1994–95 Biathlon World Cup

The 1994–95 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 8 December 1994 in Bad Gastein, Austria, and ended on 19 March 1995 in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the eighteenth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1994–95 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Bad Gastein	8–11 December	●	●			●
Bad Gastein	15–18 December	●	●			●
Oberhof	19–22 January	●	●
Ruhpolding	26–29 January	●	●			●
Antholz	14–19 February	●	●			●
Lahti	9–12 March	●	●			●
Lillehammer	16–19 March	●	●			●
Total		7	7	0	0	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 December 1994	Bad Gastein	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Tomasz Sikora	Dmitry Pantov
1	10 December 1994	Bad Gastein	10 km Sprint	Jon Age Tyldum	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Alexei Kobelev
2	15 December 1994	Bad Gastein	20 km Individual	Patrick Favre	Vadim Sashurin	Jaakko Niemi
2	16 December 1994	Bad Gastein	10 km Sprint	Sylfest Glimsdal	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Frank Luck
3	19 January 1995	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Eduard Ryabov
3	21 January 1995	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Alexei Kobelev	Ricco Gross	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
4	26 January 1995	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Fredrik Kuoppa	Ricco Gross
4	28 January 1995	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ludwig Gredler	Patrick Favre
WC	16 February 1995	Antholz	20 km Individual	Tomasz Sikora	Jon Age Tyldum	Oleg Ryzhenkov
WC	18 February 1995	Antholz	10 km Sprint	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Pavel Muslimov	Ricco Gross
5	9 March 1995	Lahti	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Hervé Flandin	Wilfried Pallhuber
5	11 March 1995	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Sven Fischer	Matjaž Poklukar
6	16 March 1995	Lillehammer	20 km Individual	Vesa Hietalahti	Ludwig Gredler	Peter Sendel
6	18 March 1995	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Johann Passler	Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 December 1994	Bad Gastein	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Simone Greiner	Svetlana Paramygina
1	10 December 1994	Bad Gastein	7.5 km Sprint	Hildegunn Fossen	Elin Kristiansen	Irina Mileshina
2	15 December 1994	Bad Gastein	15 km Individual	Petra Behle	Anne Briand	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
2	16 December 1994	Bad Gastein	7.5 km Sprint	Simone Greiner	Antje Harvey	Uschi Disl
3	19 January 1995	Oberhof	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner	Iva Karagiozova
3	21 January 1995	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Briand	Nadezhda Talanova	Mari Lampinen
4	26 January 1995	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Florence Baverel	Nathalie Santer
4	28 January 1995	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Wallin	Florence Baverel	Nadezhda Talanova
WC	16 February 1995	Antholz	15 km Individual	Corinne Niogret	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska
WC	18 February 1995	Antholz	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Briand	Uschi Disl	Corinne Niogret
5	9 March 1995	Lahti	15 km Individual	Martina Jašicová	Andreja Grašič	Corinne Niogret
5	11 March 1995	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Galina Kukleva	Emmanuelle Claret
6	16 March 1995	Lillehammer	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Nadezhda Talanova	Galina Kukleva
6	18 March 1995	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Kukleva	Anne Briand	Emmanuelle Claret

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	11 December 1994	Bad Gastein	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Eduard Ryabov Alexei Kobelev	Italy Rene Cattarinussi Andreas Zingerle Pieralberto Carrara Patrick Favre	Norway Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ivar Ulekleiv Jon Age Tyldum
2	17 December 1994	Bad Gastein	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Valeri Kiriyenko Alexei Kobelev	Norway Ole Einar Bjorndalen Halvard Hanevold Sylfest Glimsdal Jon Age Tyldum	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer
4	29 January 1995	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer	Italy Rene Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara	Austria Hannes Obererlacher Wolfgang Perner Reinhard Neuner Ludwig Gredler
WC	19 February 1995	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Sven Fischer	France Lionel Laurent Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin	Belarus Igor Khokhriakov Alexander Popov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin
5	12 March 1995	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Eduard Ryabov Alexei Kobelev	France Franck Perrot Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin	Finland Vesa Hietalahti Ville Raikkonen Harri Eloranta Erkki Latvala
6	19 March 1995	Lillehammer	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjorndalen Jon Age Tyldum Frode Andresen Kjell Ove Oftedal	France Raphael Poiree Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin	Germany Peter Sendel Jens Steinigen Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	11 December 1994	Bad Gastein	4x6 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand	Norway Elin Kristiansen Ase Idland Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle
2	17 December 1994	Bad Gastein	4x6 km Relay	Norway Ase Idland Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	Germany Antje Harvey Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Petra Behle	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand
4	29 January 1995	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle	Russia Nadezhda Talanova Svetlana Petcherskaia Galina Kukleva Anfisa Reztsova	France Corinne Niogret Emmanuelle Claret Florence Baverel Anne Briand
WC	19 February 1995	Antholz	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Florence Baverel Anne Briand	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Hildegunn Fossen Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen
5	12 March 1995	Lahti	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	Russia Olga Melnik Nadezhda Talanova Irina Mileshina Galina Kukleva
6	19 March 1995	Lillehammer	4x6 km Relay	France Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand Corinne Niogret	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Elin Kristiansen

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Jon Åge Tyldum	195
2.	Patrick Favre	193
3.	Wilfried Pallhuber	178
4.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	178
5.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	169

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Patrick Favre 105 2. Wilfried Pallhuber 103 3. Jon Åge Tyldum 100 4. Tomasz Sikora 99 5. Eduard Ryabov 85 Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Ole Einar Bjørndalen 115 2. Oleg Ryzhenkov 105 3. Pavel Muslimov 96 4. Jon Åge Tyldum 95 5. Patrick Favre 88 Final standings after 7 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Italy 3737 2.  Germany 3713 3.  Russia 3589 4.  Norway 3508 5.  France 3496 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Anne Briand	241
2.	Svetlana Paramygina	232
3.	Uschi Disl	220
4.	Corinne Niogret	208
5.	Magdalena Wallin	178

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Svetlana Paramygina 128 2. Uschi Disl 114 3. Anne Briand 111 4. Corinne Niogret 103 5. Florence Baverel 92 Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Anne Briand 130 2. Uschi Disl 106 3. Svetlana Paramygina 105 4. Corinne Niogret 105 5. Hildegunn Fossen 95 Final standings after 7 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  France 3796 2.  Germany 3692 3.  Russia 3497 4.  Norway 3488 5.  Ukraine 3396 Final standings after 20 races.

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1994–95 season:

•  Alfred Eder (AUT)
•  Andreas Zingerle (ITA)
•  Evgeny Redkin (BLR)
•  Ulf Johansson (SWE)

•  Antje Harvey (GER)
•  Elin Kristiansen (NOR)
•  Nadezhda Aleksieva (BUL)
•  Luisa Tcherepanova (RUS)
•  Nadiya Billova (UKR)

External links

• IBU official site

References