2005–06 Biathlon World Cup

2005–06 World Cup
Competition

The 2005−06 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The 2006 Winter Olympics were part of the Biathlon World Cup. The season lasted from 26 November 2005 to 26 March 2006.

The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Kati Wilhelm of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2005–06 season.[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
Östersund	25–29 November		●	●		●
Hochfilzen	7–11 December	●	●			●
Brezno-Osrblie	14–18 December	●	●	●
Oberhof	3–8 January		●		●	●
Ruhpolding	10–15 January		●	●		●
Antholz	18–22 January		●	●	●
Cesana San Sicario	10–26 February	●	●	●	●	●	Winter Olympics
Pokljuka	7–11 March		●	●
Kontiolahti	15–19 March		●	●	●
Oslo	22–26 March		●	●	●
Total		3	10	8	5	5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	26 November 2005	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Stian Eckhoff	Raphaël Poirée	Ilmārs Bricis	Stian Eckhoff	Detail
1	27 November 2005	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vincent Defrasne	Ivan Tcherezov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	8 December 2005	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Michael Greis		Detail
2	10 December 2005	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Lars Berger	Sven Fischer		Detail
3	15 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Maxim Tchoudov	Michael Rösch		Detail
3	16 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Alexander Wolf	Michael Rösch	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	18 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Alexander Wolf	Michael Rösch	Alexander Wolf	Detail
4	7 January 2006	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Vincent Defrasne	Alexander Wolf	Maxim Tchoudov		Detail
4	8 January 2006	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Halvard Hanevold	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	14 January 2006	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Michael Rösch	Michael Greis	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
5	15 January 2006	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Michael Rösch	Raphaël Poirée	Sergei Tchepikov		Detail
6	19 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ricco Groß	Maxim Tchoudov		Detail
6	20 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Groß	Halvard Hanevold	Frode Andresen		Detail
6	22 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen		Detail
OG	11 February 2006	Turin	20 km Individual	Michael Greis	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
OG	14 February 2006	Turin	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Halvard Hanevold	Frode Andresen		Detail
OG	18 February 2006	Turin	12.5 km Pursuit	Vincent Defrasne	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Sven Fischer	Detail
OG	25 February 2006	Turin	15 km Mass Start	Michael Greis	Tomasz Sikora	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Detail
7	8 March 2006	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Carl Johan Bergman	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	11 March 2006	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Carl Johan Bergman		Detail
8	16 March 2005	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Carl Johan Bergman	Tomasz Sikora	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	18 March 2006	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Lars Berger		Detail
8	19 March 2006	Kontiolahti	15 km Mass Start	Tomasz Sikora	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
9	23 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ilmārs Bricis	Mattias Nilsson	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
9	25 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Tomasz Sikora	Ricco Groß		Detail
9	26 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Roman Dostál	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	26 November 2005	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Tadeja Brankovič	Katrin Apel	Uschi Disl	Detail
1	27 November 2005	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Kati Wilhelm	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl	Detail
2	7 December 2005	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olga Zaitseva	Natalia Guseva	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
2	9 December 2005	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Uschi Disl		Detail
3	15 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Albina Akhatova	Florence Baverel-Robert		Detail
3	17 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Lilia Efremova	Kati Wilhelm	Detail
3	18 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl		Detail
4	7 January 2006	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Carin Olofsson	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
4	8 January 2006	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Martina Glagow	Olga Pyleva	Katrin Apel		Detail
5	13 January 2006	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Kati Wilhelm	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
5	15 January 2006	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Kati Wilhelm	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	19 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	21 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	22 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Martina Glagow	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl		Detail
OG	13 February 2006	Turin	15 km Individual	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Olga Pyleva	Martina Glagow		Detail
OG	16 February 2006	Turin	7.5 km Sprint	Florence Baverel-Robert	Anna Carin Olofsson	Lilia Efremova		Detail
OG	18 February 2006	Turin	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Martina Glagow	Albina Akhatova		Detail
OG	25 February 2006	Turin	12.5 km Mass Start	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl		Detail
7	9 March 2006	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Linda Tjørhom	Sandrine Bailly	Florence Baverel-Robert		Detail
7	11 March 2006	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Kati Wilhelm	Katrin Apel		Detail
8	16 March 2005	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olena Zubrilova	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
8	18 March 2006	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
8	19 March 2006	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Kati Wilhelm	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
9	23 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Martina Glagow	Michela Ponza	Ekaterina Ivanova		Detail
9	25 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Anna Carin Olofsson		Detail
9	26 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Linda Tjørhom	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Nazarova		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	29 November 2005	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Russia Filipp Shulman Ivan Tcherezov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov	France Julien Robert Raphael Poiree Alexandre Aubert Vincent Defrasne
2	11 December 2005	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Alexander Wolf Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Nikolay Kruglov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Tchepikov	France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphael Poiree
4	4 January 2006	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Alexander Wolf Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev Ivan Tcherezov Nikolay Kruglov	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Sergey Novikov Vladimir Drachev Oleg Ryzhenkov
5	12 January 2006	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Michael Rösch Alexander Wolf Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Christoph Sumann	Norway Halvard Hanevold Emil Hegle Svendsen Frode Andresen Stian Eckhoff
OG	21 February 2006	Torino	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov	France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphael Poiree

