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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (age 34) Bruneck, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fiamme Gialle[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skis | Rossignol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rifle | Anschütz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 3 (2014,2018,2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 12 (2011–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 12 (4 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 16 (2008/09, 2010/11–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual races | 293[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All races | 379[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual victories | 16[c] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All victories | 21[d] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual podiums | 49[e] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All podiums | 75[f] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 2 (2018–19;2019-20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 4: 2 Individual (2015–16, 2020-21); 1 Pursuit (2018–19); 1 Mass Start (2019–20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 25 Feb 2025 |
Dorothea Wierer (Italian:[doroˈtɛːaˈviːrer],German:[doʁoˈteːaˈviːʁɐ]; born 3 April 1990) is an Italianbiathlete competing in theBiathlon World Cup. Together withKarin Oberhofer,Dominik Windisch andLukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in theMixed relay at the2014 Winter Olympics, inSochi,Russia. At the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang,South Korea she won again the bronze medal in theMixed relay withLisa Vittozzi,Lukas Hofer andDominik Windisch. At the2022 Winter Olympics inBeijing,China, she won her first individual medal in theSprint. She is the2019 Mass Start World Champion and the2020 Pursuit andIndividual World Champion.
Wierer has won her firstBiathlon World Championships medal, placing third in theWomen's relay together withNicole Gontier,Michela Ponza andKarin Oberhofer[2] at theBiathlon World Championships 2013 inNové Město na Moravě, which was the first ever medal for Italian women at theBiathlon World Championships. At the2019 Championships inÖstersund, she won the gold medal in the12.5 km Mass Start, also a first for Italian women in Biathlon.[3] She has currently won 12 medals in total, including 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes.
At the start of the2015–16 season, Wierer recorded the first win in her career in theBiathlon World Cup inÖstersund and as of the end of 2021-22 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 45 times with 13 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 23 relays, including five victories. She has won the2018–19 Overall World Cup (first Italian to do so, including men[4][5]). Wierer defended the overall title in the2019–20 Season (the first woman to do sinceMagdalena Forsberg in 2001/02[A]) and has also won 4 disciplines cup, the2015–16 Individual World Cup, the2018–19 Pursuit World Cup, the2019–20 Mass Start World Cup and the2020-21 Individual World Cup.
In February 2019, Wierer became the third biathlete (after FrenchMartin Fourcade andMarie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every[B] biathlon discipline.[6]
3 medals (3 bronze)
Wierer has won three medals from Olympic Games. InSochi, she won a bronze medal in theMixed relay. InPyeongchang, she won another bronze medal in the same discipline,mixed relay.[7] InBeijing she won her first individual medal inSprint.
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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![]() | DNS | 6th | 17th | 26th | 6th | Bronze |
![]() | 7th | 18th | 15th | 6th | 9th | Bronze |
![]() | 18th | Bronze | 6th | 22nd | 5th | 9th |
12 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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![]() | – | 28th | 9th | 21st | 4th | – | — |
![]() | 41st | 61st | – | – | 12th | – | |
![]() | 58th | 21st | 30th | – | Bronze | 4th | |
![]() | 4th | 20th | 9th | 27th | Bronze | 7th | |
![]() | 8th | 5th | Silver | 20th | 7th | 8th | |
![]() | 16th | 21st | 10th | 8th | 5th | 4th | |
![]() | 8th | 10th | 20th | Gold | – | Bronze | Silver |
![]() | Gold | 7th | Gold | Silver | 10th | Silver | 9th |
![]() | 9th | 20th | 4th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5th |
![]() | 15th | 19th | 11th | 14th | Gold | Silver | – |
![]() | 14th | 10th | 21st | 20th | 11th | 10th | – |
![]() | - | 21st | DNS | - | 7th | 7th | 7th |
Event | Age Class | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
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![]() | Youth (U19) | 10th | 16th | 14th | — |
![]() | Youth (U19) | Gold | 8th | 21st | Bronze |
![]() | Youth (U19) | 7th | 4th | Gold | Bronze |
![]() | Junior (U21) | 6th | 13th | 11th | — |
![]() | Junior (U21) | Gold | Gold | Gold | Silver |
Season | Age | Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Individual | Mass start | ||||||||||
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Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | ||
2008/09 | 18 | 2/26 | 0 | N/A | 2/10 | 0 | N/A | 0/7 | – | – | 0/4 | – | – | 0/5 | – | – |
2010/11 | 20 | 9/26 | 86 | 54th | 5/10 | 30 | 58th | 3/7 | 36 | 46th | 0/4 | – | – | 1/5 | 20 | 40th |
2011/12 | 21 | 16/26 | 5 | 91st | 9/10 | 5 | 78th | 4/8 | – | – | 3/3 | – | – | 0/5 | — | — |
2012/13 | 22 | 17/26 | 171 | 38th | 9/10 | 63 | 40th | 5/8 | 87 | 29th | 3/3 | 21 | 39th | 0/5 | — | — |
2013/14 | 23 | 21/22 | 399 | 16th | 9/9 | 143 | 19th | 7/8 | 141 | 17th | 2/2 | 60 | 7th | 3/3 | 55 | 20th |
2014/15 | 24 | 22/25 | 745 | 7th | 9/10 | 333 | 4th | 6/7 | 214 | 5th | 2/3 | 70 | 14th | 5/5 | 128 | 13th |
2015/16 | 25 | 25/25 | 944 | 3rd | 9/9 | 327 | 3rd | 8/8 | 348 | 2nd | 3/3 | 154 | 1st | 5/5 | 148 | 8th |
2016/17 | 26 | 26/26 | 719 | 5th | 9/9 | 246 | 8th | 9/9 | 286 | 5th | 3/3 | 45 | 23rd | 5/5 | 156 | 5th |
