2025–26 Biathlon World Cup

2025–26 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Éric Perrot (1) Lou Jeanmonnot (1)
U23 Isak Leknes Frey (1) Maren Kirkeeide (1)
Individual Éric Perrot (1) Lou Jeanmonnot (2)
Sprint Sturla Holm Lægreid (1) Lou Jeanmonnot (1)
Pursuit Éric Perrot (1) Lou Jeanmonnot (2)
Mass start Éric Perrot (1) Julia Simon (2)
Relay  Norway (16)  France (5)
Nations Cup  Norway (21)  Sweden (1)
Mixed  Norway (10)
Competition
Edition 49th 44th
Locations 10 10
Individual 21 21
Relay/Team 5 5
Mixed 6 6
Rescheduled 1
Overall Champions
Éric Perrot claimed his first World Cup title, securing four victories this season. He also earned small crystal globes in the individual, pursuit, and mass start standings as well as three Olympic medals.
Lou Jeanmonnot also claimed the crystal globe for the first time in her career, securing three victories, three small crystal globes (individual, sprint and pursuit), and four Olympic medals.

The 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup (official: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon), organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), was the 49th official World Cup season for men and 44th edition for women as the highest level of international biathlon competitions.[1]

The season started on 29 November 2025 in Östersund, Sweden and concluded on 22 March 2026 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.[2]

A major highlight of the season was the 2026 Winter Olympics, held in MilanCortina, Italy, from 8 to 21 February, with the biathlon events taking place in Antholz-Anterselva. The results from these competitions will not be included in the World Cup standings.

Sturla Holm Lægreid from Norway and Franziska Preuß from Germany were the reigning champions from the previous season. Lægreid finished the season in 2nd place and Preuß ended her career at Winter Olympics in Antholz-Anterselva, placing 16th overall in the season standings.

The new World Cup winners for the season, both claiming the title for the first time and representing France, were Éric Perrot and Lou Jeanmonnot (having finished 2nd in the overall standings in each of the previous two seasons). This marked the first time in World Cup history that both the men’s and women’s overall titles were won by athletes from France in the same season.

Season overview

The men's sprint in AnnecyLe Grand-Bornand was regarded as the closest men's sprint in biathlon history, as the top six athletes finished within less than nine seconds of each other.[3]

On 23 December 2025, 27-year-old Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken was found dead in his hotel room during a training camp in Italy. At the time of his death, he was ranked 13th in the overall standings.[4][5] In his memory, he was included on the start list with bib number 1 for the sprint in Oberhof.[6]

As a result of victory in the pursuit race in Oberhof, Tommaso Giacomel took the lead in the Overall World Cup standings, becoming the first Italian since January 1992 and only the third Italian man in the history of the World Cup to wear yellow bib.

During the sprint on 16 January in Ruhpolding, Anne de Besche became the first Danish woman to start in a World Cup event. She finished the race in 78th place.

Map of world cup hosts

Östersund
Location of all 10 World Cup hosts of the season (including Antholz-Anterselva – venue of the 2026 Winter Olympics)
Nové Město na Moravě
Hochfilzen Antholz-Anterselva
AnnecyLe Grand-Bornand Kontiolahti
Oberhof Otepää
Ruhpolding Oslo Holmenkollen

Calendar

Stage Location Date Individual /
Short individual
Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1 Östersund 29 November–7 December details
2 Hochfilzen 12–14 December details
3 AnnecyLe Grand-Bornand 18–21 December details
4 Oberhof 8–11 January details
5 Ruhpolding 14–18 January details
6 Nové Město na Moravě 22–25 January details
OG Antholz-Anterselva 8–21 February Olympic Games[a]
7 Kontiolahti 5–8 March details
8 Otepää 12–15 March details
9 Oslo Holmenkollen 19–22 March details
Total: 69 (31 men's, 31 women's, 7 mixed) 4 8 8 5 6 4 3

