Biathlon European Championships

Biathlon European Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports competition
Date(s)	January–February
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1994 (1994)
Organised by	IBU

The Biathlon European Championships are the top-European competitions in biathlon. The first edition was held in 1994, with sprint, pursuit, individual and relay. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Till 2015, the competitions included also junior events but since 2016 the Junior Championships are held separately.

Participation of non-European competitors

Even though the event is called European Championships, the event is not restricted to European athletes only. The full name of the competition is Open Biathlon European Championships, meaning that biathletes from non-European countries are eligible to participate and their results being recognised. There are three instances in which non-European competitors have won medals. Lowell Bailey from the United States became the first non-European to win a medal by winning bronze in the Junior Sprint event in 2001, followed by another bronze in the Junior Pursuit. Audrey Vaillancourt of Canada became the first non-European athlete to win gold in the competition, winning the Women's 15 km individual in 2014.

Editions

Number	Year	Host city	Events
— [1]	1993	Osrblie
1	1994	Kontiolahti	6
2	1995	Le Grand-Bornand	6
3	1996	Ridnaun	6
4	1997	Windischgarsten	6
5	1998	Minsk	16
6	1999	Izhevsk	8
7	2000	Zakopane	16
8	2001	Maurienne	16
9	2002	Kontiolahti	16
10	2003	Forni Avoltri	16
11	2004	Minsk	16
12	2005	Novosibirsk	16
13	2006	Langdorf	16
14	2007	Bansko	16
15	2008	Nové Město na Moravě	16
16	2009	Ufa	16
17	2010	Otepää	15
18	2011	Ridnaun	15
19	2012	Osrblie	15
20	2013	Bansko	14
21	2014	Nové Město na Moravě	15
22	2015	Otepää	15
23	2016	Tyumen	8
24	2017	Duszniki-Zdrój	8
25	2018	Ridnaun	8
26	2019	Raubichi	8
27	2020	Raubichi [2]	8
28	2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	8
29	2022	Arber	8
30	2023	Lenzerheide	8
31	2024	Osrblie	8
32	2025	Val Martello	8

Winners

Men

Year	Host	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay	Mass Start	Super Sprint
1994	Kontiolahti	Tor Espen Kristiansen	Holger Schönthier	no competition	Russia	no competition	no competition
1995	Le Grand-Bornand	Igor Khokhryakov	Raphaël Poirée		Belarus
1996	Ridnaun	Sergei Tarasov	Vladimir Drachev		Russia
1997	Windischgarsten	Sergei Rozhkov	Andrei Padin		Germany
1998	Minsk	Sergei Rozhkov	Jēkabs Nākums	Gunar Bretschneider	Germany
1999	Izhevsk	Sergei Konovalov	Alexander Wolf	no competition	Germany
2000	Zakopane	Zdeněk Vítek	Andreas Stitzl	Tomasz Sikora	Germany
2001	Maurienne	Günther Beck	Vincent Defrasne	Vincent Defrasne	Germany
2002	Kontiolahti	Andriy Deryzemlia	Oļegs Maļuhins	Oļegs Maļuhins	Germany
2003	Forni Avoltri	Olexander Bilanenko	Oleksiy Korobeinikov	Andriy Deryzemlia	Germany
2004	Minsk	Matej Kazár	Ondřej Moravec	Ondřej Moravec	Belarus
2005	Novosibirsk	Carsten Pump	Alexei Aidarov	Andriy Deryzemlya	Russia
2006	Langdorf	Alexander Os	Jaroslav Soukup	Sergey Novikov	Belarus
2007	Bansko	Egil Gjelland	Tomasz Sikora	Tomasz Sikora	Germany
2008	Nové Město	Tomasz Sikora	Artem Gussev	Sergei Konovalov	Russia
2009	Ufa	Victor Vasilyev	Rune Brattsveen	Daniel Böhm	Norway
2010	Otepää	Christoph Knie	Daniel Böhm	Alexey Volkov	Germany
2011	Ridnaun	Artem Pryma	Tobias Eberhard	Alexey Volkov	Germany
2012	Osrblie	Daniel Böhm	Alexey Volkov	Alexey Volkov	Germany
2013	Bansko	Serhiy Semenov	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Benedikt Doll	cancelled
2014	Nové Město	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Lars Helge Birkeland	Maxim Tsvetkov	Austria
2015	Otepää	Alexey Volkov	Alexey Slepov	Alexey Slepov	Ukraine
2016	Tyumen	no competition	Evgeniy Garanichev	Anton Babikov	no competition	Florian Graf
2017	Duszniki-Zdrój	Alexandr Loginov	Vladimir Iliev	Alexandr Loginov		no competition
2018	Ridnaun	Felix Leitner	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Alexandr Loginov
2019	Raubichi	Krasimir Anev	Tarjei Bø	Tarjei Bø
2020	Raubichi	no competition	Matvey Eliseev	Sergey Bocharnikov			Sergey Bocharnikov
2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Martin Jäger	Artem Pryma			no competition
2022	Arber	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes
2023	Lenzerheide	Endre Strømsheim	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Vebjørn Sørum
2024	Osrblie	Vebjørn Sørum	Antonin Guigonnat	Isak Frey
2025	Val Martello	Isak Frey	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Patrick Braunhofer	Norway

