2005–06 Biathlon World Cup

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.

Overall

 * Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 19 races.

Overall

 * Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 19 races.

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 (SWE), 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:


 * 🇦🇹 Wolfgang Perner (AUT)
 * 🇦🇹 Wolfgang Rottmann (AUT)
 * 🇧🇾 Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
 * 🇧🇾 Vadim Sashurin (BLR)
 * 🇧🇾 Vladimir Drachev (BLR)
 * Matjaž Poklukar
 * 🇷🇺 Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)
 * 🇺🇦 Ruslan Lysenko (UKR)
 * 🇧🇾 Olena Zubrilova (BLR)
 * 🇧🇬 Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
 * 🇨🇳 Sun Ribo (CHN)
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Holubcová (CZE)
 * 🇫🇮 Outi Kettunen (FIN)
 * 🇩🇪 Katja Beer (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Uschi Disl (GER)
 * 🇯🇵 Tamami Tanaka (JPN)
 * 🇳🇴 Liv Grete Poiree (NOR)
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Tchernousova (RUS)
 * Andreja Koblar
 * 🇸🇰 Anna Murínová (SVK)
 * 🇸🇰 Marcela Pavkovčekova (SVK)
 * 🇺🇦 Irina Tananaiko (UKR)
 * 🇺🇸 Rachel Steer (USA)