2020–21 Biathlon World Cup

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 28 November 2020 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 21 March 2021 in Östersund, Sweden.

2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø (3)	Tiril Eckhoff (1)
U25	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Dzinara Alimbekava (1)
Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Lisa Theresa Hauser (1) Dorothea Wierer (2)
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2)	Tiril Eckhoff (1)
Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Tiril Eckhoff (2)
Mass start	Tarjei Bø (1)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (1)
Relay	Norway (12)	Sweden (1)
Nations Cup	Norway (17)	Norway (6)
Mixed	Norway (7)
Competition
←2019–20 2021–22→

Starting from this season a blue bib will be introduced for the best biathlete under the age of 25.^[1]

Calendar

Kontiolahti

Östersund

Hochfilzen

Oberhof

Antholz

Pokljuka

Nové Město

World Championships

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.^[2]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	28–29 November	●	●						details
2		3–6 December		●	●		●			details
3	Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●			details
4		17–20 December		●	●	●				details
5	Oberhof	8–10 January		●	●			●	●	details
6		13–17 January		●		●	●			details
7	Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●			●	●			details
WC	Pokljuka	10–21 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
8	Nové Město	4–7 March		●	●		●			details
9		11–14 March		●	●			●	●	details
10	Östersund[nb 1]	18–21 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 70 (32 men's, 32 women's, 6 mixed)			3 (m, w)	10 (m, w)	8 (m, w)	5 (m, w)	6 (m, w)	3 (mix)	3 (mix)

Calendar changes

• On 28 September the rounds originally scheduled at Östersund, Sweden and Le Grand-Bornand, France were replaced by additional rounds at Kontiolahti, Finland and Hochfilzen, Austria respectively.^[3]
• On 5 October it was announced that Oberhof will host two events, replacing Ruhpolding.^[4]
• A round which was set to be held in Beijing as test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics was replaced on 23 November with another round at Nové Město.^[5]
• On 13 February the round originally scheduled at Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway was replaced by additional rounds at Östersund, Sweden.^[6]

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib    (After competition)	Dark blue bib    (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Detail
	29 November 2020		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Martin Ponsiluoma	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson
2	3 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
	5 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sebastian Samuelsson	Fabien Claude	Johannes Thingnes Bø
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Fabien Claude			Detail
	12 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Dale
4	17 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
	19 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Sturla Holm Lægreid
	20 December 2020		15 km Mass Start	Arnd Peiffer	Martin Ponsiluoma	Tarjei Bø
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid			Detail
	9 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Tarjei Bø
6	13 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer			Detail
	17 January 2021		15 km Mass Start	Tarjei Bø	Felix Leitner	Benjamin Weger
7	22 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Alexandr Loginov	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Quentin Fillon Maillet			Detail
	24 January 2021		15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Jakov Fak
WC	12 February 2021	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Martin Ponsiluoma	Simon Desthieux	Émilien Jacquelin			Detail
	14 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Émilien Jacquelin	Sebastian Samuelsson	Johannes Thingnes Bø
	17 February 2021		20 km Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Dale
	21 February 2021		15 km Mass Start	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Simon Desthieux	Sebastian Samuelsson	Arnd Peiffer			Detail
	7 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Tarjei Bø	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Desthieux
9	11 March 2021		10 km Sprint	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Tarjei Bø	Lukas Hofer			Detail
	13 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin
10	19 March 2021	Östersund[nb 2]	10 km Sprint	Lukas Hofer	Sebastian Samuelsson	Tarjei Bø			Detail
	20 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer
	21 March 2021		15 km Mass Start	Simon Desthieux	Eduard Latypov	Johannes Thingnes Bø

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib    (After competition)	Dark blue bib    (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Denise Herrmann	Johanna Skottheim	Dorothea Wierer	Elvira Öberg	Detail
	29 November 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Hanna Öberg	Dzinara Alimbekava
2	3 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Elvira Öberg		Elvira Öberg	Detail
	6 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Hanna Öberg		Dzinara Alimbekava
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dzinara Alimbekava	Tiril Eckhoff	Franziska Preuß			Detail
	13 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dzinara Alimbekava	Julia Simon	Marte Olsbu Røiseland
4	18 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Marte Olsbu Røiseland			Detail
	19 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Elvira Öberg
	20 December 2020		12.5 km Mass Start	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer		Elvira Öberg
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
	9 January 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Lisa Theresa Hauser
6	14 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
	17 January 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Franziska Preuß	Hanna Öberg
7	21 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Yuliia Dzhima	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
	23 January 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser
WC	13 February 2021	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Hanna Sola	Tiril Eckhoff	Elvira Öberg	Detail
	14 February 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
	16 February 2021		15 km Individual	Markéta Davidová	Hanna Öberg	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
	21 February 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Tiril Eckhoff
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Yuliia Dzhima	Lisa Vittozzi		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
	7 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Denise Herrmann	Marte Olsbu Røiseland
9	12 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Denise Herrmann	Dorothea Wierer			Detail
	13 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Dzinara Alimbekava	Franziska Preuß
10	19 March 2021	Östersund[nb 3]	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold			Detail
	20 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Sola
	21 March 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Dzinara Alimbekava	Franziska Preuß

