Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer
Personal information
Born	3 April 1990; Bruneck, Italy
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Skis	Rossignol
Rifle	Anschütz
World Cup debut	2009
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2014, 2018)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8 (2010/11–)
Individual victories	4
All victories	6
Individual podiums	21
All podiums	34
Discipline titles	1:; 1 Individual (2015–16);
Women's biathlon
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships
	Updated on 20 February 2018.

Dorothea Wierer Corradini (born 3 April 1990) is an Italian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Wierer has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 (4x6 km relay).^[1] Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. As of February 2015, Wierer has finished on the podium five times in the Biathlon World Cup. Her best overall finish in the Biathlon World Cup is 3rd, in the 2015–16 season.

At the start of the 2015–16 season, Wierer was recorded a first win in her career in Östersund.

Record

Olympic Games

Wierer has won two medals from Olympic Games. In Sochi she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay. In Pyeongchang she won another bronze medal in the same discipline Mixed relay.^[2]

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay^[a]
2014 Sochi	DNS	6th	17th	26th	6th	Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang	7th	18th	15th	6th	9th	Bronze

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	–	28th	9th	21st	4th	–
2012 Ruhpolding	41st	61st	–	–	12th	–
2013 Nové Město	58th	21st	30th	–	Bronze	4th
2015 Kontiolahti	4th	20th	9th	27th	Bronze	7th
2016 Oslo	8th	5th	Silver	20th	7th	8th
2017 Hochfilzen	16th	21st	10th	8th	5th	4th

World Cup

Season	Overall			Sprint			Pursuit			Individual			Mass start
Season	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2010/11	9/26	86	54th	5/10	30	58th	3/7	36	46th	0/4	—	—	1/5	20	40th
2011/12	16/26	5	91st	9/10	5	78th	4/8	—	—	3/3	—	—	0/5	—	—
2012/13	17/26	171	38th	9/10	63	40th	5/8	87	29th	3/3	21	39th	0/5	—	—
2013/14	21/22	399	16th	9/9	143	19th	7/8	141	17th	2/2	60	7th	3/3	55	20th
2014/15	22/25	745	7th	9/10	333	4th	6/7	214	5th	2/3	70	14th	5/5	128	13th
2015/16	25/25	944	3rd	9/9	327	3rd	8/8	348	2nd	3/3	154	1st	5/5	148	8th
2016/17	26/26	719	5th	9/9	246	8th	9/9	286	5th	3/3	45	23rd	5/5	156	5th
2017/18	22/22	681	5th	8/8	228	8th	7/7	264	4th	2/2	60	6th	5/5	131	11th

Overall record

Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Total
Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place	3	–	–	1	1	1	4	2	6
2nd place	–	3	5	–	2	2	8	4	12
3rd place	–	2	6	1	5	2	9	7	16
Podiums	3	5	11	2	8	5	21	13	34
Top 10	7	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–
Points	–	–	–	26	–	–	–	–	–
Others	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Starts	–	–	–	26	–	–	–	–	213

* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2013–14	Pokljuka	Pursuit	3rd
2014–15	Östersund	Pursuit	3rd
2014–15	Pokljuka	Sprint	2nd
2014–15	Oberhof	Sprint	2nd
2015–16	Östersund	Individual	1st
2015–16	Östersund	Pursuit	2nd
2015–16	Ruhpolding	Pursuit	3rd
2015–16	Ruhpolding	Individual	1st
2015–16	Antholz	Sprint	2nd
2015–16	Antholz	Pursuit	3rd
2015–16	Canmore	Sprint	3rd
2015–16	Canmore	Mass Start	1st
2015–16	Oslo	Pursuit	2nd
2015–16	Khanty-Mansiysk	Pursuit	3rd
2016–17	Östersund	Pursuit	3rd
2016–17	Nové Město na Moravě	Pursuit	2nd
2016–17	Nové Město na Moravě	Mass Start	3rd
2017–18	Hochfilzen	Sprint	3rd
2017–18	Oberhof	Pursuit	2nd
2017–18	Ruhpolding	Individual	1st
2017–18	Antholz	Pursuit	2nd

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2007 Martell	10th	16th	14th	—
2008 Ruhpolding	Gold	8th	21st	—
2009 Canmore	7th	4th	Gold	—
2010 Torsby	6th	13th	11th	—
2011 Nové Město	Gold	Gold	Gold	Silver

Individual victories

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	2015/16	3 December 2015	Östersund, Sweden	15 km Individual	World Cup
2		14 January 2016	Ruhpolding, Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup
3		6 February 2016	Canmore, Canada	12.5 km Mass Start	World Cup
4	2017/18	11 January 2018	Ruhpolding, Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup

References

↑ "Tora Pulls Norway to Relay Gold". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
↑ "France Wins Gold Medal for Biathlon Olympics 2018 Mixed Relay". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links

Profile on biathlonworld.com
Dorothea Wierer at the International Biathlon Union
Fisi.org (in Italian)

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[1] "Tora Pulls Norway to Relay Gold". Biathlonworld.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

[Biathlon_Mixed__relay-2] "France Wins Gold Medal for Biathlon Olympics 2018 Mixed Relay". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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