2021–22 Biathlon World Cup

The 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2021 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 20 March 2022 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.

Norwegians Johannes Thingnes Bø and Tiril Eckhoff were the defending overall champions from the 2020–21 season.

For the first time in the history of the Biathlon World Cup, the competition will be held in Estonia, specifically in Otepää.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian biathletes are only allowed to compete under a neutral flag since the competition in Kontiolahti. Their performances are not included in the previous classifications of their countries. Previously, the Ukrainian national team announced the withdrawal from the biathlon competition by the end of the season.

On 2 March 2022, IBU announced that Russian and Belarusian biathletes are banned from IBU events.

Polish biathlete Magdalena Gwizdoń starting in the sprint in Otepää broke the all-time record of the World Cup (starting in her 27th season). The previous record for starting in 26 seasons was held by Ole Einar Bjørndalen.

Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2021–22 season. The 2022 Olympic Games events are not included into the Biathlon World Cup score.

Podium table by nation
Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Points distribution
The table shows the number of points won in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory:


 * Men
 * 🇩🇪 Johannes Kühn (30), in his 9th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
 * 🇳🇴 Sivert Guttorm Bakken (23), in his 2nd season – Stage 10 Mass Start in Oslo Holmenkollen


 * Women
 * 🇧🇾 Hanna Sola (25), in her 5th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
 * 🇸🇪 Elvira Öberg (22), in her 3rd season – Stage 4 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand


 * First World Cup podium:


 * Men
 * 🇧🇾 Anton Smolski (24), in his 5th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen – 3rd place
 * 🇳🇴 Filip Fjeld Andersen (22), in his 2nd season – Stage 4 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand – 3rd place
 * 🇷🇺 Said Karimulla Khalili (23), in his 3rd season – Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva – 3rd place
 * 🇳🇴 Sivert Guttorm Bakken (23), in his 2nd season – Stage 9 Mass Start in Otepää – 3rd place


 * Women
 * 🇷🇺 Kristina Reztsova (25), in her 3rd season – Stage 4 Mass Start in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand– 3rd place
 * 🇸🇪 Mona Brorsson (31), in her 10th season – Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva – 3rd place
 * 🇸🇪 Stina Nilsson (28), in her 2nd season – Stage 8 Sprint in Kontiolahti – 3rd place
 * 🇩🇪 Vanessa Voigt (24), in her 2nd season – Stage 9 Sprint in Otepää – 2nd place


 * Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins):


 * Men
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Fillon Maillet – 8 (14)
 * 🇳🇴 Sturla Holm Lægreid – 2 (9)
 * 🇳🇴 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen – 2 (3)
 * 🇸🇪 Sebastian Samuelsson – 2 (3)
 * 🇳🇴 Johannes Thingnes Bø – 1 (52)
 * 🇷🇺 Alexandr Loginov – 1 (4)
 * 🇫🇷 Émilien Jacquelin – 1 (3)
 * 🇩🇪 Benedikt Doll – 1 (3)
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Lesser – 1 (3)
 * 🇷🇺 Anton Babikov – 1 (2)
 * 🇩🇪 Johannes Kühn – 1 (1)
 * 🇳🇴 Sivert Guttorm Bakken – 1 (1)


 * Women
 * 🇳🇴 Marte Olsbu Røiseland – 6 (15)
 * 🇸🇪 Elvira Öberg – 4 (4)
 * 🇳🇴 Tiril Eckhoff – 3 (29)
 * 🇫🇷 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet – 2 (4)
 * 🇮🇹 Dorothea Wierer – 1 (13)
 * 🇩🇪 Denise Herrmann – 1 (8)
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Öberg – 1 (6)
 * 🇫🇷 Julia Simon – 1 (4)
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Davidová – 1 (3)
 * 🇦🇹 Lisa Theresa Hauser – 1 (3)
 * 🇧🇾 Hanna Sola – 1 (1)

Retirements
The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2021–22 season:


 * Men
 * 🇦🇹 Julian Eberhard
 * 🇦🇹 Tobias Eberhard
 * 🇧🇪 Tom Lahaye-Goffart
 * 🇧🇾 Sergey Bocharnikov
 * 🇧🇬 Dimitar Gerdzhikov
 * 🇨🇦 Scott Gow
 * 🇨🇦 Aidan Millar
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Krupčík
 * 🇨🇿 Milan Žemlička
 * 🇪🇪 Kalev Ermits
 * 🇫🇷 Simon Desthieux
 * 🇬🇧 Vinny Fountain
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Lesser
 * 🇮🇹 Thomas Bormolini
 * 🇮🇹 Dominik Windisch
 * 🇮🇹 Saverio Zini
 * 🇯🇵 Kazuki Baisho
 * 🇯🇵 Tsukasa Kobonoki
 * 🇯🇵 Kōsuke Ozaki
 * 🇰🇿 Maxim Braun
 * Roberts Slotiņš
 * 🇳🇴 Håvard Bogetveit
 * Kim Yong-gyu
 * 🇷🇺 Vadim Filimonov
 * 🇷🇺 Yuri Shopin
 * 🇸🇰 Šimon Bartko
 * 🇸🇰 Matej Baloga
 * Klemen Bauer
 * 🇷🇸 Damir Rastić
 * 🇸🇪 Torstein Stenersen
 * Eligius Tambornino
 * Benjamin Weger
 * Martin Jäger
 * 🇺🇦 Serhiy Semenov
 * 🇺🇸 Maxwell Durtschi
 * 🇺🇸 Leif Nordgren


 * Women
 * 🇦🇺 Jillian Colebourn
 * 🇦🇹 Christina Rieder
 * 🇨🇦 Megan Bankes
 * 🇨🇦 Sarah Beaudry


 * 🇨🇦 Darya Sepandj
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Yan
 * 🇨🇿 Eva Puskarčíková
 * 🇪🇪 Kadri Lehtla
 * 🇫🇷 Anaïs Bescond
 * 🇬🇧 Amanda Lightfoot
 * 🇩🇪 Franziska Hildebrand
 * 🇩🇪 Maren Hammerschmidt
 * 🇩🇪 Karolin Horchler
 * 🇮🇹 Irene Lardschneider
 * 🇯🇵 Sari Maeda
 * 🇯🇵 Kirari Tanaka
 * 🇯🇵 Yurie Tanaka
 * 🇳🇴 Hilde Fenne
 * 🇵🇱 Karolina Pitoń
 * Mun Ji-hee
 * Kim Seon-su
 * Ana Larisa Cotrus
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Moshenkova
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Podchufarova
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Vasilyeva
 * 🇸🇰 Veronika Machyniaková
 * Nika Vindišar
 * Selina Gasparin
 * 🇸🇪 Ingela Andersson
 * 🇸🇪 Elisabeth Högberg
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Abramova
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliya Zhuravok
 * 🇺🇸 Susan Dunklee
 * 🇺🇸 Clare Egan
 * 🇺🇸 Hallie Grossman
 * 🇺🇸 Madeleine Phaneuf