2012–13 Biathlon World Cup

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 25 November 2012 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 17 March 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.^[1]

2012–13 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Tora Berger
Nations Cup	Russia	Norway
Individual	Martin Fourcade	Tora Berger
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Tora Berger
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Tora Berger
Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Tora Berger
Relay	Russia	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition
←2011–12 2013–14→

2012–13 World Cup in Östersund

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2012–13 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	25 November–2 December	●	●	●			●	details
Hochfilzen	7–9 December		●	●		●		details
Pokljuka	13–16 December		●	●	●			details
Oberhof	3–6 January		●	●		●		details
Ruhpolding	9–13 January		●		●	●		details
Antholz-Anterselva	17–20 January		●	●		●		details
Nové Město	7–17 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Holmenkollen	28 February–3 March		●	●	●			details
Sochi	7–10 March	●	●			●		details
Khanty-Mansiysk	14–17 March		●	●	●			details
Total		3	10	8	5	6	2

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2012	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Dominik Landertinger	Erik Lesser	Martin Fourcade	Detail
	1 December 2012	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Jean-Philippe Le Guellec	Alexis Bœuf	Christoph Sumann		Detail
	2 December 2012	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Andreas Birnbacher	Anton Shipulin		Detail
2	7 December 2012	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Andreas Birnbacher	Martin Fourcade	Jakov Fak		Detail
	8 December 2012	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Jakov Fak	Dmitry Malyshko	Martin Fourcade		Detail
3	13 December 2012	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Jakov Fak	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Martin Fourcade		Detail
	15 December 2012	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ondřej Moravec	Martin Fourcade		Detail
	16 December 2012	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Andreas Birnbacher	Jakov Fak	Tim Burke		Detail
4	5 January 2013	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Dmitry Malyshko	Evgeny Garanichev	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
	6 January 2013	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Dmitry Malyshko	Evgeny Garanichev	Ondřej Moravec		Detail
5	12 January 2013	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Evgeny Ustyugov	Andrei Makoveev		Detail
	13 January 2013	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Dmitry Malyshko	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
6	18 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Jakov Fak		Detail
	19 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Jakov Fak	Daniel Mesotitsch		Detail
WC	9 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Martin Fourcade	Jakov Fak		Detail
	10 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
	14 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Tim Burke	Fredrik Lindström		Detail
	17 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	15 km Mass Start	Tarjei Bø	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
7	28 February 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Martin Fourcade	Andriy Deryzemlya		Detail
	2 March 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Tarjei Bø	Alexander Loginov		Detail
	3 March 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Ondřej Moravec	Martin Fourcade	Erik Lesser		Detail
8	7 March 2013	Sochi	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Andreas Birnbacher	Serhiy Semenov		Detail
	9 March 2013	Sochi	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Evgeny Ustyugov	Henrik L'Abée-Lund		Detail
9	15 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Lukas Hofer	Andreas Birnbacher		Detail
	16 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Christoph Sumann	Simon Fourcade	Martin Fourcade		Detail
	17 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Dominik Landertinger	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	29 November 2012	Östersund	15 km Individual	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Ekaterina Glazyrina	Tora Berger	Detail
	1 December 2012	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Tora Berger	Olena Pidhrushna	Olga Vilukhina		Detail
	2 December 2012	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Andrea Henkel		Detail
2	7 December 2012	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Tora Berger		Detail
	8 December 2012	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Synnøve Solemdal	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
3	14 December 2012	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Miriam Gössner	Nadezhda Skardino		Detail
	15 December 2012	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Miriam Gössner	Gabriela Soukalová	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
	16 December 2012	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Miriam Gössner	Gabriela Soukalová		Detail
4	5 January 2013	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Miriam Gössner	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel		Detail
	6 January 2013	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Veronika Vítková	Valentyna Semerenko		Detail
5	11 January 2013	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Miriam Gössner	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
	13 January 2013	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
6	17 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva		Detail
	19 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Olena Pidhrushna	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
WC	9 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Pidhrushna	Tora Berger	Vita Semerenko		Detail
	10 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Krystyna Pałka	Olena Pidhrushna		Detail
	13 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	15 km Individual	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel	Valentyna Semerenko		Detail
	17 February 2013	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Mass Start	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger	Monika Hojnisz		Detail
7	1 March 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Anastázia Kuzminová		Detail
	2 March 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Marie Dorin Habert	Anastázia Kuzminová		Detail
	3 March 2013	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Anastázia Kuzminová	Darya Domracheva		Detail
8	7 March 2013	Sochi	15 km Individual	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva	Tora Berger		Detail
	9 March 2013	Sochi	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Anastázia Kuzminová	Tora Berger		Detail
9	14 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Andrea Henkel	Miriam Gössner		Detail
	16 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Gabriela Soukalová	Olga Vilukhina	Tora Berger		Detail
	17 March 2013	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Soukalová	Marie Dorin Habert	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	9 December 2012	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Henrik L'Abée-Lund	France Vincent Jay Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Russia Anton Shipulin Andrei Makoveev Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko
4	4 January 2013	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeniy Garanichev Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko	Norway Henrik L'Abée-Lund Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Emil Hegle Svendsen	Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Arnd Peiffer Florian Graf
5	10 January 2013	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Norway Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Henrik L'Abée-Lund Emil Hegle Svendsen	Austria Simon Eder Friedrich Pinter Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann
6	20 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Russia Anton Shipulin Evgeny Ustyugov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko	Austria Simon Eder Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger
WC	16 February 2013	Nové Město na Moravě	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Germany Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Erik Lesser
8	10 March 2013	Sochi	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Anton Shipulin Alexander Loginov Dmitry Malyshko Evgeny Ustyugov	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Czech Republic Michal Šlesingr Jaroslav Soukup Vít Jánov Ondřej Moravec

