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2005–06 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition

Field	Value
title	2005–06 World Cup
competition1	Overall
competition1men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition1ladies	GER Kati Wilhelm
competition2	Nations Cup
competition2men	GER Germany
competition2ladies	GER Germany
competition3	Individual
competition3men	GER Michael Greis
competition3ladies	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova
competition4	Sprint
competition4men	POL Tomasz Sikora
competition4ladies	GER Kati Wilhelm
competition5	Pursuit
competition5men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition5ladies	GER Kati Wilhelm
competition6	Mass start
competition6men	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
competition6ladies	GER Martina Glagow
competition7	Relay
competition7men	GER Germany
competition7ladies	RUS Russia
previous	2004–05
next	2006–07

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.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
SWE Östersund	25–29 November		●	●		●
AUT Hochfilzen	7–11 December	●	●			●
SVK Brezno-Osrblie	14–18 December	●	●	●
GER Oberhof	3–8 January		●		●	●
GER Ruhpolding	10–15 January		●	●		●
ITA Antholz	18–22 January		●	●	●
ITA Cesana San Sicario	10–26 February	●	●	●	●	●	Winter Olympics
SLO Pokljuka	7–11 March		●	●
FIN Kontiolahti	15–19 March		●	●	●
NOR Oslo	22–26 March		●	●	●

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	26 November 2005	SWE Östersund	10 km Sprint	NOR Stian Eckhoff	FRA Raphaël Poirée	LAT Ilmārs Bricis	NOR Stian Eckhoff	Detail
1	27 November 2005	SWE Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Vincent Defrasne	RUS Ivan Tcherezov	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	8 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	GER Michael Greis	Detail
2	10 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	NOR Frode Andresen	NOR Lars Berger	GER Sven Fischer	Detail
3	15 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	GER Sven Fischer	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	GER Michael Rösch	Detail
3	16 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	GER Alexander Wolf	GER Michael Rösch	GER Sven Fischer	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	18 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	GER Sven Fischer	GER Alexander Wolf	GER Michael Rösch	GER Alexander Wolf	Detail
4	7 January 2006	GER Oberhof	10 km Sprint	FRA Vincent Defrasne	GER Alexander Wolf	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	Detail
4	8 January 2006	GER Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	NOR Halvard Hanevold	GER Sven Fischer	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
5	14 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	NOR Frode Andresen	GER Michael Rösch	GER Michael Greis	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
5	15 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	GER Michael Rösch	FRA Raphaël Poirée	RUS Sergei Tchepikov	Detail
6	19 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	NOR Frode Andresen	GER Ricco Groß	RUS Maxim Tchoudov	Detail
6	20 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	GER Ricco Groß	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Frode Andresen	Detail
6	22 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Frode Andresen	Detail
OG	11 February 2006	ITA Turin	20 km Individual	GER Michael Greis	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Halvard Hanevold	Detail
OG	14 February 2006	ITA Turin	10 km Sprint	GER Sven Fischer	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Frode Andresen	Detail
OG	18 February 2006	ITA Turin	12.5 km Pursuit	FRA Vincent Defrasne	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	GER Sven Fischer	GER Sven Fischer	Detail
OG	25 February 2006	ITA Turin	15 km Mass Start	GER Michael Greis	POL Tomasz Sikora	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
7	8 March 2006	SLO Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Raphaël Poirée	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	11 March 2006	SLO Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Raphaël Poirée	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	Detail
8	16 March 2006	FIN Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	POL Tomasz Sikora	GER Sven Fischer	Detail
8	18 March 2006	FIN Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Lars Berger	Detail
8	19 March 2006	FIN Kontiolahti	15 km Mass Start	POL Tomasz Sikora	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
9	23 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	LAT Ilmārs Bricis	SWE Mattias Nilsson	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
9	25 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	POL Tomasz Sikora	GER Ricco Groß	Detail
9	26 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	CZE Roman Dostál	RUS Sergei Rozhkov	Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	26 November 2005	SWE Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	GER Uschi Disl	SLO Tadeja Brankovič	GER Katrin Apel	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
1	27 November 2005	SWE Östersund	10 km Pursuit	RUS Olga Zaitseva	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Andrea Henkel	Detail
2	7 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	RUS Olga Zaitseva	RUS Natalia Guseva	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
2	9 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
3	15 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	RUS Albina Akhatova	FRA Florence Baverel-Robert	Detail
3	17 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	UKR Lilia Efremova	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
3	18 December 2005	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
4	7 January 2006	GER Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	GER Kati Wilhelm	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	NOR Linda Tjørhom	Detail
4	8 January 2006	GER Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	GER Martina Glagow	RUS Olga Pyleva	GER Katrin Apel	Detail
5	13 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	FRA Sandrine Bailly	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	Detail
5	15 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Albina Akhatova	Detail
6	19 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	GER Kati Wilhelm	FRA Sandrine Bailly	RUS Albina Akhatova	Detail
6	21 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	GER Kati Wilhelm	FRA Sandrine Bailly	RUS Albina Akhatova	Detail
6	22 January 2006	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	GER Martina Glagow	GER Andrea Henkel	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
OG	13 February 2006	ITA Turin	15 km Individual	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	RUS Olga Pyleva	GER Martina Glagow	Detail
OG	16 February 2006	ITA Turin	7.5 km Sprint	FRA Florence Baverel-Robert	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	UKR Lilia Efremova	Detail
OG	18 February 2006	ITA Turin	10 km Pursuit	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Martina Glagow	RUS Albina Akhatova	Detail
OG	25 February 2006	ITA Turin	12.5 km Mass Start	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
7	9 March 2006	SLO Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	NOR Linda Tjørhom	FRA Sandrine Bailly	FRA Florence Baverel-Robert	Detail
7	11 March 2006	SLO Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	FRA Sandrine Bailly	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Katrin Apel	Detail
8	16 March 2005	FIN Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	BLR Olena Zubrilova	SLO Tadeja Brankovič	Detail
8	18 March 2006	FIN Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	GER Kati Wilhelm	BLR Olena Zubrilova	Detail
8	19 March 2006	FIN Kontiolahti	12.5 km Mass Start	BLR Olena Zubrilova	GER Kati Wilhelm	SLO Tadeja Brankovič	Detail
9	23 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	GER Martina Glagow	ITA Michela Ponza	BLR Ekaterina Ivanova	Detail
9	25 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson	Detail
9	26 March 2006	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	NOR Linda Tjørhom	FRA Sandrine Bailly	BLR Olga Nazarova	Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	29 November 2005	SWE Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	11 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	4 January 2006	GER Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	12 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	21 February 2006	ITA Turin	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	29 November 2005	SWE Östersund	4x6 km Relay
2	10 December 2005	AUT Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
4	5 January 2006	GER Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
5	11 January 2006	GER Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
OG	23 February 2006	ITA Turin	4x6 km Relay

