2011–12 Biathlon World Cup

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2011–12 World Cup in Östersund

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) 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.

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)

External links

• IBU official site