Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer (Italian: [doroˈtɛːa ˈviːrer], German: [doʁoˈteːa ˈviːʁɐ]; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian biathlete competing in the Biathlon World Cup. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea she won again the bronze medal in the Mixed relay with Lisa Vittozzi, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won her first individual medal in the Sprint. She is the 2019 Mass Start World Champion and the 2020 Pursuit and Individual World Champion.

Dorothea Wierer

Wierer in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 35) Bruneck, Italy
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Fiamme Gialle[1]
Skis	Rossignol
Rifle	Anschütz
World Cup debut	2009
Olympic Games
Teams	3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	12 (2011–2025)
Medals	12 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	16 (2008/09, 2010/11–)
Individual races	298[a]
All races	385[b]
Individual victories	16[c]
All victories	21[d]
Individual podiums	49[e]
All podiums	75[f]
Overall titles	2 (2018–19;2019-20)
Discipline titles	4: 2 Individual (2015–16, 2020-21); 1 Pursuit (2018–19); 1 Mass Start (2019–20)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 3 World Championships 4 5 3 Total 4 5 6 Women's biathlon Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Mixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang Mixed relay 2022 Beijing 7.5 km sprint World Championships 2019 Östersund 12.5 km mass start 2020 Antholz 10 km pursuit 2020 Antholz 15 km individual 2023 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay 2016 Oslo 10 km pursuit 2019 Östersund Single mixed relay 2020 Antholz 12.5 km mass start 2020 Antholz Mixed relay 2023 Oberhof Mixed relay 2013 Nové Město 4×6 km relay 2015 Kontiolahti 4×6 km relay 2019 Östersund Mixed relay Junior World Championships 2011 Nové Město 12.5 km individual 2011 Nové Město 7.5 km sprint 2011 Nové Město 10 km pursuit 2011 Nové Město 3 × 6 km relay Youth World Championships 2008 Ruhpolding 10 km individual 2009 Canmore 7.5 km pursuit 2008 Ruhpolding 3 × 6 km relay 2009 Canmore 3 × 6 km relay European Championships 2011 Ridnaun 4×6 km relay
Updated on 24 Mar 2025

Career

Wierer has won her first Biathlon World Championships medal, placing third in the Women's relay together with Nicole Gontier, Michela Ponza and Karin Oberhofer^[2] at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě, which was the first ever medal for Italian women at the Biathlon World Championships. At the 2019 Championships in Östersund, she won the gold medal in the 12.5 km Mass Start, also a first for Italian women in Biathlon.^[3] She has currently won 12 medals in total, including 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes.

At the start of the 2015–16 season, Wierer recorded the first win in her career in the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund and as of the end of 2021-22 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 45 times with 13 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 23 relays, including five victories. She has won the 2018–19 Overall World Cup (first Italian to do so, including men^[4][5]). Wierer defended the overall title in the 2019–20 Season (the first woman to do since Magdalena Forsberg in 2001/02^[A]) and has also won 4 disciplines cup, the 2015–16 Individual World Cup, the 2018–19 Pursuit World Cup, the 2019–20 Mass Start World Cup and the 2020-21 Individual World Cup.

In February 2019, Wierer became the third biathlete (after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every^[B] biathlon discipline.^[6]

Record

Olympic Games

3 medals (3 bronze)

Wierer has won three medals from Olympic Games. In Sochi, she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay. In Pyeongchang, she won another bronze medal in the same discipline, mixed relay.^[7] In Beijing she won her first individual medal in Sprint.

