2008–09 Biathlon World Cup

World cup in Östersund

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2008 in Östersund, Sweden and ends on 29 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2008–09 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	2–7 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	11–14 December		●	●		●		details
Hochfilzen	17–21 December	●	●			●		details
Oberhof	6–11 January		●		●	●		details
Ruhpolding	13–18 January		●	●		●		details
Antholz	22–25 January		●	●	●			details
Pyeongchang[2]	13–22 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Vancouver	10–15 March	●	●			●		details
Trondheim	18–22 March		●	●	●			details
Khanty-Mansiysk	25–29 March		●	●	●			details
Total		4	10	7	5	6	1

Standings: Men

Overall rank name points     Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 1080 2  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 870 3  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 844

Individual rank name points     Michael Greis (GER) 146 2  Ivan Tcherezov (RUS) 120 3  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 119

Sprint rank name points     Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 372 2  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 337 3  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 318

Pursuit rank name points     Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 342 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 308 3  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 276

Mass start rank name points     Dominik Landertinger (AUT) 208 2  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 199 3  Christoph Sumann (AUT) 197

Relay rank name points 1  Austria 276 2  Norway 254 3  Germany 247

Standings: Women

Overall rank name points     Helena Jonsson (SWE) 952 2  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 952 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 894

Individual rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 129 2  Eva Tofalvi (ROU) 123 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 122

Sprint rank name points     Helena Jonsson (SWE) 372 2  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 358 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 352

Pursuit rank name points     Kati Wilhelm (GER) 272 2  Tora Berger (NOR) 246 3  Martina Beck (GER) 244

Mass start rank name points     Helena Jonsson (SWE) 210 2  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 186 3  Simone Hauswald (GER) 174

Relay rank name points 1  Germany 288 2  France 242 3  Ukraine 232

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	21	15	13	49
2	Norway	19	11	14	44
3	Russia	8	10	6	24
4	Sweden	6	8	6	20
5	Austria	5	9	6	20
6	France	2	3	8	13
7	Poland	1	1	5	7
8	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
9	China	1	1	1	3
10	Romania	1	0	0	1
11	Finland	0	2	0	2
12	Belarus	0	1	2	3
13	Italy	0	1	0	1
13	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
13	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
16	Croatia	0	0	1	1
16	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		65	65	65	195

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Wang Chunli (CHN), 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; also her first individual podium
•  Simone Hauswald (GER), 29, in her 9th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2004-05 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Eva Tofalvi (ROU), 30, in her 13th season — the WC 3 Individual in Hochfilzen; also her first individual podium
•  Anna Boulygina (RUS), 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; also her first individual podium
•  Christoph Stephan (GER), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz-Anterselva; also his first individual podium
•  Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 20, in his 2nd season — the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang; first podium was 2008-09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Vincent Jay (FRA), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver; also his first individual podium
•  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 22, in his 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also his first individual podium
•  Tina Bachmann (GER), 22, in her 1st season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; also her first individual podium
•  Simon Eder (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2008-09 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium

•  Vita Semerenko (UKR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Jakov Fak (CRO), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
•  Teja Gregorin (SLO), 28, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WCh Individual in Pyeong Chang
•  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 24, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WCh Mass Start in Pyeong Chang
•  Daniel Bohm (GER), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
•  Jeremy Teela (USA), 32, in his 13th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Vancouver
•  Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA), 20, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Trondheim
•  Marie Dorin (FRA), 22, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7 (88) first places
•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (11) first places
•  Helena Jonsson (SWE), 4 (5) first places
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 3 (21) first places
•  Magdalena Neuner (GER), 3 (14) first places
•  Simone Hauswald (GER), 3 (3) first places
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (16) first places
•  Martina Beck (GER), 2 (14) first places
•  Michael Greis (GER), 2 (11) first places
•  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 2 (8) first places
•  Lars Berger (NOR), 2 (5) first places
•  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 2 (4) first places
•  Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (4) first places
•  Tomasz Sikora (POL), 1 (5) first place
•  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 1 (4) first place
•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (4) first place
•  Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (2) first place
•  Wang Chunli (CHN), 1 (1) first place
•  Eva Tofalvi (ROU), 1 (1) first place
•  Anna Boulygina (RUS), 1 (1) first place
•  Christoph Stephan (GER), 1 (1) first place
•  Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Vincent Jay (FRA), 1 (1) first place
•  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (1) first place
•  Tina Bachmann (GER), 1 (1) first place
•  Simon Eder (AUT), 1 (1) first place

References

External links

• IBU official site