2020–21 Biathlon World Cup

2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø (3)
U25	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)
Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2)
Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)
Mass start	Tarjei Bø (1)
Relay	Norway (12)
Nations Cup	Norway (17)
Mixed	Norway (7)
Competition
	←2019–20 2021–22→

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 28 November 2020 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 21 March 2021 in Östersund, Sweden.

Starting from this season a blue bib will be introduced for the best biathlete under the age of 25.^[1]

Calendar

World Championships

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.^[2]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	28–29 November	●	●						details
2	Kontiolahti	3–6 December		●	●		●			details
3	Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●			details
4	Hochfilzen	17–20 December		●	●	●				details
5	Oberhof	8–10 January		●	●			●	●	details
6	Oberhof	13–17 January		●		●	●			details
7	Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●			●	●			details
WC	Pokljuka	10–21 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
8	Nové Město	4–7 March		●	●		●			details
9	Nové Město	11–14 March		●	●			●	●	details
10	Östersund^{[nb 1]}	18–21 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 70 (32 men's, 32 women's, 6 mixed)			3 (m, w)	10 (m, w)	8 (m, w)	5 (m, w)	6 (m, w)	3 (mix)	3 (mix)

Calendar changes

On 28 September the rounds originally scheduled at Östersund, Sweden and Le Grand-Bornand, France were replaced by additional rounds at Kontiolahti, Finland and Hochfilzen, Austria respectively.^[3]
On 5 October it was announced that Oberhof will host two events, replacing Ruhpolding.^[4]
A round which was set to be held in Beijing as test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics was replaced on 23 November with another round at Nové Město.^[5]
On 13 February the round originally scheduled at Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway was replaced by additional rounds at Östersund, Sweden.^[6]

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Detail
1	29 November 2020		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Martin Ponsiluoma	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Detail
2	3 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
2	5 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sebastian Samuelsson	Fabien Claude	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Fabien Claude			Detail
3	12 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Dale			Detail
4	17 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
	19 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Sturla Holm Lægreid
	20 December 2020		15 km Mass Start	Arnd Peiffer	Martin Ponsiluoma	Tarjei Bø
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid			Detail
5	9 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Tarjei Bø			Detail
6	13 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer			Detail
6	17 January 2021		15 km Mass Start	Tarjei Bø	Felix Leitner	Benjamin Weger			Detail
7	22 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Alexandr Loginov	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Quentin Fillon Maillet			Detail
7	24 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Jakov Fak			Detail
WC	12 February 2021	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Martin Ponsiluoma	Simon Desthieux	Émilien Jacquelin			Detail
	14 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Émilien Jacquelin	Sebastian Samuelsson	Johannes Thingnes Bø
	17 February 2021		20 km Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Dale
	21 February 2021		15 km Mass Start	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Simon Desthieux	Sebastian Samuelsson	Arnd Peiffer			Detail
8	7 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Tarjei Bø	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Desthieux			Detail
9	11 March 2021		10 km Sprint	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Tarjei Bø	Lukas Hofer			Detail
9	13 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin			Detail
10	19 March 2021	Östersund^{[nb 2]}	10 km Sprint	Lukas Hofer	Sebastian Samuelsson	Tarjei Bø			Detail
	20 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer
	21 March 2021		15 km Mass Start	Simon Desthieux	Eduard Latypov	Johannes Thingnes Bø

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Denise Herrmann	Johanna Skottheim	Dorothea Wierer	Elvira Öberg	Detail
1	29 November 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Hanna Öberg	Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
2	3 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Elvira Öberg		Elvira Öberg	Detail
2	6 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Hanna Öberg		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dzinara Alimbekava	Tiril Eckhoff	Franziska Preuß			Detail
3	13 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dzinara Alimbekava	Julia Simon	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
4	18 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Marte Olsbu Røiseland			Detail
	19 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Elvira Öberg
	20 December 2020		12.5 km Mass Start	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer		Elvira Öberg
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
5	9 January 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
6	14 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
6	17 January 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Franziska Preuß	Hanna Öberg			Detail
7	21 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Yuliia Dzhima	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
7	23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
WC	13 February 2021	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Hanna Sola	Tiril Eckhoff	Elvira Öberg	Detail
	14 February 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
	16 February 2021		15 km Individual	Markéta Davidová	Hanna Öberg	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
	21 February 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Tiril Eckhoff
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Yuliia Dzhima	Lisa Vittozzi		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
8	7 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Denise Herrmann	Marte Olsbu Røiseland			Detail
9	12 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Denise Herrmann	Dorothea Wierer			Detail
9	13 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Dzinara Alimbekava	Franziska Preuß			Detail
10	19 March 2021	Östersund^{[nb 3]}	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold			Detail
	20 March 2021		10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Sola
	21 March 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Dzinara Alimbekava	Franziska Preuß

