2015–16 Biathlon World Cup

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season began on 29 November 2015 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 19 March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The defending overall champions from the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Darya Domracheva of Belarus, but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.[2]

2015–16 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Soukalová
Nations Cup	Norway	Germany
Individual	Martin Fourcade	Dorothea Wierer
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Soukalová
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Soukalová
Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Soukalová
Relay	Norway	Germany
Mixed	Norway
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Östersund	29 November–6 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●			details
3	Pokljuka	17–20 December		●	●	●				details
4	Ruhpolding[nb 1]	8–10 January		●	●	●				details
5	Ruhpolding	13–17 January	●			●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January		●	●		●			details
7	Canmore	4–7 February		●		●		●	●	details
8	Presque Isle	11–13 February		●	●		●			details
WC	Holmenkollen	3–13 March	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
9	Khanty-Mansiysk	17–19 March		●	●	Cancelled				details
Total: 65 (30 men's, 30 women's, 5 mixed)			3	9	8	5	5	3	2

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	2 December 2015	Östersund	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Simon Schempp	Alexey Volkov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	5 December 2015	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
1	6 December 2015	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Martin Fourcade	Detail
2	11 December 2015	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp	Martin Fourcade	Tarjei Bø		Detail
2	12 December 2015	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Anton Shipulin		Detail
3	17 December 2015	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Evgeniy Garanichev		Detail
3	19 December 2015	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Schempp	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
3	20 December 2015	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
4	8 January 2016	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
4	9 January 2016	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Michal Šlesingr		Detail
4	10 January 2016	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Tarjei Bø		Detail
5	13 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Simon Eder	Anton Shipulin		Detail
5	16 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	15 km Mass Start	Erik Lesser	Martin Fourcade	Evgeniy Garanichev		Detail
6	22 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp	Maxim Tsvetkov	Tarjei Bø		Detail
6	23 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Simon Schempp	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
7	4 February 2016	Canmore	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Simon Schempp		Detail
7	6 February 2016	Canmore	15 km Mass Start	Dominik Windisch	Benedikt Doll	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
8	11 February 2016	Presque Isle	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade		Detail
8	12 February 2016	Presque Isle	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anton Shipulin		Detail
WC	5 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Serhiy Semenov		Detail
WC	6 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
WC	10 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Dominik Landertinger	Simon Eder		Detail
WC	13 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
9	18 March 2016	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Julian Eberhard	Simon Schempp	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
9	19 March 2016	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Schempp	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	3 December 2015	Östersund	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Marie Dorin Habert	Olena Pidhrushna	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
1	5 December 2015	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Federica Sanfilippo	Olena Pidhrushna	Gabriela Soukalová	Detail
1	6 December 2015	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Franziska Hildebrand		Detail
2	11 December 2015	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Franziska Hildebrand	Maren Hammerschmidt	Miriam Gössner		Detail
2	12 December 2015	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Maren Hammerschmidt	Gabriela Soukalová		Detail
3	18 December 2015	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Marie Dorin Habert	Laura Dahlmeier	Franziska Hildebrand		Detail
3	19 December 2015	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie Dorin Habert	Detail
3	20 December 2015	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Soukalová	Olga Podchufarova	Gabriela Soukalová	Detail
4	8 January 2016	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Franziska Hildebrand	Gabriela Soukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
4	9 January 2016	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Soukalová	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
4	10 January 2016	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
5	14 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Soukalová		Detail
5	16 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Soukalová	Franziska Hildebrand	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
6	21 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Podchufarova	Dorothea Wierer	Ekaterina Yurlova		Detail
6	23 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Yurlova	Selina Gasparin	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
7	5 February 2016	Canmore	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Pidhrushna	Krystyna Guzik	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
7	6 February 2016	Canmore	12.5 km Mass Start	Dorothea Wierer	Marie Dorin Habert	Gabriela Soukalová		Detail
8	11 February 2016	Presque Isle	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Susan Dunklee	Krystyna Guzik		Detail
8	12 February 2016	Presque Isle	10 km Pursuit	Gabriela Soukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
WC	5 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Marie Dorin Habert	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
WC	6 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
WC	9 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Marie Dorin Habert	Anaïs Bescond	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
WC	13 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Marie Dorin Habert	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
9	17 March 2016	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Soukalová	Marte Olsbu		Detail
9	19 March 2016	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie Dorin Habert	Dorothea Wierer		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	13 December 2015	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	Norway Henrik L'Abée-Lund Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	France Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Detail
5	15 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeniy Garanichev Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Shipulin	Austria Sven Grossegger Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger	Detail
6	24 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Lars Helge Birkeland Johannes Thingnes Bø Erlend Bjøntegaard	Detail
8	13 February 2016	Presque Isle	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	France Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Daniel Böhm Benedikt Doll	Detail
WC	12 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Canada Christian Gow Nathan Smith Scott Gow Brendan Green	Detail

