2018–19 Biathlon World Cup

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.

Overall

 * Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 23 races.

Overall

 * Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

 * Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

 * Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

 * Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

 * Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

 * Final standings after 23 races.

Mixed relay

 * Final standings after 6 races.

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory


 * Men
 * 🇷🇺 Alexandr Loginov (RUS), 26, in his 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oslo Holmenkollen
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — Stage 6 Mass Start in Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
 * 🇳🇴 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 27, in his 7th season — World Championships Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium


 * Women
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
 * 🇳🇴 Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
 * 🇮🇹 Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 23, in her 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
 * 🇩🇪 Franziska Preuß (GER), 24, in her 6th season — Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2014–15 Mass start in Ruhpolding
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Davidová (CZE), 22, in her 3rd season — Stage 6 Sprint in Anterselva; first podium was 2018–19 Individual in Pokljuka
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — World Championships Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Nové Město


 * First World Cup podium:


 * Men
 * 🇩🇪 Johannes Kühn (GER), 27, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
 * 🇳🇴 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
 * 🇸🇪 Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město
 * 🇸🇪 Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof
 * 🇩🇪 Roman Rees (GER), 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City
 * 🇧🇬 Vladimir Iliev (BUL), 31, in his 13th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Individual in Östersund


 * Women
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Davidová (CZE), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Nové Město
 * 🇳🇴 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR), 22, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding
 * 🇺🇸 Clare Egan (USA), 31, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Oslo Holmenkollen


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


 * Men
 * 🇳🇴 Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 16 (37) first places
 * 🇫🇷 Martin Fourcade (FRA), 2 (72) first places
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 2 (2) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (9) first place
 * 🇮🇹 Dominik Windisch (ITA), 1 (2) first place
 * 🇷🇺 Alexandr Loginov (RUS), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇳🇴 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 1 (1) first place


 * Women
 * 🇸🇰 Anastasia Kuzmina (SVK), 5 (16) first places
 * 🇫🇮 Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 3 (26) first places
 * 🇮🇹 Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 3 (7) first places
 * 🇳🇴 Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 3 (3) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Denise Herrmann (GER), 2 (4) first places
 * 🇮🇹 Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 2 (2) first places
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Öberg (SWE), 2 (2) first places
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 1 (20) first place
 * 🇳🇴 Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (6) first place
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇩🇪 Franziska Preuß (GER), 1 (1) first place
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Davidová (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Retirements
The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2018–19 season:


 * Men
 * 🇦🇹 Sven Grossegger (AUT)
 * 🇦🇹 Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)
 * 🇧🇪 Michael Rösch (BEL)
 * 🇧🇬 Michail Kletcherov (BGR)
 * 🇧🇾 Vladimir Chepelin (BLR)
 * 🇨🇦 Brendan Green (CAN)
 * 🇨🇦 Nathan Smith (CAN)
 * 🇪🇪 Kauri Kõiv (EST)
 * 🇪🇪 Roland Lessing (EST)
 * 🇪🇪 Martin Remmelg (EST)
 * 🇫🇮 Tuomas Gronman (FIN)
 * 🇫🇷 Simon Fourcade (FRA)
 * 🇮🇹 Pietro Dutto (ITA)
 * 🇰🇿 Timur Khamitgatin (KAZ)
 * 🇳🇴 Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Korastylev (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir Semakov (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Anton Shipulin (RUS)
 * Mitja Drinovec
 * 🇸🇪 Christoffer Eriksson (SWE)
 * 🇸🇪 Fredrik Lindström (SWE)


 * Women
 * 🇦🇹 Susanne Hoffmann (AUT)
 * 🇧🇾 Inna Kostyuchenko (BLR)
 * 🇧🇾 Darya Yurkevich (BLR)
 * 🇧🇬 Emilia Yordanova (BUL)
 * 🇨🇦 Rosanna Crawford (CAN)
 * 🇨🇦 Megan Tandy (CAN)
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xuelan (CHN)
 * 🇨🇿 Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)
 * 🇫🇮 Laura Toivanen (FIN)
 * 🇫🇷 Enora Latuillière (FRA)
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Dahlmeier (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Annika Knoll (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Luise Kummer (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Miriam Neureuther (GER)
 * 🇬🇱 Uiloq Slettemark (GRL)
 * 🇰🇷 Hwang Hye-suk (KOR)
 * 🇱🇹 Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU)
 * 🇲🇩 Anastasiya Nychyporenko (MDA)
 * 🇷🇺 Galina Nechkasova (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Kristina Tokareva (RUS)
 * Victoria Padial Hernandez