Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Lowell Conrad Bailey | ||||||||||||||
Born | Siler City, North Carolina, U.S. | July 15, 1981||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Professional information | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
Club | NYSEF | ||||||||||||||
Skis | Rossignol | ||||||||||||||
Rifle | Anschütz | ||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | January 24, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | March 18, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||
Teams | 11 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 15 (2001/02–2002/03, 2005/06–2017/18) | ||||||||||||||
Individual victories | 1 | ||||||||||||||
All victories | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Individual podiums | 3 | ||||||||||||||
All podiums | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Updated on March 18, 2018. |
Lowell Bailey (born July 15, 1981 in Siler City, North Carolina) is an American biathlon coach and retired biathlete who competed from 2001 until 2018.
His first World Cup podium was a 2nd place (following a disqualification) in the second sprint event at Kontiolahti (FIN) in 2014., [1] and his first World Cup victory came in the 20 km event at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria. [2] He thus became the first biathlon world champion from the United States, as well as the oldest individual gold medalist at the World Championships in biathlon history, at 35 years and 216 days.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he finished 27th in the individual, 46th in the sprint, and 48th in the pursuit events.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 36th in the 10 km sprint event [3] and he also finished 36th in the 12.5 km pursuit. [4]
He decided to retire at the end of 8th leg of 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup. [5] In 2019 Bailey was appointed as the U.S. Biathlon Association's High Performance Director, working alongside former team-mate and Director of Athlete Development Tim Burke. [6]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [7]
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 Turin | 27th | 46th | 48th | — | 9th | — |
2010 Vancouver | 57th | 36th | 36th | — | 13th | — |
2014 Sochi | 8th | 35th | 38th | 23rd | 16th | 8th |
2018 Pyeongchang | 51st | 33rd | 32nd | — | 6th | 15th |
1 medal (1 gold)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 45th | 59th | 50th | — | 17th | — |
2006 Pokljuka | — | — | — | — | — | 18th |
2007 Antholz-Anterselva | 41st | 48th | 50th | — | 9th | DNS |
2008 Östersund | 56th | 61st | — | — | 15th | — |
2009 Pyeongchang | 22nd | 55th | 22nd | 18th | 21st | — |
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 78th | 32nd | 45th | — | 6th | — |
2012 Ruhpolding | 38th | 20th | 20th | 25th | 10th | 12th |
2013 Nové Město | 29th | 32nd | 13th | 13th | 12th | 8th |
2015 Kontiolahti | 24th | 17th | 36th | 13th | 14th | 8th |
2016 Oslo | 15th | 29th | 36th | 10th | 8th | 10th |
2017 Hochfilzen | Gold | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 16th |
1 victory (1 In)
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016–17 1 victory (1 In) | February 16, 2017 | Hochfilzen | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Championships |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 45 medals. With 95 World Cup wins, Bjørndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour. He has won the Overall World Cup title six times, in 1997–98, in 2002–03, in 2004–05, in 2005–06, in 2007–08 and in 2008–09.
Emil Hegle Svendsen is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships.
Carl Johan Bergman is a former Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian wife, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is 5 ft 8½ in (174 cm), and weighs 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb).
Andrea Burke, née Henkel is a retired German professional biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trained at SV Großbreitenbach. Andrea Henkel started out as a cross-country skier but later specialised in biathlon when women's biathlon became an Olympic sport.
Magdalena "Lena" Holzer is a retired German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). With 34 World Cup wins, Holzer is ranked second all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour. She has won the Overall World Cup title three times, in 2007–08, in 2009–10 and her final season in 2011–12. At only 25 years old, Holzer retired from the sport in March 2012, citing a lack of motivation and her desire for a normal life.
Jeremy Scott Teela is a former American biathlete and a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army.
Timothy John Burke is a retired U.S. biathlete and coach. On December 20, 2009, he became the first ever US biathlete to lead the overall Biathlon World Cup. During his career he competed in 11 Biathlon World Championships and four Winter Olympic Games, won a World Championship silver and took six podiums in World Cup races.
Darya Uladzimirauna Domracheva is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, three gold medals in the pursuit, individual, and mass start competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was a Biathlon World Cup overall winner for the 2014–15 season.
Miriam Neureuther is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She has won an Olympic silver medal in cross-country skiing and two biathlon world championship titles, all in team events. Noted for her fast skiing performances, she won two junior world championship titles in biathlon in 2008 and 2009. Gössner was called up for the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, where she was part of Germany's cross-country team claiming silver in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay.
Tarjei Bø is a Norwegian professional biathlete. Awarded Olympic gold medals, World Championship gold medals and World Cup victories from 2010 to 2022. Bø debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on 26 March 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the 2010 Winter Olympics, he earned his first gold medal in the 4 × 7.5 km biathlon relay. On 10 December 2010 he won the World Cup sprint race in Hochfilzen, his first world cup victory. He also won the following pursuit race and anchored the winning relay team. Bø is the older brother of biathlete Johannes Thingnes Bø.
Martin Fourcade is a retired French biathlete and sous-lieutenant. He is a five-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2018, he is the most successful French Olympian of all time. Fourcade is the all-time biathlon record holder of overall World Cup titles with seven big crystal globes and he's also the all-time record holder of the most consecutive Major Championships titles with at least one non-team gold medal in every major championship from 2011 to 2018.
Marie Dorin Habert is a retired French biathlete.
Erik Lesser is a German former biathlete. In 2010, he ran his first single World Cup Race. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won a silver medal at Men's individual. At the Biathlon World Championships 2013 he won a bronze medal with the German team in Men's relay.
Gabriela Soukalová, formerly Koukalová is a former Czech biathlete and television presenter for TV Prima. She won three Olympic medals at the 2014 Sochi Games and she is a two-time World Championship winner, gold medalist at the 2015 Kontiolahti in mixed relay and gold medalist at 2017 Hochfilzen in 7.5 km sprint. In the 2015/2016 World Cup season she was overall champion, and she has also taken six discipline Crystal Globes: the 2013/2014 individual title, the 2015/2016 sprint, pursuit and mass-start titles, and the 2016/17 sprint and mass start titles.
Vyacheslav Derkach is a former Ukrainian biathlete.
Mari Eder is a Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier.
Jana "Janka" Gereková is a former Slovak biathlete.
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet is a French biathlete, Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start at the 2022 Beijing Games and medalist at the Winter Olympics 2018 and World Championships.
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen is a Norwegian biathlete.
Carsten Pump is a former German biathlete.