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	6 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Norway	Detail
3	13 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Benedikt Doll Philipp Horn	Norway Sweden	Detail
6	15 January 2021	Oberhof	France Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Thomas Bormolini Lukas Hofer Tommaso Giacomel Dominik Windisch	Norway	Detail
7	23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	France Antonin Guigonnat Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Russia Anton Babikov Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov		Detail
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	RBU Said Karimulla Khalili Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov		Detail
8	5 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Philipp Nawrath	Russia Said Karimulla Khalili Matvey Eliseev Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	5 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Mona Brorsson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Chloé Chevalier Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Maren Hammerschmidt Denise Herrmann	Sweden	Detail
3	12 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Anaïs Bescond Julia Simon Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Linn Persson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg		Detail
6	16 January 2021	Oberhof	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	Belarus Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Elena Kruchinkina	Sweden Mona Brorsson Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg		Detail
7	24 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Tatiana Akimova Svetlana Mironova Uliana Kaisheva	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon	Germany	Detail
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Ida Lien Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Yuliia Dzhima Darya Blashko Olena Pidhrushna	Germany	Detail
8	4 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	Sweden Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Linn Persson Elvira Öberg	Belarus Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Elena Kruchinkina	France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Chloé Chevalier Julia Simon	Sweden	Detail

Mixed Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
5	10 January 2021	Oberhof	4x6 km	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Svetlana Mironova Alexandr Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Dale Sturla Holm Lægreid	France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	Russia	Detail
5	10 January 2021	Oberhof	1x6 km 1x7.5 km	France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø	France	Detail
WC	10 February 2021	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Austria David Komatz Simon Eder Dunja Zdouc Lisa Theresa Hauser	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Martin Ponsiluoma Linn Persson Hanna Öberg	Norway	Detail
WC	18 February 2021	Pokljuka	1x6 km 1x7.5 km	France Antonin Guigonnat Julia Simon	Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Hanna Öberg		Detail
9	14 March 2021	Nové Město	4x6 km	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Sweden Elvira Öberg Anna Magnusson Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma		Detail
9	14 March 2021	Nové Město	1x6 km 1x7.5 km	Sweden Linn Persson Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Sturla Holm Lægreid	United States Susan Dunklee Sean Doherty		Detail

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1052
2.	Sturla Holm Lægreid	1039
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	930
4.	Tarjei Bø	893
5.	Johannes Dale	843
6.	Sebastian Samuelsson	817
7.	Émilien Jacquelin	812
8.	Lukas Hofer	753
9.	Simon Desthieux	724
10.	Martin Ponsiluoma	713

Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Laegreid	1039
2.	Johannes Dale	843
3.	Sebastian Samuelsson	817
4.	Felix Leitner	310
5.	Anton Smolski	264
6.	Tero Seppälä	169
7.	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	134
8.	Said Karimulla Khalili	111
9.	Didier Bionaz	92
10.	Anton Dudchenko	83

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Laegreid	120
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	94
3.	Alexandr Loginov	91
4.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	91
5.	Arnd Peiffer	84

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Johannes Thingnes Bø	359
2.	Sturla Holm Lægreid	319
3.	Tarjei Bø	318
4.	Sebastian Samuelsson	312
5.	Johannes Dale	307

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Lægreid	306
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	306
3.	Émilien Jacquelin	286
4.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	266
5.	Sebastian Samuelsson	253

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Tarjei Bø	184
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	180
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	165
4.	Sturla Holm Lægreid	161
5.	Arnd Peiffer	159

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	228
2.	Sweden	204
3.	France	203
4.	Germany	199
5.	Russia	193

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	8061
2.	France	7298
3.	Germany	6978
4.	Russia	6833
5.	Sweden	6775

Final standings after 25 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Tiril Eckhoff	1152
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	963
3.	Franziska Preuß	840
4.	Hanna Öberg	826
5.	Dorothea Wierer	821
6.	Lisa Theresa Hauser	818
7.	Dzinara Alimbekava	734
8.	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	707
9.	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	677
10.	Denise Herrmann	667

Final standings after 26 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Dzinara Alimbekava	734
2.	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	707
3.	Markéta Davidová	649
4.	Elvira Öberg	631
5.	Julia Simon	575
6.	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	511
7.	Janina Hettich	379
8.	Hanna Sola	366
9.	Ida Lien	276
10.	Darya Blashko	273

