2025 IBU Junior Open European Championships

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2025 IBU Junior Open European Championships
Host city Altenberg, Germany
Dates22–26 January
Events8

The 10th IBU Junior Open European Championships were held from 22 to 26 January 2025 in Altenberg, Germany. [1] For the first time in the history of the Junior European Championships, Greenland reached the podium. Sondre Slettemark won a silver medal for Greenland in the mass start 60. [2] Bulgaria claimed its second gold medal in history, earned by Valentina Dimitrova in the individual race. [3] [4] Poland won three gold medals and one bronze, securing victory in the overall standings of the 2025 Junior European Championships. Grzegorz Galica won three gold medals at the 2025 event. [5] [6]

Contents

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

DateTimeEvent
22 January10:30Men's 15 km individual
14:30Women's 12.5 km individual
24 January10:45Mixed Relay
14:00Single Mixed Relay
25 January10:30Men's 10 km sprint
14:15Women's 7.5 km sprint
26 January10:45Men's 12 km mass start 60
13:30Women's 9 km mass start 60

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3014
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany*2114
3Flag of France.svg  France 1427
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1012
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1001
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0123
7Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0101
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 0101
9Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0011
Totals (9 entries)88824

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
15 km individual
details
Grzegorz Galica
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
41:35.7
(1+1+0+0)
Antonin Delsol
Flag of France.svg  France
42:13.9
(2+0+0+0)
Arthur Iskhakov
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
42:26.1
(0+0+0+1)
10 km sprint
details
Fabian Kaskel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
27:42.3
(0+0)
Elias Seidl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
27:44.5
(1+0)
Camille Grataloup-Manissolle
Flag of France.svg  France
27:56.2
(0+1)
12 km mass start 60
details
Grzegorz Galica
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
35:02.4
(1+0+2+0)
Sondre Slettemark
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
35:11.1
(1+0+0+1)
Martin Botet
Flag of France.svg  France
35:15.2
(1+0+1+0)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
12.5 km individual
details
Valentina Dimitrova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
41:12.5
(1+1+0+0)
Eveliina Hakala
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
41:16.2
(0+0+0+0)
Amelia Liszka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
42:07.5
(0+0+0+1)
7.5 km sprint
details
Anaëlle Bondoux
Flag of France.svg  France
24:17.3
(1+0)
Coralie Perrin
Flag of France.svg  France
24:19.9
(0+0)
Charlotte Gallbronner
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
24:32.0
(0+0)
9 km mass start 60
details
Kateřina Pavlů
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
30:05.6
(0+1+1+0)
Fabiana Carpella
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
30:19.0
(1+0+1+0)
Sara Scattolo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
30:28.5
(0+1+0+2)

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
6 km M + 7.5 km W single relayFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Linus Kesper
Charlotte Gallbronner
40:47.0
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+1) (0+0)
Flag of France.svg  France
Léo Carlier
Célia Henaff
40:47.2
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (1+3)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
David Eliáš
Kateřina Pavlů
42:03.7
(0+3) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+2)
(1+3) (0+1)
(0+3) (0+1)
4 × 6 km M+W relay
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Jakub Potoniec
Grzegorz Galica
Anna Nędza-Kubiniec
Barbara Skrobiszewska
1:15:20.9
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
Flag of France.svg  France
Camille Grataloup-Manissolle
Antonin Delsol
Lola Bugeaud
Louise Roguet
1:16:02.8
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Davide Compagnoni
Felix Ratschiller
Fabiana Carpella
Sara Scattolo
1:16:25.4
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (2+3)

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