Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Biathlon Championships

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1958 Saalfelden (AUT) 1-2 March 1958
1959 Courmayeur (ITA) 16 February 1959
1961 Umeå (SWE) 25 February 1961
1962 Hämeenlinna (FIN) 4 March 1962
1963 Saalfelden (AUT) 3 February 1963
1965 Elverum (NOR) 18-20 February 1965
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (FRG) 4-6 February 1966
1967 Altenberg (GDR) 16-18 February 1967
1969 Zakopane (POL) 27 February-2 March 1969
1970 Östersund (SWE) 1-9 February 1970
1971 Hämeenlinna (FIN) 6-7 March 1971
1973 Lake Placid (USA) 2-4 March 1973
1974 Minsk (URS) 27 February-1 March 1974
1975 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 11-16 February 1975
1976 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 31 January 1976 (sprint)
1977 Vingrom (NOR) 24-27 February 1977
1978 Hochfilzen (AUT) 2-5 March 1978
1979 Ruhpolding (FRG) 15-18 February 1979
1981 Lahti (FIN) 12-15 March 1981
1982 Minsk (URS) 13-14 February 1982
1983 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 23-26 February 1983
1984 Chamonix (FRA) 29 February-4 March 1984 (women)
1985 Ruhpolding (FRG) 12-20 February 1985 (men) and Egg am Etzel (SUI) 17-25 February 1985 (women)
1986 Oslo (NOR) 18-23 February 1986 (men) and Falun (SWE) 13-16 February 1986 (women)
1987 Lake Placid (USA) 14-27 February 1987 (men) and Lahti (FIN) 15-28 February 1987 (women)
1988 Chamonix (FRA) 29 February-6 March 1988 (women)
1989 Feistritz an der Drau (AUT) 7-12 February 1989
1990 Minsk (URS) 20 February 1990, Oslo (NOR) 8-11 March 1990 (sprint, team, and women’s relay, moved due to unconducive snow conditions), and Kontiolahti (FIN) 18 March 1990 (men’s relay, moved again due to fog)
1991 Lahti (FIN) 19-24 February 1991
1992 Novosibirsk (RUS) 22 March 1992 (team)
1993 Borovets (BUL) 9-14 February 1993
1994 Canmore (CAN) 15 March 1994 (team)
1995 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 16-19 February 1995
1996 Ruhpolding (GER) 3-11 February 1996
1997 Brezno-Osrblie (SVK) 1-9 February 1997
1998 Pokljuka (SLO) 8 March 1998 (pursuit) and Hochfilzen (AUT) 15 March 1998 (team)
1999 Kontiolahti (FIN) 5-14 February 1999 and Oslo (NOR) 11-13 March 1999 (individual and mass start, moved due to cold)
2000 Oslo (NOR) 19-26 February 2000 and Lahti (FIN) 11 March 2000 (men’s relay, moved due to fog)
2001 Pokljuka (SLO) 3-11 February 2001
2002 Oslo (NOR) 24 March 2002 (mass start)
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) 15-23 March 2003
2004 Oberhof (GER) 7-15 February 2004
2005 Hochfilzen (AUT) 4-13 March 2005 and Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) 20 March 2005 (mixed relay)
2006 Pokljuka (SLO) 12 March 2006 (mixed relay)
2007 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 2-11 February 2007
2008 Östersund (SWE) 8-17 February 2008
2009 Pyeongchang (KOR) 13-22 February 2009
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) 28 March 2010 (mixed relay)
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) 3-13 March 2011
2012 Ruhpolding (GER) 1-11 March 2012
2013 Nové Město na Moravě (CZE) 7-17 February 2013
2015 Kontiolahti (FIN) 5-15 March 2015
2016 Oslo (NOR) 3-13 March 2016
2017 Hochfilzen (AUT) 9-19 February 2017
2019 Östersund (SWE) 6-17 March 2019
2020 Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) 12-23 February 2020
2021 Pokljuka (SLO) 9-21 February 2021

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
Jürgen Wirth	GDR	BTH	Olympics	1988	1–1–0 1986 Oslo silver: 4×7.5 km relay; 1987 Lake Placid gold: 4×7.5 km relay
Alexander Wolf	GER	BTH	Olympics	2002—2010	0–0–2 2008 Östersund bronze: 12.5 km pursuit and 4×7.5 km relay
Oksana Yakovlieva	UKR	BTH	Olympics	2002	0–2–0 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk silver: 4×6 km relay; 2008 Östersund silver: 4×6 km relay
Matvey Yeliseyev	ROC	BTH	Olympics	2018	0–0–2 2019 Östersund bronze: 4×7.5 km relay; 2021 Pokljuka bronze: 4×7.5 km relay (competed for the Russian Biathlon Union)
Aleksandr Yelizarov	RUS URS	BTH	Olympics	1976	1–3–0 1975 Antholz silver: 10 km sprint and 4×7.5 km relay; 1976 Antholz silver: 10 km sprint; 1977 Vingrom gold: 4×7.5 km relay
Yu Shumei	CHN	BTH	Olympics	1998—2002	0–1–0 2000 Oslo/Lahti silver: 15 km
Hillar Zahkna	EST	BTH	Olympics	1992—1994	0–0–1 1992 Novosibirsk bronze: team
Olga Zaytseva	RUS	BTH	Olympics	2002—2014	3–2–3 2005 Hochfilzen/Khanty-Mansiysk gold: 4×6 km relay, silver: 7.5 km sprint and 4×6 km mixed relay, bronze: 10 km pursuit; 2009 Pyeongchang gold: 12.5 km mass start and 4×6 km relay, bronze: 7.5 km sprint and 10 km pursuit
Dunja Zdouc	AUT	BTH	Olympics	2018—2022	0–1–0 2021 Pokljuka silver: 4×7.5 km mixed relay
Martina Zellner	GER	BTH	Olympics	1998	2–1–3 1998 Pokljuka/Hochfilzen bronze: 10 km pursuit; 1999 Kontiolahti/Oslo gold: 7.5 km sprint and 4×7.5 km relay, bronze: 10 km pursuit; 2000 Oslo/Lahti silver: 4×7.5 km relay, bronze: 7.5 km sprint
Ludwik Zięba	POL	BTH	Olympics	1976	0–0–1 1975 Antholz bronze: 4×7.5 km relay
Jan Ziemianin	POL	BTH	Olympics / Other	1992—1998	0–0–1 1997 Osrblie bronze: team
Wiesław Ziemianin	POL	BTH	Olympics	1994—2006	0–0–1 1997 Osrblie bronze: team
Andreas Zingerle	ITA	BTH	Olympics	1984—1994	4–0–1 1986 Oslo bronze: 4×7.5 km relay; 1990 Minsk/Oslo/Kontiolahti gold: 4×7.5 km relay; 1993 Borovets gold: 20 km and 4×7.5 km relay; 1994 Canmore gold: team

Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Biathlon Championships (414)

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