Biathlon Junior World Championships 2019

2019 IBU Youth & Junior World Championships
Host city	Osrblie, Slovakia
Dates	27 January – 3 February
Events	16
Website	osrblie2019.biathlon.sk
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Last updated October 20, 2019

The 2019 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Osrblie, Slovakia from 27 January to 3 February 2019.^[1] There was a total of 16 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual and relay races for men and women.

Biathlon Junior World Championships were first held in 1967 for men and in 1984 for women.

Osrblie is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with one Biathlon World Championships in 1997. It also hosted the biathlon event at the 2015 Winter Universiade.

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second-largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date	Time	Event
27 January	11:00	Youth Men's 12.5 km individual
27 January	14:00	Youth Women's 10 km individual
28 January	11:00	Junior Men's 15 km individual
28 January	14:00	Junior Women's 12.5 km individual
29 January	11:00	Youth Men's 3 × 7.5 km relay
29 January	14:00	Youth Women's 3 × 6 km relay
30 January	11:00	Junior Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
30 January	14:30	Junior Women's 3 × 6 km relay
1 February	11:00	Youth Men's 7.5 km sprint
1 February	14:00	Youth Women's 6 km sprint
2 February	11:00	Junior Men's 10 km sprint
2 February	14:00	Junior Women's 7.5 km sprint
3 February	11:00	Junior Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	12:00	Junior Women's 10 km pursuit
	14:15	Youth Men's 10 km pursuit
	15:20	Youth Women's 7.5 km pursuit

Results

Junior events

Junior Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km Individual details	Martin Bourgeois République France	44:30.1 (1+0+0+0)	Mikita Labastau Belarus	44:33.0 (0+0+1+0)	Danilo Riethmüller Germany	44:34.3 (0+0+2+0)
10 km Sprint details	Vebjørn Sørum Norway	25:42.9 (0+0)	Said Karimulla Khalili Russia	25:57.3 (0+0)	Sivert Guttorm Bakken Norway	26:19.2 (1+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Vebjørn Sørum Norway	32:47.2 (1+0+1+0)	Martin Bourgeois République France	32:53.4 (0+0+0+0)	Sivert Guttorm Bakken Norway	32:59.8 (1+0+1+1)
4 × 7.5 km Relay details	Russia Said Karimulla Khalili Ilnaz Mukhamedzianov Vadim Istamgulov Vasilii Tomshin	1:20:13.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Germany Julian Hollandt Tim Grotian Philipp Lipowitz Danilo Riethmüller	1:20:14.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Italy Michael Durand Patrick Braunhofer Cedric Christille Daniele Cappellari	1:20:15.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)

Junior Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
12.5 km Individual details	Meng Fanqi China	40:06.7 (0+0+0+0)	Juliane Frühwirt Germany	41:15.5 (0+1+0+0)	Franziska Pfnür Germany	41:42.5 (0+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint details	Ekaterina Bekh Ukraine	21:03.6 (0+0)	Kamila Żuk Poland	21:15.7 (1+1)	Hanna Kebinger Germany	21:17.6 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Ekaterina Bekh Ukraine	31:23.8 (1+0+1+0)	Hanna Kebinger Germany	31:32.9 (0+1+0+0)	Sophie Chauveau France	31:40.2 (0+1+0+2)
3 × 6 km Relay details	France Camille Bened Sophie Chauveau Lou Jeanmonnot	54:26.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	Germany Franziska Pfnür Hanna Kebinger Juliane Frühwirt	54:41.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0)	Sweden Amanda Lundström Annie Lind Elvira Öberg	55:03.0 (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)

Youth events

Youth Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
12.5 km Individual details	Niklas Hartweg Switzerland	35:37.1 (0+1+0+0)	Trym Gerhardsen Norway	36:02.4 (0+1+0+0)	Jakub Kocián Czech Republic	36:10.8 (0+0+0+1)
7.5 km Sprint details	Alex Cisar Slovenia	20:27.3 (1+0)	Lovro Planko Slovenia	20:57.9 (0+1)	Otto Invenius Finland	20:58.7 (1+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Alex Cisar Slovenia	27:59.7 (0+0+0+1)	Rémi Broutier France	28:59.3 (1+0+0+0)	Vetle Paulsen Norway	29:42.8 (1+1+0+1)
3 × 7.5 km Relay details	Germany Hendrik Rudolph Darius Lodl Hans Köllner	1:01:50.6 (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0)	Slovenia Anton Vidmar Lovro Planko Alex Cisar	1:02:31.5 (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0)	Italy Bionaz Leonesio Tommaso Giacomel Didier Bionaz	1:02:31.9 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)

Youth Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km Individual details	Ukaleq Astri Slettemark Greenland	31:49.3 (0+0+0+0)	Tereza Voborníková Czech Republic	33:04.1 (0+1+0+0)	Heidi Nikkinen Finland	33:09.6 (2+0+0+0)
6 km Sprint details	Maren Bakken Norway	17:31.6 (0+0)	Amy Baserga Switzerland	17:56.4 (1+0)	Marte Møller Norway	18:01.1 (0+0)
7.5 km Pursuit details	Amy Baserga Switzerland	24:15.6 (0+0+2+0)	Tereza Voborníková Czech Republic	24:23.8 (0+0+0+0)	Maren Bakken Norway	24:29.4 (1+1+1+0)
3 × 6 km Relay details	Norway Maren Bakken Marte Møller Anne De Besche	57:19.2 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Lisa Maria Spark Mareike Braun Hanna-Michéle Herrmann	57:36.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0)	France Laura Boucaud Coline Pasteur Paula Botet	58:44.6 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	4	1	5	10
2	France (FRA)	2	2	2	6
3	Slovenia (SLO)	2	2	0	4
4	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
5	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	0	2
6	Germany (GER)	1	5	3	9
7	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
8	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
8	Greenland (GRL)	1	0	0	1
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
11	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
11	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
13	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
13	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
15	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		16	16	16	48

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References

↑ "YJWCH 2019 Osrblie – SVK – Event Schedule" (PDF). osrblie2019.biathlon.sk. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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[1] "YJWCH 2019 Osrblie – SVK – Event Schedule" (PDF). osrblie2019.biathlon.sk. Retrieved 25 January 2019.