2026 IBU Junior Open European Championships

2026 IBU Junior Open European Championships
Host city	Imatra, Finland
Dates	21–25 January
Participation	200 athletes from 24 nations
Events	8
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The 11th IBU Junior Open European Championships took place from 21 to 25 January 2026 in Imatra, Finland. ^[1]

The Czech and Latvian teams won the most medals.

The Czech team earned 3 gold and 1 bronze, while the Latvian team earned 1 gold and 3 bronze. The most decorated athlete of the championship was Latvian biathlete Estere Volfa, who became the champion in the 60 km mass start and also won bronze medals in the sprint and the single mixed relay. ^{[2] [3]}

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date	Time	Event
21 January	10:30	Women's 12.5 km individual
	14:15	Men's 15 km individual
22 January	10:30	Mixed Relay
	14:00	Single Mixed Relay
24 January	11:40	Women's 7.5 km sprint
	14:10	Men's 10 km sprint
25 January	11:00	Women's 9 km mass start 60
	13:15	Men's 12 km mass start 60

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic	3	0	1	4
2	Sweden	2	0	1	3
3	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
4	Slovenia	1	1	0	2
5	Latvia	1	0	3	4
6	Austria	0	3	0	3
7	Slovakia	0	2	1	3
8	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
9	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km individual details	David Eliáš   Czech Republic	42:17.3 (1+1+0+0)	Matti Pinter   Austria	42:43.4 (1+0+0+0)	Rihards Lozbers   Latvia	42:55.5 (1+1+0+1)
10 km sprint details	Vladimír Kocmánek   Czech Republic	25:14.3 (0+0)	Martin Maťko   Slovakia	25:26.5 (0+1)	David Eliáš   Czech Republic	25:53.4 (1+1)
12 km mass start 60 details	Michael Málek   Czech Republic	32:13.2 (0+0+0+0)	Thomas Marchl   Austria	+13.4 (0+0+1+0)	Jakub Potoniec   Poland	+14.1 (1+0+0+0)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
12.5 km individual details	Greta Lindqvist Seldahl   Sweden	41:31.2 (0+0+0+0)	Tamara Molentová   Slovakia	41:40.2 (0+2+0+0)	Michaela Straková   Slovakia	42:07.5 (1+0+0+1)
7.5 km sprint details	Manca Caserman   Slovenia	22:44.8 (1+0)	Anna Millinger   Austria	23:15.8 (0+1)	Estere Volfa   Latvia	23:21.7 (0+3)
9 km mass start 60 details	Estere Volfa   Latvia	27:00.6 (0+1+0+0)	Tetiana Tarasiuk   Ukraine	+3.1 (0+0+0+0)	Greta Lindqvist Seldahl   Sweden	+1:12.4 (0+1+1+0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 6 km M+W relay details	Sweden Lydia Hägg Eveby Greta Lindqvist Seldahl Isak Falk Elmer Nordlander	1:07:40.3 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)	Slovenia Ela Sever Manca Caserman Ruj Grošelj Simić Aljaž Omejc	1:07:50.5 (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3)	Ukraine Kseniia Prykhodko Viktoriia Khvostenko Ivan Steblyna Oleksandr Bilanenko	1:07:56.9 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)
6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay details	Ukraine Tetiana Tarasiuk Taras Tarasiuk	37:29.1 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Switzerland Lena Baumann Remo Burch	37:32.4 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0)	Latvia Estere Volfa Rihards Lozbers	37:47.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1)

See also

• 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup
• 2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup
• 2026 Winter Olympics
• 2026 IBU Open European Championships

References

1. "IBU Junior Cup – Season 2025/26". IBU.
2. "Biathlon | Imatra: Czech Michael Malek crowned European junior mass-start 60 champion ahead of Thomas Marchl and Jakub Potoniec | Nordic Mag | N°1 Biathlon | Nordic skiing". www.nordicmag.info. January 25, 2026.
3. "Biathlon | Imatra Junior Cup: the European Junior title in the Mass-Start 60 goes to Latvia's Estere Volfa | Nordic Mag | N°1 Biathlon | Nordic skiing". www.nordicmag.info. January 25, 2026.