2008–09 Biathlon World Cup

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World cup in Östersund

The 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) 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.

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	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

See also: 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Nations Cup 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

External links

• IBU official site