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
WC	12 March 2006	SVN Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
3.	GER Sven Fischer
4.	POL Tomasz Sikora
5.	GER Michael Rösch

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Michael Greis
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
4.	GER Sven Fischer
5.	NOR Halvard Hanevold

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.	Points
1.	POL Tomasz Sikora
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
4.	GER Sven Fischer
5.	FRA Vincent Defrasne

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	GER Sven Fischer
3.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
4.	FRA Vincent Defrasne
5.	GER Michael Rösch

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
3.	POL Tomasz Sikora
4.	GER Sven Fischer
5.	RUS Maxim Tchoudov

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Germany
2.	RUS Russia
3.	FRA France
4.	NOR Norway
5.	BLR Belarus

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.	Points
1.	GER
2.	NOR
3.	RUS
4.	FRA
5.	AUT

Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Kati Wilhelm
2.	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson
3.	GER Martina Glagow
4.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
5.	GER Uschi Disl

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.	Points
1.	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova
2.	RUS Albina Akhatova
3.	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson
4.	GER Martina Glagow
5.	FRA Sandrine Bailly

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Kati Wilhelm
2.	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson
3.	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova
4.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
5.	GER Martina Glagow

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Kati Wilhelm
2.	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson
3.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
4.	GER Martina Glagow
5.	GER Katrin Apel

Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.	Points
1.	GER Martina Glagow
2.	GER Kati Wilhelm
3.	NOR Linda Tjørhom
4.	GER Uschi Disl
5.	SWE Anna Carin Olofsson

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.	Points
1.	RUS Russia
2.	GER Germany
3.	FRA France
4.	NOR Norway
5.	SLO Slovenia

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.	Points
1.	GER
2.	RUS
3.	FRA
4.	NOR
5.	BLR

Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table

Achievements

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

Ole Einar Bjørndalen, 8 (63) first places
Sven Fischer, 3 (33) first places
Frode Andresen, 3 (15) first places
Michael Greis, 2 (3) first places
Vincent Defrasne, 2 (2) first places
Raphaël Poirée, 1 (38) first place
Halvard Hanevold, 1 (9) first place
Ricco Groß, 1 (9) first place
Stian Eckhoff, 1 (2) first place
Alexander Wolf, 1 (2) first place
Tomasz Sikora, 1 (2) first place
Michael Rösch, 1 (1) first place
Carl Johan Bergman, 1 (1) first place ;Women
Kati Wilhelm, 6 (15) first places
Anna Carin Olofsson, 6 (6) first places
Martina Glagow, 3 (9) first places
Sandrine Bailly, 2 (15) first places
Linda Tjørhom, 2 (5) first places
Svetlana Ishmouratova, 2 (2) first places
Uschi Disl, 1 (30) first place
Liv Grete Poirée, 1 (22) first place
Olena Zubrilova, 1 (21) first place
Olga Zaitseva, 1 (6) first place
Florence Baverel-Robert, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2005–06 season:

Wolfgang Perner
Wolfgang Rottmann
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
Vladimir Drachev
Matjaž Poklukar
Pavel Rostovtsev
Ruslan Lysenko
Olena Zubrilova
Ekaterina Dafovska
Sun Ribo
Kateřina Holubcová
Outi Kettunen
Katja Beer
Uschi Disl
Tamami Tanaka
Liv Grete Poiree
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Tchernousova
Andreja Koblar
Anna Murínová
Marcela Pavkovčekova
Irina Tananaiko
Rachel Steer

References

"World Cup Schedule".

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