Men

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start
No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage)
Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 3 December 2025 Östersund (1) 20 km IND Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal Sebastian Samuelsson [7]
2 6 December 2025 10 km SPR Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal Quentin Fillon Maillet [8]
3 7 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson Johan-Olav Botn [9]
4 12 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 10 km SPR Tommaso Giacomel Éric Perrot Philipp Horn [10]
5 13 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Éric Perrot Tommaso Giacomel Johan-Olav Botn [11]
6 19 December 2025 AnnecyLe Grand-Bornand (3) 10 km SPR Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Émilien Jacquelin [12]
7 20 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Johan-Olav Botn Émilien Jacquelin Johannes Dale-Skjevdal [13]
8 21 December 2025 15 km MSS Tommaso Giacomel Éric Perrot Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen [14]
9 8 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 10 km SPR Tommaso Giacomel Philipp Nawrath Johannes Dale-Skjevdal [15]
10 10 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Tommaso Giacomel Martin Uldal Sebastian Samuelsson [16]
11 17 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) 10 km SPR Sebastian Samuelsson Tommaso Giacomel Isak Leknes Frey [17]
12 18 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Éric Perrot Martin Ponsiluoma [18]
13 22 January 2026 Nové Město na Moravě (6) 15 km SIND Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin Lukas Hofer [19]
14 25 January 2026 15 km MSS Éric Perrot Campbell Wright Sverre Dahlen Aspenes [20]
2026 Winter Olympics
(8–20 February • MilanoCortina,  Italy)[a]
10 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG) 20 km IND Johan-Olav Botn Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid [21]
13 February 2026 10 km SPR Quentin Fillon Maillet Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid [22]
15 February 2026 12.5 km PUR Martin Ponsiluoma Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin [23]
20 February 2026 15 km MSS Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Sturla Holm Lægreid Quentin Fillon Maillet [24]
15 6 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7) 20 km IND Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen [25]
16 8 March 2026 15 km MSS Sturla Holm Lægreid Éric Perrot Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen [26]
17 12 March 2026 Otepää (8) 10 km SPR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Philipp Nawrath [27]
18 14 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Martin Uldal [28]
19 20 March 2026 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 10 km SPR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Éric Perrot [29]
20 21 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Sturla Holm Lægreid Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin [30]
21 22 March 2026 15 km MSS Johan-Olav Botn Philipp Nawrath Éric Perrot [31]
48th Biathlon World Cup Overall
(3 December 2025 – 22 March 2026)
Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid Johan-Olav Botn [32]

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage)
Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
R.
1 29 November 2025 Östersund (1)  Norway
1. Martin Uldal
2. Isak Leknes Frey
3. Sturla Holm Lægreid
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Quentin Fillon Maillet
3. Émilien Jacquelin
4. Éric Perrot
 Sweden
1. Viktor Brandt
2. Jesper Nelin
3. Martin Ponsiluoma
4. Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway [33]
2 14 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2)  Norway
1. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
2. Johan-Olav Botn
3. Sturla Holm Lægreid
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Émilien Jacquelin
3. Quentin Fillon Maillet
4. Éric Perrot
 Sweden
1. Jesper Nelin
2. Malte Stefansson
3. Martin Ponsiluoma
4. Sebastian Samuelsson
[34]
3 11 January 2026 Oberhof (4)  Norway
1. Isak Frey
2. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
3. Martin Uldal
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Émilien Jacquelin
3. Quentin Fillon Maillet
4. Éric Perrot
 Sweden
1. Jesper Nelin
2. Malte Stefansson
3. Martin Ponsiluoma
4. Sebastian Samuelsson
[35]
4 15 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5)  France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Oscar Lombardot
3. Quentin Fillon Maillet
4. Éric Perrot
 Norway
1. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
2. Sturla Holm Lægreid
3. Martin Uldal
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Germany
1. Justus Strelow
2. Danilo Riethmüller
3. David Zobel
4. Philipp Nawrath
[36]
17 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG)  France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Émilien Jacquelin
3. Quentin Fillon Maillet
4. Éric Perrot
 Norway
1. Martin Uldal
2. Johan-Olav Botn
3. Sturla Holm Lægreid
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Sweden
1. Viktor Brandt
2. Jesper Nelin
3. Martin Ponsiluoma
4. Sebastian Samuelsson
not included in the World Cup [37]
5 7 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7)  Norway
1. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
2. Johan-Olav Botn
3. Sturla Holm Lægreid
4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
1. Oscar Lombardot
2. Fabien Claude
3. Émilien Jacquelin
4. Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Sweden
1. Viktor Brandt
2. Jesper Nelin
3. Martin Ponsiluoma
4. Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway [38]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Individual
Johan-Olav Botn 3 December 2025 – 8 January 2026 Östersund Oberhof 9
Tommaso Giacomel 10 January 2026 – 22 January 2026 Oberhof Nové Město na Moravě 4
Éric Perrot 25 January 2026 – 22 March 2026 Nové Město na Moravě Oslo Holmenkollen 8
Under 23
Jakob Kulbin 3 December 2025 Östersund 1
Isak Leknes Frey 6 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Östersund Oslo Holmenkollen 20