2017/18 | 27 | 22/22 | 681 | 5th | 8/8 | 228 | 8th | 7/7 | 264 | 4th | 2/2 | 60 | 6th | 5/5 | 131 | 11th |
2018/19 | 28 | 25/25 | 904 | 1st | 9/9 | 330 | 2nd | 8/8 | 327 | 1st | 3/3 | 89 | 7th | 5/5 | 194 | 2nd |
2019/20 | 29 | 21/21 | 793 | 1st | 8/8 | 305 | 2nd | 5/5 | 186 | 2nd | 3/3 | 114 | 2nd | 5/5 | 223 | 1st |
2020/21 | 30 | 26/26 | 821 | 5th | 10/10 | 282 | 4th | 8/8 | 220 | 7th | 3/3 | 103 | 1st | 5/5 | 144 | 8th |
2021/22 | 31 | 21/22 | 577 | 9th | 9/9 | 196 | 13th | 6/7 | 185 | 9th | 2/2 | 44 | 11th | 4/4 | 152 | 3rd |
2022/23 | 32 | 20/20 | 911 | 2nd | 7/7 | 310 | 2nd | 6/6 | 285 | 3rd | 3/3 | 143 | 5th | 4/4 | 169 | 4th |
2023/24 | 33 | 7/21 | 150 | 40th | 3/7 | 48 | 43rd | 2/7 | 51 | 39th | 2/3 | 51 | 18th | 0/4 | / | / |
2024/25 | 34 | 16/21 | 433 | 11th | 6/7 | 196 | 7th | 5/6 | 133 | 11th | 2/3 | 0 | / | 3/5 | 104 | 7th |
Result | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay | Total | ||
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Individual events | Team events | All events | ||||||||
1st place | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
2nd place | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 28 |
3rd place | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 30 |
Podiums | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 30 | 80 |
Top 10 | 17 | 52 | 45 | 25 | 57 | 27 | 6 | 139 | 90 | 229 |
Points | 32 | 107 | 87 | 55 | 66 | 27 | 6 | 281 | 99 | 380 |
Other | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
DNF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
DSQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starts | 40 | 126 | 92 | 55 | 66 | 27 | 6 | 313 | 99 | 412 |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
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1 | 2013–14 | 8 March 2014 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
2 | 2014–15 | 7 December 2014 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
3 | 18 December 2014 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd | |
4 | 9 January 2015 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd | |
5 | 2015–16 | 3 December 2015 | ![]() | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
6 | 6 December 2015 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
7 | 9 January 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd | |
8 | 14 January 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Individual | 1st | |
9 | 21 January 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd | |
10 | 23 January 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd | |
11 | 5 February 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd | |
12 | 6 February 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass start | 1st | |
13 | 6 March 2016 | ![]() | World Championships | Pursuit | 2nd | |
14 | 19 March 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd | |
15 | 2016–17 | 4 December 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
16 | 17 December 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
17 | 18 December 2016 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass start | 3rd | |
18 | 2017–18 | 8 December 2017 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
19 | 6 January 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
20 | 11 January 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Individual | 1st | |
21 | 20 January 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
22 | 2018–19 | 8 December 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd |
23 | 9 December 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
24 | 13 December 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 1st | |
25 | 15 December 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd | |
26 | 22 December 2018 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
27 | 26 January 2019 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 1st | |
28 | 17 March 2019 | ![]() | World Championships | Mass start | 1st | |
29 | 2019–20 | 1 December 2019 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
30 | 13 December 2019 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 1st | |
31 | 22 December 2019 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass start | 2nd | |
32 | 15 January 2020 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd | |
33 | 16 February 2020 | ![]() | World Championships | Pursuit | 1st | |
34 | 18 February 2020 | ![]() | World Championships | Individual | 1st | |
35 | 23 February 2020 | ![]() | World Championships | Mass start | 2nd | |
36 | 2020–21 | 28 November 2020 | ![]() | World Cup | Individual | 1st |
37 | 20 December 2020 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass start | 3rd | |
38 | 14 January 2021 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd | |
39 | 13 March 2021 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd | |
40 | 19 March 2021 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 2nd | |
41 | 2021–22 | 12 January 2022 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd |
42 | 23 January 2022 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass Start | 1st | |
43 | 11 February 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | Sprint | 3rd | |
44 | 6 March 2022 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
45 | 2022–23 | 4 December 2022 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd |
46 | 5 January 2023 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 3rd | |
47 | 7 January 2023 | ![]() | World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
48 | 19 January 2023 | ![]() | World Cup | Sprint | 1st | |
49 | 9 March 2023 | ![]() | World Cup | Individual | 1st | |
50 | 12 March 2023 | ![]() | World Cup | Mass Start | 1st |
Notes about WC results
During Wierer's career, until 2023 the World Championships results counted for the World Cup of that season, starting from that season they did not anymore. Olympic Winter Games results did not.