Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer Corradini (Italian: [doroˈtɛːa ˈviːrer korraˈdiːni], 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. She is the 2019 mass start world champion, and 2020 individual and pursuit world champion.

Dorothea Wierer

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 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	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	9 (2011–2020)
Medals	10 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	9 (2010/11–)
Individual races	205[lower-alpha 1]
All races	264[lower-alpha 2]
Individual victories	11[lower-alpha 3]
All victories	16
Individual podiums	35[lower-alpha 4]
All podiums	54[lower-alpha 5]
Overall titles	2 (2018–19;2019-20)
Discipline titles	3: 1 Individual (2015–16); 1 Pursuit (2018–19); 1 Mass Start (2019–20)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 2 World Championships 3 4 3 Total 3 4 5 Women's biathlon Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Mixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang Mixed relay World Championships 2019 Östersund 12.5 km mass start 2020 Antholz 10 km pursuit 2020 Antholz 15 km individual 2016 Oslo 10 km pursuit 2019 Östersund Single mixed relay 2020 Antholz 12.5 km mass start 2020 Antholz Mixed relay 2013 Nové Město 4×6 km relay 2015 Kontiolahti 4×6 km relay 2019 Östersund Mixed relay Junior World Championships 2008 Ruhpolding Individual 2009 Canmore Pursuit 2011 Nové Město Individual 2011 Nové Město Sprint 2011 Nové Město Pursuit 2011 Nové Město Relay European Championships 2011 Ridnaun 4×6 km relay
Updated on 14 March 2020.

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 10 medals in total, including 3 Golds, 4 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 2019-20 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 35 times with 11 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 21 relays, including 5 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 to do since Magdalena Forsberg in 2001/02) and has also won 3 disciplines cup, the 2015–16 Individual World Cup, the 2018–19 Pursuit World Cup and the 2019–20 Mass Start World Cup.

In February 2019, Wierer was the third biathlete (after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every[upper-alpha 1] biathlon discipline.[6]

Record

Olympic Games

2 medals (2 bronze)

Wierer has won two 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]

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

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

World Championships

10 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	–	28th	9th	21st	4th	–	N/A
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

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

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

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2007 Martell	10th	16th	14th	—
2008 Ruhpolding	Gold	8th	21st	—
2009 Canmore	7th	4th	Gold	—
2010 Torsby	6th	13th	11th	—
2011 Nové Město	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
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

*Updated as of 30 March 2020, all the point totals count the dropped results if there are any.

Overall record

Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Total
								Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	11	5	16
2nd place	0	4	7	2	2	3	1	13	6	19
3rd place	0	3	7	1	5	5	0	11	10	21
Podiums	4	10	16	5	9	10	2	35	21	56
Top 10	11	35	31	16	38	16	3	93	57	150
Points	19	70	58	36	44	16	3	183	63	246
Other	6	17	5	-	-	-	-	28	0	28
DNF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
DSQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Starts	25	88	63	36	44	16	3	212	63	275

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

** Updated as of 14 March 2020.

Individual victories

11 victories (3 Sp, 2 Pu, 4 In, 2 MS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	2015/16	3 December 2015	Östersund, Sweden	15 km Individual	World Cup
2		14 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup
3		6 February 2016	Canmore, Canada	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup
4	2017/18	11 January 2018	Ruhpolding, Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup
5	2018/19	13 December 2018	Hochfilzen, Austria	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
6		26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva, Italy	10 km Pursuit	World Cup
7		17 March 2019	Östersund, Sweden	12.5 km Mass Start	World Championships
8	2019/20	1 December 2019	Östersund, Sweden	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
9		13 December 2019	Hochfilzen, Austria	7.5 km Sprint	World Cup
10		16 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva, Italy	10 km Pursuit	World Championships
11		18 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva, Italy	15 km Individual	World Championships

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

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2013–14	Pokljuka	Pursuit	3rd
2014–15	Östersund	Pursuit	3rd
2014–15	Pokljuka	Sprint	2nd
2014–15	Oberhof	Sprint	2nd
2015–16	Östersund	Individual	1st
2015–16	Östersund	Pursuit	2nd
2015–16	Ruhpolding	Pursuit	3rd
2015–16	Ruhpolding	Individual	1st
2015–16	Antholz-Anterselva	Sprint	2nd
2015–16	Antholz-Anterselva	Pursuit	3rd
2015–16	Canmore	Sprint	3rd
2015–16	Canmore	Mass Start	1st
2015–16	Oslo	Pursuit	2nd
2015–16	Khanty-Mansiysk	Pursuit	3rd
2016–17	Östersund	Pursuit	3rd
2016–17	Nové Město na Moravě	Pursuit	2nd
2016–17	Nové Město na Moravě	Mass Start	3rd
2017–18	Hochfilzen	Sprint	3rd
2017–18	Oberhof	Pursuit	2nd
2017–18	Ruhpolding	Individual	1st
2017–18	Antholz-Anterselva	Pursuit	2nd
2018–19	Pokljuka	Sprint	2nd
2018–19	Pokljuka	Pursuit	2nd
2018–19	Hochfilzen	Sprint	1st
2018–19	Hochfilzen	Pursuit	3rd
2018–19	Nové Město na Moravě	Pursuit	2nd
2018–19	Antholz-Anterselva	Pursuit	1st
2018–19	Östersund	Mass start	1st
2019–20	Östersund	Sprint	1st
2019–20	Hochfilzen	Sprint	1st
2019–20	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	Mass start	2nd
2019–20	Ruhpolding	Sprint	3rd
2019–20	Antholz-Anterselva	Pursuit	1st
2019–20	Antholz-Anterselva	Individual	1st
2019–20	Antholz-Anterselva	Mass start	2nd

Relay victories

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level	Teammates
1	2015/16	13 December 2015	Hochfilzen, Austria	Women 4x6 Km Relay	World Cup	with Lisa Vittozzi, Karin Oberhofer and Federica Sanfilippo
2	2017/18	10 March 2018	Kontiolahti, Finland	Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km Relay (W-M)	World Cup	with Lisa Vittozzi, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer
3	2018/19	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen, Austria	Women 4x6 Km Relay	World Cup	with Lisa Vittozzi, Alexia Runggaldier and Federica Sanfilippo
4		17 February 2019	Soldier Hollow, United States	Single Mixed Relay (M-W)	World Cup	with Lukas Hofer
5	2019/20	30 November 2019	Östersund, Sweden	Mixed 4x6 Km Relay (W-M)	World Cup	with Lisa Vittozzi, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch

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

See also

• Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

Notes

1. 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. 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 career, all World Championships results counted for the World Cup of that season. Olympic Winter Games results did not.

1. Including races at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC, 7 races at OWG not counted
2. Including races at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC, 11 races at OWG not counted
3. Including 3 wins at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC
4. Including 5 podiums at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC
5. Including 10 podiums at the Biathlon WCH that were part of the WC, 2 podiums at OWG not counted

References

1. "Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. "Tora Pulls Norway to Relay Gold". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
3. "Runaway Mass Start Win: IBU WCH Gold to Dorothea Wierer". biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
4. "The Crystal Quest: Johannes and Doro". biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
5. "Dorothea Wierer – Women on the rise". biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
6. "Italy's Hofer/Wierer Duo Capture Soldier Hollow Single Mixed Relay". biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
7. "France Wins Gold Medal for Biathlon Olympics 2018 Mixed Relay". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links

• Dorothea Wierer at International Olympic Committee
• Dorothea Wierer at Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Dorothea Wierer at Olympedia
• Dorothea Wierer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Dorothea Wierer at IBU
• Fisi.org (in Italian)