Standings

Women

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start
No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage)
Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 2 December 2025 Östersund (1) 15 km IND Dorothea Wierer Sonja Leinamo Camille Bened [52]
2 5 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Suvi Minkkinen Anna Magnusson Océane Michelon [53]
3 7 December 2025 10 km PUR Lisa Theresa Hauser Suvi Minkkinen Anna Magnusson [54]
4 12 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 7.5 km SPR Lou Jeanmonnot Maren Kirkeeide Anna Magnusson [55]
5 14 December 2025 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Anna Magnusson Maren Kirkeeide [56]
6 18 December 2025 AnnecyLe Grand-Bornand (3) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lou Jeanmonnot Dorothea Wierer [57]
7 20 December 2025 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Suvi Minkkinen Dorothea Wierer [58]
8 21 December 2025 12.5 km MSS Maren Kirkeeide Lou Jeanmonnot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet [59]
9 [b]8 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 7.5 km SPR Elvira Öberg Suvi Minkkinen Julia Simon [60]
10 11 January 2026 10 km PUR Elvira Öberg Suvi Minkkinen Hanna Öberg [61]
11 16 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lou Jeanmonnot Lisa Vittozzi [62]
12 18 January 2026 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Hanna Öberg Camille Bened [63]
13 23 January 2026 Nové Město na Moravě (6) 12.5 km SIND Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lou Jeanmonnot Franziska Preuß [64]
14 25 January 2026 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Océane Michelon Lisa Vittozzi [65]
2026 Winter Olympics
(8–21 February • MilanoCortina,  Italy)[a]
11 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG) 15 km IND Julia Simon Lou Jeanmonnot Lora Hristova [66]
14 February 2026 7.5 km SPR Maren Kirkeeide Océane Michelon Lou Jeanmonnot [67]
15 February 2026 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Maren Kirkeeide Suvi Minkkinen [68]
21 February 2026 12.5 km MSS Océane Michelon Julia Simon Tereza Voborníková [69]
15 5 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7) 15 km IND Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg Paulína Bátovská Fialková [70]
16 7 March 2026 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Elvira Öberg Anna Magnusson [71]
17 13 March 2026 Otepää (8) 7.5 km SPR Julia Simon Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot [72]
18 14 March 2026 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Suvi Minkkinen Lou Jeanmonnot [73]
19 19 March 2026 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lisa Vittozzi Elvira Öberg [74]
20 21 March 2026 10 km PUR Hanna Öberg Julia Simon Elvira Öberg [75]
21 22 March 2026 12.5 km MSS Lisa Vittozzi Hanna Öberg Tereza Voborníková [76]
48th Biathlon World Cup Overall
(2 December 2025 – 22 March 2026)
Lou Jeanmonnot Hanna Öberg Lisa Vittozzi [77]

Relay – 4 x 6 km

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage)
Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
R.
1 29 November 2025 Östersund (1)  France
1. Jeanne Richard
2. Océane Michelon
3. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
4. Lou Jeanmonnot
 Italy
1. Dorothea Wierer
2. Michela Carrara
3. Lisa Vittozzi
4. Hannah Auchentaller
 Czech Republic
1. Jessica Jislová
2. Lucie Charvátová
3. Tereza Voborníková
4. Markéta Davidová
 France [78]
2 13 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2)  Sweden
1. Ella Halvarsson
2. Anna Magnusson
3. Elvira Öberg
4. Hanna Öberg
 Norway
1. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen
2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Maren Kirkeeide
 Germany
1. Anna Weidel
2. Julia Tannheimer
3. Janina Hettich-Walz
4. Vanessa Voigt
 Sweden [79]
3 10 January 2026 Oberhof (4)  France
1. Lou Jeanmonnot
2. Océane Michelon
3. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
4. Julia Simon
 Norway
1. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen
2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Maren Kirkeeide
 Germany
1. Selina Grotian
2. Julia Tannheimer
3. Janina Hettich-Walz
4. Franziska Preuß
 France [80]
4 14 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5)  Norway
1. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen
2. Juni Arnekleiv
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Maren Kirkeeide
 Italy
1. Hannah Auchentaller
2. Dorothea Wierer
3. Michela Carrara
4. Lisa Vittozzi
 Sweden
1. Johanna Skottheim
2. Linn Gestblom
3. Elvira Öberg
4. Hanna Öberg
[81]
18 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG)  France
1. Camille Bened
2. Lou Jeanmonnot
3. Océane Michelon
4. Julia Simon
 Sweden
1. Linn Gestblom
2. Anna Magnusson
3. Elvira Öberg
4. Hanna Öberg
 Norway
1. Marthe Krakstad Johansen
2. Juni Arnekleiv
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Maren Kirkeeide
not included in the World Cup [82]
5 8 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7)  Sweden
1. Linn Gestblom
2. Anna Magnusson
3. Hanna Öberg
4. Elvira Öberg
 France
1. Camille Bened
2. Lou Jeanmonnot
3. Océane Michelon
4. Julia Simon
 Norway
1. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen
2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Maren Kirkeeide
 France [83]

