty-Mansiysk	16–18 March		●	●	●			details
Total		3	10	8	5	4	3

Standings: Men

Overall rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 1100 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 1035 3  Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 837

Individual rank name points     Simon Fourcade (FRA) 125 2  Jakov Fak (SLO) 113 3  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 108

Sprint rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 423 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 378 3  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) 287

Pursuit rank name points     Martin Fourcade (FRA) 384 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 348 3  Arnd Peiffer (GER) 257

Mass start rank name points     Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 260 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 218 3  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 202

Relay rank name points 1  France 198 2  Norway 190 3  Russia 189

Standings: Women

Overall rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 1216 2  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 1188 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 1054

Individual rank name points     Helena Ekholm (SWE) 138 2  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 116 3  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 116

Sprint rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 571 2  Darya Domracheva (BLR) 471 3  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 401

Pursuit rank name points     Darya Domracheva (BLR) 392 2  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 372 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 361

Mass start rank name points     Darya Domracheva (BLR) 250 2  Tora Berger (NOR) 241 3  Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) 198

Relay rank name points 1  France 216 2  Norway 205 3  Russia 192

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	17	9	10	36
2	Norway	14	12	6	32
3	France	11	12	8	31
4	Russia	8	8	12	28
5	Belarus	6	6	6	18
6	Sweden	3	6	7	16
7	Finland	2	5	3	10
8	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
9	Italy	1	0	0	1
10	Czech Republic	0	2	2	4
10	Ukraine	0	2	2	4
12	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
13	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
14	Austria	0	0	1	1
Total		63	64	62	189

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 29, in his 8th season — the WC 5 Individual in Nové Město; first podium was 2006-07 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
•  Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 22, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz; it also was his first podium
•  Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2011-12 Sprint in Antholz
•  Jakov Fak (SLO), 24, in his 6th season — the World Championships Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2008-09 Individual in Pyeong Chang

First World Cup podium

•  Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE), 28, in her 10th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE), 29, in his 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund
•  Timofey Lapshin (RUS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen (2)
•  Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz
•  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
•  Olga Vilukhina (RUS), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Pursuit in Ruhpolding

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

•  Magdalena Neuner (GER), 10 (34) first places
•  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 8 (14) first places
•  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 6 (9) first places
•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 4 (28) first places
•  Tora Berger (NOR), 4 (16) first places
•  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 3 (12) first places
•  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 3 (4) first places
•  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 2 (6) first places
•  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 2 (5) first places
•  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE), 2 (3) first places
•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (93) first places
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (21) first places
•  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 1 (6) first places
•  Anton Shipulin (RUS),1 (2) first places
•  Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
•  Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 1 (1) first place
•  Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
•  Jakov Fak (SLO), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

•  Magdalena Neuner (GER)
•  Helena Ekholm (SWE)
•  Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE)
•  Tomasz Sikora (POL)

References

External links

• IBU official site