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 18th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1994–95 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Jon Åge Tyldum	Anne Briand
Nations Cup	Italy	France
Individual	Patrick Favre	Svetlana Paramygina
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Anne Briand
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1994–95 season.

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	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	8 December 1994	Bad Gastein	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Tomasz Sikora	Dmitry Pantov	Vladimir Drachev	Detail
1	10 December 1994	Bad Gastein	10 km Sprint	Jon Åge Tyldum	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Alexei Kobelev		Detail
2	15 December 1994	Bad Gastein (2)	20 km Individual	Patrick Favre	Vadim Sashurin	Jaakko Niemi	Jon Åge Tyldum	Detail
2	16 December 1994	Bad Gastein (2)	10 km Sprint	Sylfest Glimsdal	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Frank Luck		Detail
3	19 January 1995	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Eduard Ryabov		Detail
3	21 January 1995	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Alexei Kobelev	Ricco Groß	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
4	26 January 1995	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Fredrik Kuoppa	Ricco Groß		Detail
4	28 January 1995	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ludwig Gredler	Patrick Favre	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
WC	16 February 1995	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Tomasz Sikora	Jon Åge Tyldum	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Jon Åge Tyldum	Detail
WC	18 February 1995	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Pavel Mouslimov	Ricco Groß		Detail
5	9 March 1995	Lahti	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Hervé Flandin	Wilfried Pallhuber		Detail
5	11 March 1995	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Sven Fischer	Matjaž Poklukar		Detail
6	16 March 1995	Lillehammer	20 km Individual	Vesa Hietalahti	Ludwig Gredler	Peter Sendel		Detail
6	18 March 1995	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Johann Passler	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	8 December 1994	Bad Gastein	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Svetlana Paramygina	Anne Briand	Detail
1	10 December 1994	Bad Gastein	7.5 km Sprint	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass	Elin Kristiansen	Irina Mileshina	Svetlana Paramygina	Detail
2	14 December 1994	Bad Gastein	15 km Individual	Petra Behle	Anne Briand	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina	Anne Briand	Detail
2	16 December 1994	Bad Gastein	7.5 km Sprint	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Antje Harvey	Uschi Disl		Detail
3	19 January 1995	Oberhof	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Iva Shkodreva		Detail
3	21 January 1995	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Briand	Nadezhda Talanova	Mari Lampinen		Detail
4	26 January 1995	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Florence Baverel	Nathalie Santer		Detail
4	28 January 1995	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Wallin	Florence Baverel	Nadezhda Talanova		Detail
WC	16 February 1995	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Corinne Niogret	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
WC	18 February 1995	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Briand	Uschi Disl	Corinne Niogret		Detail
5	9 March 1995	Lahti	15 km Individual	Martina Jašicová	Andreja Grašič	Corinne Niogret		Detail
5	11 March 1995	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Galina Koukleva	Emmanuelle Claret		Detail
6	16 March 1995	Lillehammer	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Nadezhda Talanova	Galina Koukleva		Detail
6	18 March 1995	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Anne Briand	Emmanuelle Claret		Detail

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 Åge Tyldum
2	17 December 1994	Bad Gastein	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Pavel Mouslimov Vladimir Drachev Valeri Gaevoi Alexei Kobelev	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Sylfest Glimsdal Jon Åge Tyldum	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer
3	22 January 1995	Oberhof	Team event	Germany Frank Luck Carsten Heymann Ricco Gross Sven Fischer	Austria Wolfgang Perner Anton Lengauer-Stockner Ludwig Gredler Hannes Obererlacher	Sweden Per Brandt Anders Mannelqvist Fredrik Kuoppa Jonas Eriksson
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	14 February 1995	Antholz	Team event	Norway Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Jon Åge Tyldum	Czech Republic Petr Garabík Roman Dostál Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík	France Thierry Dusserre Franck Perrot Lionel Laurent Stéphane Bouthiaux
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 Bjørndalen Jon Åge 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	4x7.5 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	4x7.5 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	4x7.5 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	4x7.5 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	4x7.5 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	4x7.5 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
1.	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
1.	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
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	115
2.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	105
3.	Pavel Mouslimov	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
1.	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
1.	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
1.	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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	8	10	6	24
2	Germany	8	9	8	25
3	Russia	7	5	6	18
4	Norway	5	6	5	16
5	Belarus	5	2	3	10
6	Italy	2	3	3	8
7	Austria	1	2	1	4
8	Poland	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
10	Finland	1	0	3	4
11	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
12	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
13	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
14	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		40	40	40	120

Achievements

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men

• Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 2 (7) first places
• Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR), 2 (2) first places
• Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 1 (4) first place
• Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Patrick Favre (ITA), 1 (2) first place
• Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Ludwig Gredler (AUT), 1 (2) first place
• Viktor Maigourov (RUS), 1 (2) first place
• Vladimir Drachev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
• Alexei Kobelev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
• Tomasz Sikora (POL), 1 (1) first place
• Vesa Hietalahti (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Svetlana Paramygina (BLR), 3 (7) first places
• Anne Briand (FRA), 3 (6) first places
• Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (4) first place
• Martina Jašicová (SVK), 1 (2) first place
• Hildegunn Fossen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Petra Behle (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Simone Greiner (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Magdalena Wallin (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Corinne Niogret (FRA), 1 (1) first place
• Galina Kukleva (RUS), 1 (1) first place

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