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	13 December 2015	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Federica Sanfilippo Dorothea Wierer	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Olga Abramova Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Detail
5	17 January 2016	Ruhpolding (2)	4x6 km Relay	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Yuliia Dzhima Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Germany Karolin Horchler Miriam Gössner Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer	Detail
6	24 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	France Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Lucie Charvátová Gabriela Soukalová Veronika Vítková	Russia Ekaterina Shumilova Anastasia Zagoruiko Ekaterina Yurlova Olga Podchufarova	Detail
8	13 February 2016	Presque Isle	4x6 km Relay	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Lucie Charvátová Gabriela Soukalová Veronika Vítková	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Natalya Burdyga Yuliia Dzhima Olena Pidhrushna	Germany Franziska Preuß Luise Kummer Miriam Gössner Karolin Horchler	Detail
WC	11 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x6 km Relay	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu	France Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert	Germany Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier	Detail

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	29 November 2015	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Lars Helge Birkeland	Canada Rosanna Crawford Nathan Smith	Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Daniel Böhm	Detail
1	29 November 2015	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Benedikt Doll Simon Schempp	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	Detail
7	7 February 2016	Canmore	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	France Marie Dorin Habert Martin Fourcade	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Norway Hilde Fenne Lars Helge Birkeland	Detail
7	7 February 2016	Canmore	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Italy Dorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Norway Marte Olsbu Synnøve Solemdal Alexander Os Håvard Bogetveit	Detail
WC	3 March 2016	Oslo Holmenkollen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	Germany Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Norway Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Martin Fourcade	1152
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	820
3.	Anton Shipulin	806
4.	Simon Schempp	769
5.	Simon Eder	714

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 140 2. Simon Eder 138 3. Dominik Landertinger 105 4. Anton Shipulin 100 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 90 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 379 2. Simon Schempp 316 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 298 4. Arnd Peiffer 262 5. Anton Shipulin 251 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 391 2. Anton Shipulin 300 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 4. Tarjei Bø 267 5. Simon Eder 254 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 242 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 162 3. Anton Shipulin 155 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 154 5. Evgeniy Garanichev 153 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 282 2. Russia 255 3. Germany 236 4. France 217 5. Austria 209 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Norway 7808 2. Germany 7518 3. Russia 7178 4. France 7113 5. Austria 6795 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Gabriela Soukalová	1106
2.	Marie Dorin Habert	1043
3.	Dorothea Wierer	965
4.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	905
5.	Franziska Hildebrand	793

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Dorothea Wierer 154 2. Marie Dorin Habert 152 3. Gabriela Soukalová 128 4. Franziska Hildebrand 112 5. Anaïs Bescond 107 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Gabriela Soukalová 413 2. Marie Dorin Habert 336 3. Dorothea Wierer 327 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 309 5. Olena Pidhrushna 299 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Gabriela Soukalová 354 2. Dorothea Wierer 348 3. Marie Dorin Habert 331 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 5. Laura Dahlmeier 265 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Gabriela Soukalová 241 2. Marie Dorin Habert 236 3. Laura Dahlmeier 228 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 179 5. Franziska Hildebrand 169 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Germany 235 2. Ukraine 234 3. France 228 4. Czech Republic 228 5. Italy 227 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 7406 2. France 7176 3. Czech Republic 6944 4. Italy 6822 5. Ukraine 6803 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	264
2.	Germany	252
3.	France	223
4.	Russia	191
5.	Canada	183

• Final standings after 5 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	17	14	6	37
2	Germany	14	18	13	45
3	Norway	11	8	15	34
4	Czech Republic	5	6	5	16
5	Italy	5	5	5	15
6	Russia	5	4	10	19
7	Finland	4	2	3	9
8	Austria	2	3	2	7
9	Ukraine	2	1	4	7
10	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
12	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 nations)		65	65	65	195

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA), 27, in his 9th season — the WC 3 Mass Start in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva  Dominik Windisch (ITA), 26, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore; it also was his first podium  Julian Eberhard (AUT), 29, in his 8th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was his first podium

Women  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 25, in her 6th season — the WC 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Pokljuka  Franziska Hildebrand (GER), 28, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Nové Město  Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 23, in her 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Pursuit in Hochfilzen