Women

Year	Host	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay	Mass Start	Super Sprint
1994	Kontiolahti	Halina Piton	Irina Mileshina	no competition	Russia	no competition	no competition
1995	Le Grand-Bornand	Svetlana Paramygina	Corinne Niogret		France
1996	Ridnaun	Andreja Grašič	Eva Háková		Russia
1997	Windischgarsten	Katja Beer	Anna Stera		Russia
1998	Minsk	Nadezhda Talanova	Nadezhda Talanova	Nadezhda Talanova	Germany
1999	Izhevsk	Kathi Swaab	Natalya Sokolova	no competition	Russia
2000	Zakopane	Iva Karagiozova	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Magdalena Grzywa	Slovakia
2001	Maurienne	Oksana Yakovleva	Katja Beer	Katja Beer	Germany
2002	Kontiolahti	Radka Popova	Irina Malgina	Irina Malgina	Germany
2003	Forni Avoltri	Elena Khrustaleva	Martina Halinárová	Ekaterina Vinogradova	Russia
2004	Minsk	Ekaterina Dafovska	Olena Zubrilova	Olena Petrova	Russia
2005	Novosibirsk	Svetlana Ishmuratova	Svetlana Chernousova	Oksana Khvostenko	Russia
2006	Langdorf	Pavlina Filipova	Nina Lemesh	Natalya Sokolova	Belarus
2007	Bansko	Oksana Yakovleva	Darya Domracheva	Olga Kudrashova	Belarus
2008	Nové Město	Natalia Levchenkova	Oksana Yakovleva	Nina Karasevych	Ukraine
2009	Ufa	Juliane Döll	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Ukraine
2010	Otepää	Kathrin Hitzer	Valentina Semerenko	Vita Semerenko	Germany
2011	Ridnaun	Juliane Döll	Juliane Döll	Juliane Döll	Ukraine
2012	Osrblie	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Olena Pidhrushna	Olena Pidhrushna	Ukraine
2013	Bansko	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Irina Starykh	Monika Hojnisz	Germany
2014	Nové Město	Audrey Vaillancourt	Marte Olsbu	Mona Brorsson	Belarus
2015	Otepää	Luminița Pișcoran	Coline Varcin	Ekaterina Shumilova	Ukraine
2016	Tyumen	no competition	Nadine Horchler	Nadezhda Skardino	no competition	Luise Kummer
2017	Duszniki-Zdrój	Irina Starykh	Juliya Dzhyma	Irina Starykh		no competition
2018	Ridnaun	Chloé Chevalier	Iryna Varvynets	Chloé Chevalier
2019	Raubichi	Hanna Öberg	Mona Brorsson	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht
2020	Raubichi	no competition	Elisabeth Högberg	Elena Kruchinkina			Evgeniya Pavlova
2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	Monika Hojnisz-Staręga	Baiba Bendika	Kamila Żuk			no competition
2022	Arber	Evgeniya Burtasova	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Alina Stremous
2023	Lenzerheide	Lisa Maria Spark	Anastasiya Merkushyna	Selina Grotian
2024	Osrblie	Maren Kirkeeide	Ida Lien	Maren Kirkeeide
2025	Val Martello	Johanna Puff	Anna-Karin Heijdenberg	Baiba Bendika	Germany

Mixed

Year	Host	Single mixed relay	Mixed relay
2016	Tyumen	Russia Victoria Slivko Anton Babikov	Russia Anastasia Zagoruiko Olga Iakushova Matvey Eliseev Evgeniy Garanichev
2017	Duszniki-Zdrój	Russia Daria Virolaynen Evgeniy Garanichev	Russia Irina Starykh Svetlana Sleptsova Alexey Volkov Alexandr Loginov
2018	Ridnaun	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Iryna Varvynets Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi
2019	Raubichi	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Dmitry Malyshko	Sweden Emma Nilsson Mona Brorsson Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson
2020	Raubichi	Norway Karoline Erdal Endre Strømsheim	Ukraine Valentyna Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Artem Pryma (2) Dmytro Pidruchnyi (2)
2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	Germany Stefanie Scherer Justus Strelow	Norway Emilie Kalkenberg Åsne Skrede Erlend Bjøntegaard Sivert Guttorm Bakken
2022	Arber	Russia Anton Babikov (2) Evgeniya Burtasova (2)	Norway Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Dale Jenny Enodd Ragnhild Femsteinevik
2023	Lenzerheide	Norway Juni Arnekleiv Endre Strømsheim	Norway Maren Kirkeeide Karoline Erdal Erlend Bjøntegaard (2) Vebjørn Sørum
2024	Osrblie	Sweden Anton Ivarsson Sara Andersson	Norway Isak Frey Johan-Olav Botn Ida Lien Maren Kirkeeide (2)

Medals table

Updated after 2025 Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	60	47	48	155
2	Germany	44	38	44	126
3	Norway	32	33	29	94
4	Ukraine	29	32	22	83
5	Belarus	19	17	24	60
6	Poland	13	11	10	34
7	France	9	12	16	37
8	Latvia	8	4	10	22
9	Sweden	7	6	5	18
10	Bulgaria	6	7	11	24
11	Slovakia	4	7	3	14
12	Austria	4	2	4	10
13	Czech Republic	3	14	5	22
14	Moldova	2	2	0	4
15	Italy	1	3	6	10
16	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
17	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
18	Romania	1	1	0	2
19	Canada	1	0	0	1
20	Lithuania	0	2	0	2
	Spain	0	2	0	2
22	Finland	0	0	3	3
23	Japan	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		245	242	245	732

References

1. Cancelled due to lack of snow
2. Originally scheduled in Otepää, Estonia

External links

• Sports 123 biathlon results Archived 2017-12-25 at the Wayback Machine