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	9 December 2012	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Fanny Horn Synnove Solemdal Hilde Fenne Tora Berger	Ukraine Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Olena Pidhrushna	Russia Ekaterina Glazyrina Olga Zaitseva Ekaterina Shumilova Olga Vilukhina
4	3 January 2013	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna Vita Semerenko	France Marie-Laure Brunet Anais Bescond Sophie Boilley Marie Dorin Habert	Germany Tina Bachmann Miriam Gössner Franziska Hildebrand Nadine Horchler
5	9 January 2013	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Hilde Fenne Ann Kristin Flatland Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger	Russia Ekaterina Glazyrina Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Shumilova Olga Zaitseva	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Kristýna Černá Veronika Zvařičová
6	20 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Miriam Gössner Nadine Horchler Andrea Henkel	Russia Ekaterina Glazyrina Olga Zaitseva Ekaterina Shumilova Olga Vilukhina	France Anais Bescond Sophie Boilley Marie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Habert
WC	15 February 2013	Nové Město na Moravě	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Hilde Fenne Ann Kristin Flatland Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Italy Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Michela Ponza Karin Oberhofer
8	10 March 2013	Sochi	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Andrea Henkel Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Miriam Gössner Laura Dahlmeier	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Mariya Panfilova	Norway Hilde Fenne Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger

Mixed Relay

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	25 November 2012	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Olga Zaitseva Olga Vilukhina Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov	Norway Tora Berger Synnove Solemdal Erlend Bjøntegaard Emil Hegle Svendsen	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec
WC	7 February 2013	Nové Město na Moravě	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Tora Berger Synnove Solemdal Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	France Marie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Habert Alexis Boeuf Martin Fourcade	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	1248
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	827
3.	Dominik Landertinger	715
4.	Jakov Fak	709
5.	Andreas Birnbacher	691

