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. 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.

Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.

Mixed relay

 * Final standings after 5 races.

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)
 * 🇨🇦 Scott Perras (CAN)
 * 🇪🇪 Indrek Tobreluts (EST)
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
 * 🇮🇹 Christian De Lorenzi (ITA)
 * 🇮🇹 Christian Martinelli (ITA)
 * 🇳🇴 Alexander Os (NOR)
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Pływaczyk (POL)
 * 🇷🇺 Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)
 * 🇸🇰 Miroslav Matiaško (SVK)


 * Women
 * 🇨🇦 Zina Kocher (CAN)
 * 🇨🇦 Audrey Vaillancourt (CAN)
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Tomešová (CZE)
 * 🇪🇪 Daria Yurlova (EST)
 * 🇫🇮 Annukka Siltakorpi (FIN)
 * 🇫🇷 Marine Bolliet (FRA)
 * 🇰🇿 Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ)
 * 🇰🇿 Marina Lebedeva (KAZ)
 * 🇱🇹 Marija Kaznacenko (LTU)
 * 🇳🇴 Bente Landheim (NOR)
 * 🇳🇴 Jori Mørkve (NOR)
 * 🇳🇴 Elise Ringen (NOR)
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Vilukhina (RUS)
 * 🇸🇰 Martina Chrapánová (SVK)
 * 🇸🇰 Natália Prekopová (SVK)
 * 🇺🇦 Natalya Burdyga (UKR)
 * 🇺🇸 Annelies Cook (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 Hannah Dreissigacker (USA)