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Lisa Theresa Hauser	103
	Dorothea Wierer	103
3.	Hanna Öberg	90
4.	Yuliia Dzhima	85
5.	Markéta Davidová	80

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Tiril Eckhoff	420
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	304
3.	Hanna Öberg	296
4.	Dorothea Wierer	282
5.	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	280

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Tiril Eckhoff	360
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	319
3.	Franziska Preuß	240
4.	Hanna Öberg	235
5.	Dzinara Alimbekava	226

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	186
2.	Franziska Preuß	183
3.	Julia Simon	181
4.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	175
5.	Tiril Eckhoff	172

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Sweden	216
2.	Germany	216
3.	France	204
4.	Norway	198
5.	Belarus	191

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	7305
2.	Sweden	7146
3.	Germany	7056
4.	France	7001
5.	Belarus	6433

Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	228
2.	France	211
3.	Sweden	210
4.	Austria	169
5.	Russia	168

Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40

Individual	60	54	48	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start																						18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Sturla Holm Lægreid, 23, in his 2nd season — Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was his first podium
Sebastian Samuelsson, 23, in his 5th season — Stage 2 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Oberhof
Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
Martin Ponsiluoma, 25, in his 4th season — World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Nové Město
Simon Desthieux, 29, in his 9th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2017–18 Sprint in Tyumen

Women

Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season — Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2020–21 Sprint in Oberhof
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 24, in her 5th season — Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Mass Start in Ruhpolding

First World Cup podium

Men

Sturla Holm Lægreid, 23, in his 2nd season — no. 1 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti
Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Felix Leitner, 24, in his 5th season – no. 2 in the Stage 6 Mass Start in Oberhof
Eduard Latypov, 26, in his 3rd season – no. 2 in the Stage 10 Mass Start in Östersund

Women

Johanna Skottheim, 26, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti
Karoline Offigstad Knotten, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti
Elvira Öberg, 21, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Kontiolahti
Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season - no. 3 in the Stage 5 Sprint in Oberhof
Hanna Sola, 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka

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

Men

Sturla Holm Lægreid, 7 (7) first places
Johannes Thingnes Bø, 4 (51) first places
Tarjei Bø, 3 (12) first places
Quentin Fillon Maillet, 3 (6) first places
Simon Desthieux, 2 (2) first places
Arnd Peiffer, 1 (10) first place
Alexandr Loginov, 1 (3) first place
Lukas Hofer, 1 (2) first place
Émilien Jacquelin, 1 (2) first place
Sebastian Samuelsson, 1 (1) first place
Johannes Dale, 1 (1) first place
Martin Ponsiluoma, 1 (1) first place

Women

Tiril Eckhoff, 13 (26) first places
Marte Olsbu Røiseland, 3 (9) first places
Hanna Öberg, 2 (5) first places
Julia Simon, 2 (3) first places
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 2 (2) first places
Dorothea Wierer, 1 (12) first place
Markéta Davidová, 1 (2) first place
Dzinara Alimbekava, 1 (1) first place
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2020–21 season:

Notes

^ Events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic, and replaced by Östersund.
^ Men's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.
^ Women's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.

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External links

IBU official site

[3] Events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic, and replaced by Östersund.

[8] Men's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.

[9] Women's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.

[1] "Rule Changes for 2020/2021: A New Bib and Qualification Criteria Adjusted". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

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[15] Ирина Старых завершила карьеру

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2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø (3)	Tiril Eckhoff (1)
U25	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Dzinara Alimbekava (1)
Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Lisa Theresa Hauser (1) Dorothea Wierer (2)
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2)	Tiril Eckhoff (1)
Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid (1)	Tiril Eckhoff (2)
Mass start	Tarjei Bø (1)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (1)
Relay	Norway (12)	Sweden (1)
Nations Cup	Norway (17)	Norway (6)
Mixed	Norway (7)
Competition
←2019–20 2021–22→

v t e 2020–21 World Cup seasons in winter sports
Skiing sports (FIS)	Alpine skiing Continental Cup Cross-country skiing Continental Cup Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Continental Cup Ski jumping Ski flying Grand Prix Continental Cup FIS Cup FIS Race Alpen Cup Snowboarding
Skating sports (ISU)	Figure skating ISU Grand Prix ISU Challenger Series ISU Junior Grand Prix Short track Speed skating
Sliding sports (FIL, IBSF)	Bobsleigh North American Cup Luge Skeleton
Others (IBU, WCF)	Biathlon IBU Cup Curling