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 180 2. Andreas Birnbacher 104 3. Tim Burke 102 4. Dominik Landertinger 100 5. Ondřej Moravec 97 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 484 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 315 3. Evgeny Ustyugov 313 4. Jakov Fak 302 5. Simon Eder 260 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 388 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 287 3. Anton Shipulin 247 4. Fredrik Lindström 240 5. Dmitry Malyshko 231 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 248 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 182 3. Tim Burke 167 4. Andreas Birnbacher 163 5. Ondřej Moravec 162 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Russia 305 2. Norway 302 3. France 296 4. Germany 267 5. Austria 243 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Russia 7749 2.  Norway 7692 3.  France 7656 4.  Germany 7227 5.  Austria 6905 Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Tora Berger	1234
2.	Darya Domracheva	924
3.	Andrea Henkel	856
4.	Marie Dorin Habert	843
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	834

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 168 2. Andrea Henkel 131 3. Darya Domracheva 122 4. Olga Zaitseva 107 5. Anastasiya Kuzmina 104 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 428 2. Darya Domracheva 351 3. Miriam Gössner 337 4. Marie Dorin Habert 325 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 417 2. Andrea Henkel 279 3. Marie Dorin Habert 277 4. Olena Pidhrushna 265 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 255 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Tora Berger 262 2. Darya Domracheva 200 3. Vita Semerenko 185 4. Marie Dorin Habert 175 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 171 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 314 2. Ukraine 298 3. Germany 294 4. Russia 277 5. France 258 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 7626 2.  Germany 7556 3.  Russia 7392 4.  Ukraine 7386 5.  France 7058 Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	114
2.	Russia	98
3.	Czech Republic	96
4.	France	94
5.	Italy	79

• Final standings after 2 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	22	9	10	41
2	France	12	12	6	30
3	Russia	7	12	9	28
4	Germany	7	7	9	23
5	Czech Republic	5	3	5	13
6	Belarus	3	5	3	11
7	Ukraine	2	5	6	13
8	Slovenia	2	2	3	7
9	Austria	1	2	4	7
10	Slovakia	1	2	2	5
11	Poland	1	1	1	3
12	Canada	1	0	0	1
13	Finland	0	2	4	6
14	Italy	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
16	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		64	64	65	193

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN), 27, in his 6th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Canadian male biathlete
•  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 23, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
•  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 23, in her 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium
•  Miriam Gössner (GER), 22, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2010-11 Sprint in Östersund
•  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2011-12 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
•  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 26, in her 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2012-13 Sprint in Östersund
•  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 28, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012-13 Pursuit in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium

•  Erik Lesser (GER), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS), 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
•  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
•  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
•  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 28, in his 9th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
•  Veronika Vítková (CZE), 24, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Pursuit in Oberhof
•  Krystyna Pałka (POL), 29, in her 8th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Pursuit in Nové Město
•  Monika Hojnisz (POL), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass start in Nové Město
•  Alexander Loginov (RUS), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Holmenkollen
•  Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Individual in Sochi
•  Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Sochi

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

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 10 (24) first places  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 3 (31) first places  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 2 (8) first places  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 2 (6) first places  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 2 (4) first places  Jakov Fak (SLO), 2 (3) first places  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), 2 (2) first places  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (6) first place  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN), 1 (1) first place  Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Women  Tora Berger (NOR), 11 (27) first places  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 4 (4) first places  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 3 (12) first places  Miriam Gössner (GER), 3 (3) first places  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 1 (13) first place  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 1 (4) first place  Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL), 1 (2) first place  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

•  Nija Dimitrova (BGR)
•  Michael Greis (GER)
•  Vincent Jay (FRA)
•  Laure Bosc (FRA)
•  Pauline Macabies (FRA)
•  Julianne Döll (GER)
•  Carolin Hennecke (GER)
•  Kim Seo-ra (KOR)
•  Aleksandra Alikina (RUS)
•  Evgenyia Sedova (RUS)
•  Natalia Sorokina (RUS)
•  Anastasia Tokareva (RUS)
•  Dijana Ravnikar (SLO)
•  Lubomira Kalinova (SVK)
•  Tatiana Bielkina (UKR)

External links

• IBU official site
• World Cup results