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	6 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Norway	Detail
3	13 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Benedikt Doll Philipp Horn	Norway  Sweden	Detail
6	15 January 2021	Oberhof	France Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Thomas Bormolini Lukas Hofer Tommaso Giacomel Dominik Windisch	Norway	Detail
7	23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	France Antonin Guigonnat Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Russia Anton Babikov Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov		Detail
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	RBU Said Karimulla Khalili Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov		Detail
8	5 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Philipp Nawrath	Russia Said Karimulla Khalili Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	5 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Mona Brorsson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Chloé Chevalier Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Maren Hammerschmidt Denise Herrmann	Sweden	Detail
3	12 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Anaïs Bescond Julia Simon Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Linn Persson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg		Detail
6	16 January 2021	Oberhof	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	Belarus Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Elena Kruchinkina	Sweden Mona Brorsson Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg		Detail
7	24 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Tatiana Akimova Svetlana Mironova Uliana Kaisheva	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon	Germany	Detail
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Ida Lien Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Yuliia Dzhima Darya Blashko Olena Pidhrushna		Detail
8	4 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	Sweden Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Linn Persson Elvira Öberg	Belarus Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Elena Kruchinkina	France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Chloé Chevalier Julia Simon	Sweden	Detail

Mixed Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
5	10 January 2021	Oberhof	4x6 km	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Svetlana Mironova Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Dale Sturla Holm Lægreid	France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	Russia	Detail
			1x6 km + 1x7.5 km	France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø	France
WC	10 February 2021	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Austria David Komatz Simon Eder Dunja Zdouc Lisa Theresa Hauser	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Martin Ponsiluoma Linn Persson Hanna Öberg	Norway	Detail
	18 February 2021		1x6 km + 1x7.5 km	France Antonin Guigonnat Julia Simon	Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Hanna Öberg
9	14 March 2021	Nové Město	4x6 km	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Sweden Elvira Öberg Anna Magnusson Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma		Detail
			1x6 km + 1x7.5 km	Sweden Linn Persson Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Sturla Holm Lægreid	United States Susan Dunklee Sean Doherty

Standings (men)

Overall Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 1052 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 1039 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 930 4. Tarjei Bø 893 5. Johannes Dale 843 6. Sebastian Samuelsson 817 7. Émilien Jacquelin 812 8. Lukas Hofer 753 9. Simon Desthieux 724 10. Martin Ponsiluoma 713 Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25 Pos. Points    Sturla Holm Laegreid 1039 2. Johannes Dale 843 3. Sebastian Samuelsson 817 4. Felix Leitner 310 5. Anton Smolski 264 6. Tero Seppälä 169 7. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 134 8. Said Karimulla Khalili 111 9. Didier Bionaz 92 10. Anton Dudchenko 83 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Sturla Holm Laegreid 120 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 94 3. Alexandr Loginov 91 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet 91 5. Arnd Peiffer 84 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 359 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 319 3. Tarjei Bø 318 4. Sebastian Samuelsson 312 5. Johannes Dale 307 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Sturla Holm Lægreid 306 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 306 3. Émilien Jacquelin 286 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet 266 5. Sebastian Samuelsson 253 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Tarjei Bø 184 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 180 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 165 4. Sturla Holm Lægreid 161 5. Arnd Peiffer 159 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1.  Norway 228 2.  Sweden 204 3.  France 203 4.  Germany 199 5.  Russia 193 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 8061 2.  France 7298 3.  Germany 6978 4.  Russia 6833 5.  Sweden 6775 Final standings after 25 races.