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	DNS	6th	17th	26th	6th	Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang	7th	18th	15th	6th	9th	Bronze
2022 Beijing	18th	Bronze	6th	22nd	5th	9th

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

12 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	–	28th	9th	21st	4th	–	—
2012 Ruhpolding	41st	61st	–	–	12th	–
2013 Nové Město	58th	21st	30th	–	Bronze	4th
2015 Kontiolahti	4th	20th	9th	27th	Bronze	7th
2016 Oslo	8th	5th	Silver	20th	7th	8th
2017 Hochfilzen	16th	21st	10th	8th	5th	4th
2019 Östersund	8th	10th	20th	Gold	–	Bronze	Silver
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	Gold	7th	Gold	Silver	10th	Silver	9th
2021 Pokljuka	9th	20th	4th	8th	9th	6th	5th
2023 Oberhof	15th	19th	11th	14th	Gold	Silver	–
2024 Nové Město	14th	10th	21st	20th	11th	10th	–
2025 Lenzerheide	-	21st	DNS	-	7th	7th	7th

*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event	Age Class	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2007 Martell	Youth (U19)	10th	16th	14th	—
2008 Ruhpolding	Youth (U19)	Gold	8th	21st	Bronze
2009 Canmore	Youth (U19)	7th	4th	Gold	Bronze
2010 Torsby	Junior (U21)	6th	13th	11th	—
2011 Nové Město	Junior (U21)	Gold	Gold	Gold	Silver

World Cup

Season	Age	Overall			Sprint			Pursuit			Individual			Mass start
		Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2008/09	18	2/26	0	N/A	2/10	0	N/A	0/7	–	–	0/4	–	–	0/5	–	–
2010/11	20	9/26	86	54th	5/10	30	58th	3/7	36	46th	0/4	–	–	1/5	20	40th
2011/12	21	16/26	5	91st	9/10	5	78th	4/8	–	–	3/3	–	–	0/5	—	—
2012/13	22	17/26	171	38th	9/10	63	40th	5/8	87	29th	3/3	21	39th	0/5	—	—
2013/14	23	21/22	399	16th	9/9	143	19th	7/8	141	17th	2/2	60	7th	3/3	55	20th
2014/15	24	22/25	745	7th	9/10	333	4th	6/7	214	5th	2/3	70	14th	5/5	128	13th
2015/16	25	25/25	944	3rd	9/9	327	3rd	8/8	348	2nd	3/3	154	1st	5/5	148	8th
2016/17	26	26/26	719	5th	9/9	246	8th	9/9	286	5th	3/3	45	23rd	5/5	156	5th
2017/18	27	22/22	681	5th	8/8	228	8th	7/7	264	4th	2/2	60	6th	5/5	131	11th
2018/19	28	25/25	904	1st	9/9	330	2nd	8/8	327	1st	3/3	89	7th	5/5	194	2nd
2019/20	29	21/21	793	1st	8/8	305	2nd	5/5	186	2nd	3/3	114	2nd	5/5	223	1st
2020/21	30	26/26	821	5th	10/10	282	4th	8/8	220	7th	3/3	103	1st	5/5	144	8th
2021/22	31	21/22	577	9th	9/9	196	13th	6/7	185	9th	2/2	44	11th	4/4	152	3rd
2022/23	32	20/20	911	2nd	7/7	310	2nd	6/6	285	3rd	3/3	143	5th	4/4	169	4th
2023/24	33	7/21	150	40th	3/7	48	43rd	2/7	51	39th	2/3	51	18th	0/4	/	/
2024/25	34	19/21	446	13th	7/7	206	9th	6/6	138	13th	2/3	0	/	4/5	106	15th

*Updated as of 23 March 2025, all the point totals count the dropped results, if there are any. Italic means the season is still ongoing

Overall record

Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Total
								Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place	6	4	2	4	3	2	1	16	6	22
2nd place	0	6	10	2	2	7	1	18	10	28
3rd place	0	7	7	2	8	6	0	16	14	30
Podiums	6	17	19	8	13	15	2	50	30	80
Top 10	17	53	46	25	58	27	6	141	91	232
Points	32	109	89	56	67	27	6	286	100	386
Other	8	18	5	0	0	0	0	31	0	31
DNF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
DSQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Starts	40	128	94	56	67	27	6	318	100	418

* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

** Updated as of 24 Mar 2025

Individual podiums

• 16 victories (6 Individuals, 4 Sprints, 2 Pursuits, 4 Mass starts)
• 50 podiums (6 Individuals, 17 Sprints, 19 Pursuits, 8 Mass starts)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place
1	2013–14	8 March 2014	Pokljuka	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
2	2014–15	7 December 2014	Östersund	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
3		18 December 2014	Pokljuka	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
4		9 January 2015	Oberhof	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
5	2015–16	3 December 2015	Östersund	World Cup	Individual	1st
6		6 December 2015	Östersund	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
7		9 January 2016	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
8		14 January 2016	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Individual	1st
9		21 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
10		23 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
11		5 February 2016	Canmore	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
12		6 February 2016	Canmore	World Cup	Mass start	1st
13		6 March 2016	Oslo	World Championships	Pursuit	2nd
14		19 March 2016	Khanty-Mansiysk	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
15	2016–17	4 December 2016	Östersund	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
16		17 December 2016	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
17		18 December 2016	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Mass start	3rd
18	2017–18	8 December 2017	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
19		6 January 2018	Oberhof	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
20		11 January 2018	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Individual	1st
21		20 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
22	2018–19	8 December 2018	Pokljuka	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
23		9 December 2018	Pokljuka	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
24		13 December 2018	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Sprint	1st
25		15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Pursuit	3rd
26		22 December 2018	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
27		26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Pursuit	1st
28		17 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Mass start	1st
29	2019–20	1 December 2019	Östersund	World Cup	Sprint	1st
30		13 December 2019	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Sprint	1st
31		22 December 2019	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	World Cup	Mass start	2nd
32		15 January 2020	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
33		16 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	World Championships	Pursuit	1st
34		18 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	World Championships	Individual	1st
35		23 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	World Championships	Mass start	2nd
36	2020–21	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Individual	1st
37		20 December 2020	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Mass start	3rd
38		14 January 2021	Oberhof	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
39		13 March 2021	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
40		19 March 2021	Östersund	World Cup	Sprint	2nd
41	2021–22	12 January 2022	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
42		23 January 2022	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Mass Start	1st
43		11 February 2022	Beijing	Winter Olympic Games	Sprint	3rd
44		6 March 2022	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
45	2022–23	4 December 2022	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
46		5 January 2023	Pokljuka	World Cup	Sprint	3rd
47		7 January 2023	Pokljuka	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
48		19 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Sprint	1st
49		9 March 2023	Östersund	World Cup	Individual	1st
50		12 March 2023	Östersund	World Cup	Mass Start	1st

