Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer
Personal information
Born (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990
Bruneck, Italy
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 2 in)
World Cup
Individual victories 3
All victories 4
Individual podiums 14
All podiums 20

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 6th, in the 2014–15 season.

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

Record

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Russia 2014 Sochi DNS 6th 17th 26th 6th Bronze

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 28th 9th 21st 4th
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 41st 61st 12th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 58th 21st 30th Bronze 4th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 4th 20th 9th 27th Bronze 7th
Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 8th 5th Silver 20th 7th 8th

World Cup

World cup

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2011–12 5 91st 5 78th
2012–13 171 38th 21 39th 63 40th 87 29th
2013–14 399 16th 60 7th 143 19th 141 17th 55 20th
2014–15 745 7th 70 14th 333 4th 214 5th 128 13th
2015–16 944 3rd 154 1st 327 3rd 348 2nd 148 8th

Individual podiums

Season Place Competition Placement
2013–14 Slovenia Pokljuka Pursuit 3rd
2014–15 Sweden Östersund Pursuit 3rd
2014–15 Slovenia Pokljuka Sprint 2nd
2014–15 Germany Oberhof Sprint 2nd
2015–16 Sweden Östersund Individual 1st
2015–16 Sweden Östersund Pursuit 2nd
2015–16 Germany Ruhpolding Pursuit 3rd
2015–16 Germany Ruhpolding Individual 1st
2015–16 Italy Antholz Sprint 2nd
2015–16 Italy Antholz Pursuit 3rd
2015–16 Canada Canmore Sprint 3rd
2015–16 Canada Canmore Mass Start 1st
2015–16 Norway Oslo Pursuit 2nd
2015–16 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Pursuit 3rd

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Italy 2007 Martell-Val Martello 10th 16th 14th
Germany 2008 Ruhpolding Gold 8th 21st
Canada 2009 Canmore 7th 4th Gold
Sweden 2010 Torsby 6th 13th 11th
Czech Republic 2011 Nové Město Gold Gold Gold Silver

Individual victories

3 victories (2 In, 1 MS)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2015–16
3 victories
(2 In, 1 MS)
3 December 2015 Sweden Östersund15 km individualBiathlon World Cup
14 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding15 km individualBiathlon World Cup
6 February 2016 Canada Canmore12.5 km mass startBiathlon World Cup

References

  1. "Tora Pulls Norway to Relay Gold". Biathlonworld.com. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

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