2010–11 Biathlon World Cup

The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 29 November 2010 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 20 March 2011 in Holmenkollen, Norway.

Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2010–11 season.

Overall

 * Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 21 races.

Overall

 * Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 21 races.

Mixed Relay

 * Final standings after 3 races.

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory:
 * 🇫🇮 Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 27, in her 7th season &mdash; the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2007–08 Sprint in Pokljuka
 * 🇳🇴 Tarjei Bø (NOR), 22, in his 2nd season &mdash; the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
 * 🇳🇴 Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 28, in her 8th season &mdash; the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Oberhof
 * 🇷🇺 Anton Shipulin (RUS), 23, in his 3rd season &mdash; the WC 6 Sprint in Anholz; it also was his first podium
 * 🇫🇷 Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 24, in his 4th season &mdash; the WC 7 Pursuit in Presque Isle; first podium was 2009–10 Individual in Antholz
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 29, in his 10th season &mdash; the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Pokliuka


 * First World Cup podium:
 * 🇩🇪 Miriam Gössner (GER), 20, in her 2nd season &mdash; no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
 * Benjamin Weger, 21, in his 2nd season &mdash; no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka
 * 🇺🇦 Valj Semerenko (UKR), 25, in her 6th season &mdash; no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Presque Isle
 * 🇮🇹 Lukas Hofer (ITA), 21, in his 3rd season &mdash; no. 3 in the WCh Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk


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


 * Men
 * 🇳🇴 Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 8 (24) first places
 * 🇳🇴 Tarjei Bø (NOR), 5 (5) first places
 * 🇫🇷 Martin Fourcade (FRA), 3 (6) first places
 * 🇸🇪 Björn Ferry (SWE), 2 (5) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Arnd Peiffer (GER), 2 (4) first places
 * 🇳🇴 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (92) first place
 * 🇳🇴 Lars Berger (NOR), 1 (6) first place
 * 🇦🇹 Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (3) first place
 * 🇷🇺 Anton Shipulin (RUS), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇫🇷 Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 1 (1) first place


 * Women
 * 🇳🇴 Tora Berger (NOR), 6 (12) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5 (24) first places
 * 🇸🇪 Helena Ekholm (SWE), 4 (13) first places
 * 🇫🇮 Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 3 (3) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (20) first places
 * 🇸🇰 Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 2 (3) first places
 * 🇸🇪 Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE), 1 (12) first places
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 1 (9) first places
 * 🇧🇾 Darya Domracheva (BLR), 1 (3) first places
 * 🇳🇴 Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 1 (1) first places

Retirements
Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:


 * 🇸🇪 Mattias Nilsson (SWE)
 * 🇺🇦 Vyacheslav Derkach (UKR)
 * 🇧🇾 Olga Nazarova (BLR)
 * 🇨🇿 Zdenka Vejnarova (CZE)
 * 🇫🇷 Julie Carraz-Collin (FRA)
 * 🇰🇿 Anna Lebedeva (KAZ)
 * 🇰🇿 Inna Mozhevitina (KAZ)
 * 🇰🇷 Chu Kyoung-mi (KOR)
 * Gerda Krumina
 * Madara Liduma
 * 🇳🇴 Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen (NOR)
 * 🇳🇴 Solveig Rogstad (NOR)
 * 🇸🇪 Sofia Domeij (SWE)
 * 🇸🇪 Anna Carin Zidek (SWE)
 * 🇺🇦 Oksana Khvostenko (UKR)
 * Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar
 * 🇸🇰 Martina Halinárová (SVK)