First World Cup podium

Men  Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS), 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva  Dominik Windisch (ITA), 26, in his 9th season — no. 1 WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore  Julian Eberhard (AUT), 29, in his 8th season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiyk

Women  Federica Sanfilippo (ITA), 25, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund  Maren Hammerschmidt (GER), 26, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen  Marte Olsbu (NOR), 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk

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

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 10 (47) first places  Simon Schempp (GER), 5 (10) first places  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 3 (11) first places  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (94) first place  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 1 (8) first place  Simon Eder (AUT), 1 (3) first place  Erik Lesser (GER), 1 (2) first place  Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Dominik Windisch (ITA), 1 (1) first place  Julian Eberhard (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Women  Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 5 (7) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 4 (19) first places  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 4 (12) first places  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 3 (5) first places  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 3 (3) first places  Franziska Hildebrand (GER), 2 (2) first places  Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 1 (2) first place  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR), 1 (2) first place  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Men  Friedrich Pinter (AUT)[4]  Scott Perras (CAN)[5]  Indrek Tobreluts (EST)[6]  Andreas Birnbacher (GER)[7]  Christian De Lorenzi (ITA)[8]  Christian Martinelli (ITA)[9]  Alexander Os (NOR)[10]  Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)[11]  Miroslav Matiaško (SVK)[12]

Women  Zina Kocher (CAN)[13]  Audrey Vaillancourt (CAN)[4]  Barbora Tomešová (CZE)[14]  Marine Bolliet (FRA)[15]  Jori Mørkve (NOR)[16]  Elise Ringen (NOR)[17]  Olga Vilukhina (RUS)  Martina Chrapánová (SVK)[18]  Natália Prekopová (SVK)[19]  Natalya Burdyga (UKR)[5]  Annelies Cook (USA)[20]  Hannah Dreissigacker (USA)[14]

Footnotes

1. Originally scheduled in Oberhof on 7–10 January, relocated in Ruhpolding due to lack of snow.[3]

References

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4. Paone, Francesco (4 May 2016). "Si ritirano Fritz Pinter e Audrey Vaillancourt. Salgono a 9 gli addii nel biathlon" [Fritz Pinter and Audrey Vaillancourt retires. Rising to nine retirements in biathlon.]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
5. Paone, Francesco (15 May 2016). "Natalya Burdyga si ritira. Ancora. Smette anche Scott Perras. Salgono a 11 gli addii nel biathlon" [Natalya Burdyga retires. Again. Scott Perras also stops. Rising to eleven retirements in biathlon.]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
6. Roosna, Märt (14 January 2016). "Pika karjääri lõpetanud Indrek Tobreluts: toredad aastad olid" [The end of the long career of Indrek Tobreluts: they were wonderful years]. Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 March 2016. (in Estonian) (subscription required)
7. "Überraschung in Oslo: Birnbacher beendet Karriere". Merkur (in German). 9 March 2016.
8. Paone, Francesco (26 March 2016). "A Forni Avoltri si è conclusa la carriera di Christian De Lorenzi" [The career of Christian De Lorenzi concluded in Forni Avoltri]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 27 March 2016.
9. Paone, Francesco (27 March 2016). "Fine carriera anche per Christian Martinelli" [Christian Martinelli ends career as well]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
10. Eidissen, Lars (31 May 2016). "Alexander Os legger opp som skiskytter og blir pappa igjen" [Alexander Os retires as biathlete and becomes father again]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
11. "Retirement for Russia's Ivan Tcherezov". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
12. "Miroslav Matiaško". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
13. Paone, Francesco (28 March 2016). "Zina Kocher chiude la sua carriera" [Zina Kocher ends her career]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
14. "Retirement for Alexander Os…and More Athletes". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
15. Paone, Francesco (18 March 2016). "Marine Bolliet appende sci e carabina al chiodo" [Marine Bolliet hangs up skis and rifle]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
16. Ørjan Brattetveit (4 April 2016). "Siste jubel for Jori" [Last hurrah for Jori]. Hordaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
17. "Ringen legger opp" [Ringen retires]. Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017. (subscription required)
18. "Martina Chrapánová". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
19. "Natália Prekopová". Biathlon-Info. n.d. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
20. Paone, Francesco (28 March 2016). "Lowell Bailey e Clare Egan protagonisti ai campionati NorAm. Annelies Cook vince nel giorno del ritiro" [Lowell Bailey and Clare Egan are the protagonists of the NorAm championships. Annelies Cook victorious on the day of her retirement]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2016.

External links

• IBU official site
• IBU Guide 2015–16 season (PDF)
• RealBiathlon - statistics and analyses