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The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of
biathlon , organised by the
International Biathlon Union . The season began on 29 November 2015 in
Östersund ,
Sweden , and ended on 19 March 2016 in
Khanty-Mansiysk ,
Russia .
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The defending overall champions from the
2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were
Martin Fourcade of
France and
Darya Domracheva of
Belarus , but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.
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Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.
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Men
World Cup Podiums
Men's Relay Podiums
Standings
Women
World Cup Podiums
Women's Relay Podiums
Standings
Mixed
Standings: Mixed
Final standings after 5 races.
Medal table
Achievements
First World Cup career victory
Men
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (
FRA ) , 27, in his 9th season — the WC 3 Mass Start in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
Dominik Windisch (
ITA ) , 26, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore; it also was his first podium
Julian Eberhard (
AUT ) , 29, in his 8th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was his first podium
Women
Dorothea Wierer (
ITA ) , 25, in her 6th season — the WC 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Pokljuka
Franziska Hildebrand (
GER ) , 28, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Nové Město
Olga Podchufarova (
RUS ) , 23, in her 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
First World Cup podium
Men
Maxim Tsvetkov (
RUS ) , 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Dominik Windisch (
ITA ) , 26, in his 9th season — no. 1 WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore
Julian Eberhard (
AUT ) , 29, in his 8th season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiyk
Women
Federica Sanfilippo (
ITA ) , 25, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
Maren Hammerschmidt (
GER ) , 26, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Marte Olsbu (
NOR ) , 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
Men
Martin Fourcade (
FRA ) , 10 (47) first places
Simon Schempp (
GER ) , 5 (10) first places
Johannes Thingnes Bø (
NOR ) , 3 (11) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (
NOR ) , 1 (94) first place
Anton Shipulin (
RUS ) , 1 (8) first place
Simon Eder (
AUT ) , 1 (3) first place
Erik Lesser (
GER ) , 1 (2) first place
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (
FRA ) , 1 (1) first place
Dominik Windisch (
ITA ) , 1 (1) first place
Julian Eberhard (
AUT ) , 1 (1) first place
Women
Laura Dahlmeier (
GER ) , 5 (7) first places
Kaisa Mäkäräinen (
FIN ) , 4 (19) first places
Gabriela Soukalová (
CZE ) , 4 (12) first places
Marie Dorin Habert (
FRA ) , 3 (5) first places
Dorothea Wierer (
ITA ) , 3 (3) first places
Franziska Hildebrand (
GER ) , 2 (2) first places
Ekaterina Yurlova (
RUS ) , 1 (2) first place
Olena Pidhrushna (
UKR ) , 1 (2) first place
Tiril Eckhoff (
NOR ) , 1 (2) first place
Olga Podchufarova (
RUS ) , 1 (1) first place
Retirements
References
External links