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Individual
Dorothea Wierer 2 December 2025 Östersund 1
Suvi Minkkinen 5 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Östersund 2
Anna Magnusson 12 December 2025 – 18 December 2025 Hochfilzen Annecy 3
Lou Jeanmonnot 20 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Annecy Oslo Holmenkollen 15
Under 23
Maren Kirkeeide 2 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Östersund Oslo Holmenkollen 21

Standings

Mixed Relay

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage)
Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
R.
Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km
1 30 November 2025 Östersund (1)  Sweden
1. Sebastian Samuelsson
2. Ella Halvarsson
 Norway
1. Sturla Holm Lægreid
2. Maren Kirkeeide
 France
1. Fabien Claude
2. Camille Bened
 Sweden [97]
3 24 January 2026 Nové Město (6)  Finland
1. Suvi Minkkinen
2. Tero Seppälä
 France
1. Jeanne Richard
2. Émilien Claude
 Norway
1. Juni Arnekleiv
2. Martin Nevland
 France [98]
5 15 March 2026 Otepää (8)  Norway
1. Sturla Holm Lægreid
2. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
 Sweden
1. Sebastian Samuelsson
2. Hanna Öberg
 Finland
1. Tero Seppälä
2. Suvi Minkkinen
 Norway [99]
Mixed Relay – 4 x 6 km
2 30 November 2025 Östersund (1)  France
1. Émilien Jacquelin
2. Éric Perrot
3. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
4. Lou Jeanmonnot
 Italy
1. Tommaso Giacomel
2. Lukas Hofer
3. Dorothea Wierer
4. Lisa Vittozzi
 Norway
1. Endre Strømsheim
2. Johan-Olav Botn
3. Karoline Offigstad Knotten
4. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
 France [100]
4 24 January 2026 Nové Město (6)  Italy
1. Dorothea Wierer
2. Lisa Vittozzi
3. Lukas Hofer
4. Tommaso Giacomel
 France
1. Océane Michelon
2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
3. Oscar Lombardot
4. Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Czech Republic
1. Jessica Jislová
2. Tereza Voborníková
3. Vítězslav Hornig
4. Michal Krčmář
[101]
8 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG)  France
1. Éric Perrot
2. Quentin Fillon Maillet
3. Lou Jeanmonnot
4. Julia Simon
 Italy
1. Tommaso Giacomel
2. Lukas Hofer
3. Dorothea Wierer
4. Lisa Vittozzi
 Germany
1. Justus Strelow
2. Philipp Nawrath
3. Vanessa Voigt
4. Franziska Preuß
not included
in the World Cup
[102]
6 15 March 2026 Otepää (8)  Sweden
1. Viktor Brandt
2. Martin Ponsiluoma
3. Anna-Karin Heijdenberg
4. Elvira Öberg
 Switzerland
1. Sebastian Stalder
2. Joscha Burkhalter
3. Aita Gasparin
4. Lena Häcki-Groß
 United States
1. Maxime Germain
2. Campbell Wright
3. Deedra Irwin
4. Margie Freed
 Norway [103]

Standings

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

final standings after all 58 competitions.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway18101442
2 France16231352
3 Sweden1281434
4 Italy97521
5 Finland2619
6 Austria1001
7 Germany0268
8 United States0112
9 Switzerland0101
10 Czech Republic0033
11 Slovakia0011
Totals (11 entries)585858174

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Individual 90 75 65 55 50 45 41 37 34 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Team
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes, who competed in the World Cup, retired during or after the 2025–26 season:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Olympic Games are included in the World Cup calendar, but their results do not contribute to the overall World Cup standings.
  2. ^ Women's Sprint originally scheduled for 9 January (Friday), was rescheduled to 8 January (Thursday), due to bad weather conditions.

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