Standings (women)

Overall Pos. Points    Tiril Eckhoff 1152 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 963 3. Franziska Preuß 840 4. Hanna Öberg 826 5. Dorothea Wierer 821 6. Lisa Theresa Hauser 818 7. Dzinara Alimbekava 734 8. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 707 9. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 677 10. Denise Herrmann 667 Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25 Pos. Points    Dzinara Alimbekava 734 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 707 3. Markéta Davidová 649 4. Elvira Öberg 631 5. Julia Simon 575 6. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 511 7. Janina Hettich 379 8. Hanna Sola 366 9. Ida Lien 276 10. Darya Blashko 273 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Lisa Theresa Hauser 103    Dorothea Wierer 103 3. Hanna Öberg 90 4. Yuliia Dzhima 85 5. Markéta Davidová 80 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Tiril Eckhoff 420 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 304 3. Hanna Öberg 296 4. Dorothea Wierer 282 5. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 280 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Tiril Eckhoff 360 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 319 3. Franziska Preuß 240 4. Hanna Öberg 235 5. Dzinara Alimbekava 226 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 186 2. Franziska Preuß 183 3. Julia Simon 181 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 175 5. Tiril Eckhoff 172 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1.  Sweden 216 2.  Germany 216 3.  France 204 4.  Norway 198 5.  Belarus 191 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 7305 2.  Sweden 7146 3.  Germany 7056 4.  France 7001 5.  Belarus 6433 Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	228
2.	France	211
3.	Sweden	210
4.	Austria	169
5.	Russia	168

• Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	38	25	20	83
2	France	12	10	12	34
3	Sweden	8	12	11	31
4	Germany	3	8	9	20
5	Russia RBU	3	2	2	7
6	Italy	2	3	6	11
7	Austria	2	3	4	9
8	Belarus	1	5	2	8
9	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
10	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
11	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		70	70	70	210

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Individual	60	54	48	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start																						18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men Sturla Holm Lægreid, 23, in his 2nd season — Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was his first podium Sebastian Samuelsson, 23, in his 5th season — Stage 2 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Oberhof Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium Martin Ponsiluoma, 25, in his 4th season — World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Nové Město Simon Desthieux, 29, in his 9th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2017–18 Sprint in Tyumen

Women Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season — Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2020–21 Sprint in Oberhof Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 24, in her 5th season — Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Mass Start in Ruhpolding

First World Cup podium

Men Sturla Holm Lægreid, 23, in his 2nd season — no. 1 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen Felix Leitner, 24, in his 5th season – no. 2 in the Stage 6 Mass Start in Oberhof Eduard Latypov, 26, in his 3rd season – no. 2 in the Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund

Women Johanna Skottheim, 26, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti Karoline Offigstad Knotten, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti Elvira Öberg, 21, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Kontiolahti Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season - no. 3 in the Stage 5 Sprint in Oberhof Hanna Sola, 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka

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

Men Sturla Holm Lægreid, 7 (7) first places Johannes Thingnes Bø, 4 (51) first places Tarjei Bø, 3 (12) first places Quentin Fillon Maillet, 3 (6) first places Simon Desthieux, 2 (2) first places Arnd Peiffer, 1 (10) first place Alexandr Loginov, 1 (3) first place Lukas Hofer, 1 (2) first place Émilien Jacquelin, 1 (2) first place Sebastian Samuelsson, 1 (1) first place Johannes Dale, 1 (1) first place Martin Ponsiluoma, 1 (1) first place

Women Tiril Eckhoff, 13 (26) first places Marte Olsbu Røiseland, 3 (9) first places Hanna Öberg, 2 (5) first places Julia Simon, 2 (3) first places Lisa Theresa Hauser, 2 (2) first places Dorothea Wierer, 1 (12) first place Markéta Davidová, 1 (2) first place Dzinara Alimbekava, 1 (1) first place Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2020–21 season:

Men Viktar Kryuko [ru] Vladimir Oryachkov Martin Perrillat-Bottonet Giuseppe Montello Arnd Peiffer[7] Simon Schempp[8] Ondřej Moravec[9] Anton Pantov Lars Helge Birkeland Marcin Szwajnos Anatoliy Oskin Alexey Slepov [ru]

Women Dafinka Koeva Stefani Popova Desislava Stoyanova Nika Blazenic Nicole Gontier[10] Anna Frolina Krystyna Guzik[11] Leysan Biktasheva [ru] Irina Starykh[12] Ekaterina Shumilova Lea Einfalt Nina Zadravec Aneta Smerciakova

Notes

1. Events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic, and replaced by Östersund.
2. Men's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.
3. Women's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.