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	29 November 2005	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Norway Liv Grete Poiree Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjorhom	France Delphyne Peretto Christelle Gros Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Natalia Guseva Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
2	10 December 2005	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Norway Liv Grete Poiree Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjorhom	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova Olga Zaitseva	Germany Martina Glagow Simone Denkinger Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm
4	5 January 2006	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	France Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	Germany Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm	Belarus Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova
5	11 January 2006	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova Olga Zaitseva	Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Simone Denkinger	Slovenia Teja Gregorin Andreja Mali Andreja Koblar Tadeja Brankovič
OG	23 February 2006	Torino	4x6 km Relay	Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaitseva Albina Akhatova	Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm	France Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
WC	12 March 2006	Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Sergei Tchepikov Irina Malgina Nikolay Kruglov	Norway Linda Tjorhom Halvard Hanevold Tora Berger Ole Einar Bjørndalen	France Florence Baverel-Robert Vincent Defrasne Sandrine Bailly Raphaël Poirée

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	814
2.	Raphaël Poirée	695
3.	Sven Fischer	674
4.	Tomasz Sikora	606
5.	Michael Rösch	573

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Michael Greis	133
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	92
3.	Raphaël Poirée	83
4.	Sven Fischer	77
5.	Halvard Hanevold	77

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Tomasz Sikora	257
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	253
3.	Raphaël Poirée	245
4.	Sven Fischer	232
5.	Vincent Defrasne	230

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	283
2.	Sven Fischer	229
3.	Raphaël Poirée	200
4.	Vincent Defrasne	198
5.	Michael Rösch	195

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	186
2.	Raphaël Poirée	157
3.	Tomasz Sikora	140
4.	Sven Fischer	124
5.	Maxim Tchoudov	120

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Germany	200
2.	Russia	184
3.	France	169
4.	Norway	164
5.	Belarus	147

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	5843
2.	Norway	5531
3.	Russia	5462
4.	France	5067
5.	Austria	4668

Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Kati Wilhelm	969
2.	Anna Carin Olofsson	818
3.	Martina Glagow	694
4.	Sandrine Bailly	674
5.	Uschi Disl	580

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Svetlana Ishmouratova	100
2.	Albina Akhatova	99
3.	Anna Carin Olofsson	96
4.	Martina Glagow	80
5.	Sandrine Bailly	74

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Kati Wilhelm	368
2.	Anna Carin Olofsson	333
3.	Svetlana Ishmouratova	244
4.	Sandrine Bailly	242
5.	Martina Glagow	220

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Kati Wilhelm	334
2.	Anna Carin Olofsson	254
3.	Sandrine Bailly	221
4.	Martina Glagow	209
5.	Katrin Apel	195

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	Martina Glagow	170
2.	Kati Wilhelm	169
3.	Linda Tjørhom	142
4.	Uschi Disl	141
5.	Anna Carin Olofsson	135

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Russia	189
2.	Germany	181
3.	France	179
4.	Norway	171
5.	Slovenia	157

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	5758
2.	Russia	5631
3.	France	5242
4.	Norway	5082
5.	Belarus	4942

Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	22	21	18	61
2	Norway	19	7	9	35
3	France	7	13	8	28
4	Sweden	7	2	4	13
5	Russia	6	11	13	30
6	Poland	1	3	0	4
7	Belarus	1	1	5	7
8	Slovenia	0	1	3	4
9	Latvia	0	1	1	2
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
13	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Totals (13 nations)		63	63	63	189

Achievements

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

Men

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 8 (63) first places
Sven Fischer (GER), 3 (33) first places
Frode Andresen (NOR), 3 (15) first places
Michael Greis (GER), 2 (3) first places
Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 2 (2) first places
Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 1 (38) first place
Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 1 (9) first place
Ricco Groß (GER), 1 (9) first place
Stian Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Alexander Wolf (GER), 1 (2) first place
Tomasz Sikora (POL), 1 (2) first place
Michael Rösch (GER), 1 (1) first place
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

Kati Wilhelm (GER), 6 (15) first places
Anna Carin Olofsson (GER), 6 (6) first places
Martina Glagow (GER), 3 (9) first places
Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 2 (15) first places
Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 2 (5) first places
Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS), 2 (2) first places
Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (30) first place
Liv Grete Poirée (NOR), 1 (22) first place
Olena Zubrilova (BLR), 1 (21) first place
Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 1 (6) first place
Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2005–06 season:

Olena Zubrilova (BLR)
Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
Sun Ribo (CHN)
Kateřina Holubcová (CZE)
Katja Beer (GER)
Uschi Disl (GER)
Liv Grete Poiree (NOR)
Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)
Svetlana Tchernousova (RUS)
Andreja Koblar (SLO)
Anna Murínová (SVK)

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References

"World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

External links

Season statistics at Biathlonworld.com

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[1] "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2018-01-15.