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

*Bolded lines are WCH or WOG races

Relay podiums

• 6 victories (3 Women relays, 2 Mixed relays, 1 Single mixed relay)
• 30 podiums (13 Women relays, 15 Mixed relays, 2 Single mixed relays)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place	Teammates
1	2012-13	15 February 2013	Nové Město na Moravě	World Championships	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Gontier/Ponza/Oberhofer
2	2013-14	19 February 2014	Sochi	Winter Olympic Games	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	3rd	Oberhofer/Windish/Hofer
3	2014-15	15 February 2015	Oslo	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	2nd	Gontier/Sanfilippo/Oberhofer
4		13 March 2015	Kontiolahti	World Championships	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Gontier
5	2015-16	13 December 2015	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	1st	Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Sanfilippo
6		17 January 2016	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Vittozzi/Oberhofer/Runggaldier
7		7 February 2016	Canmore	World Cup	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	2nd	Oberhofer/Hofer/Windisch
8	2016-17	27 November 2016	Östersund	World Cup	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	3rd	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
9		22 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Vittozzi/Sanfilippo/Runggaldier
10	2017-18	26 November 2017	Östersund	World Cup	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	2nd	Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer
11		13 January 2018	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	2nd	Vittozzi/Gontier/Sanfilippo
12		20 February 2018	Pyeongchang	Winter Olympic Games	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	3rd	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
13		10 March 2018	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	1st	Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer
14		17 March 2018	Oslo	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Vittozzi/Gontier/Sanfilippo
15	2018-19	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	World Cup	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	3rd	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
16		16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	1st	Vittozzi/Runggaldier/Sanfilippo
17		17 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	World Cup	Single Mixed (M-W)	1st	Hofer
18		7 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km (W-M)	3rd	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
19		14 March 2019	Östersund	World Championships	Single Mixed (W-M)	2nd	Hofer
20	2019-20	30 November 2019	Östersund	World Cup	Mixed 4x6 km (W-M)	1st	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
21		13 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	World Championships	Mixed 4x6 km (W-M)	2nd	Vittozzi/Hofer/Windisch
22	2020-21	14 March 2021	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Mixed 4x6 km (W-M)	2nd	Vittozzi/Windisch/Hofer
23	2021-22	3 March 2022	Kontiolahti	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Comola/Sanfilippo/Vittozzi
24	2022-23	11 December 2022	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Passler/Comola/Vittozzi
25		8 January 2023	Pokljuka	World Cup	Mixed 4x7.5 km (M-W)	2nd	Bionaz/Giacomel/Vittozzi
26		14 January 2023	Ruhpolding	World Cup	Women 4x6 km	3rd	Comola/Vittozzi/Passler
27		9 February 2023	Oberhof	World Championships	Mixed 4x6 km (W-M)	2nd	Vittozzi/Bionaz/Giacomel
28		18 February 2023	Oberhof	World Championships	Women 4x6 km	1st	Comola/Auchentaller/Vittozzi
29	2023-24	25 November 2023	Östersund	World Cup	Mixed 4x6 km (M-W)	3rd	Bionaz/Giacomel/Vittozzi
30		20 January 2024	Antholz-Anterselva	World Cup	Mixed 4x6 km (W-M)	2nd	Vittozzi/Bionaz/Giacomel

*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

*Bolded lines are WCH or OWG races

See also

• Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

Notes

1. On 21 December 2021, Tora Berger was jointly awarded the 2013-14 Biathlon World Cup after the disqualification of Olga Zaitseva, so Berger also won 2 Overall in a row after her win in 2012-13. However, it wasn't the case in March 2020. "IBU EB AWARDS TOTAL SCORE CRYSTAL GLOBE 2013/2014 TO TORA BERGER AND KAISA MAKARAINEN". biathlonworld.com. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. This means every discipline at the World Cup / World Championships level as of the 2018–19 season; this includes Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, Mass Start, Women's Relay, Mixed Relay, and Single Mixed Relay. Later at the 2019 World Championships, Johannes Thingnes Bø achieved the same feature, while Sturla Holm Lægreid did that in March 2022. Ole Einar Bjørndalen has also won in 7 different disciplines at the World Cup / World Championships level (Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, Mass Start, Men's Relay, Mixed Relay, and the Team event which has not been raced since 1998); however, he never competed in a Single Mixed Relay during the later stages of his career. Halvard Hanevold also won in the same disciplines and retired before the introduction of Single Mixed Relay in 2015.

Notes about WC results

During Wierer's career, until 2023 the World Championships results counted for the World Cup of that season, starting from that season they did not anymore. Olympic Winter Games results did not.

1. Including races at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC until 2022/23 season, 11 races at WOG not counted, 9 races at the WCH not counted
2. Including races at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC until 2022/23 season, 17 races at WOG not counted, 16 races at the WCH not counted
3. Including 3 wins at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC
4. 1 win at the Biathlon WCH not counted
5. Including 5 podiums at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC, 1 podium at the WOG not counted
6. Including 10 podiums at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC, 3 podiums at the WOG not counted, 2 podiums at the WCH not counted