Biathlon at the Winter World University Games

Biathlon at the Winter World University Games
Events10 (men: 5; women: 5)
Games
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  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2013
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • 2021
  • 2025

Biathlon events have been contested at the Universiade as an optional sport in 1983, 1989 and 1993, becoming a compulsory sport after 1997.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Winner Second Third
XI 1983 Sofia Bulgaria Soviet Union Romania Bulgaria
XIV 1989 Sofia Bulgaria Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Bulgaria
XVI 1993 Zakopane Poland Russia China Belarus
XVIII 1997 Muju County South Korea Russia France Czech Republic
XIX 1999 Poprad Slovakia Slovakia Poland Russia
XX 2001 Zakopane Poland Russia Poland Belarus
XXI 2003 Forni Avoltri Italy Ukraine Russia Belarus
XXII 2005 Seefeld in Tirol Austria Russia Ukraine Poland
XXIII 2007 Cesana San Sicario Italy Belarus Ukraine Russia
XXIV 2009 Harbin China Russia Ukraine China
XV 2011 Erzurum Turkey Ukraine Russia Bulgaria
XXVI 2013 Tesero Italy Russia Poland Ukraine
XXVII 2015 Osrblie Slovakia Russia Ukraine Czech Republic/ Slovakia
XXVIII 2017 Almaty Kazakhstan Russia Kazakhstan France
XXIX 2019 Krasnoyarsk Russia Russia Norway Czech Republic
XXX 2023 Lake Placid United States Kazakhstan Canada Czech Republic
XXXI 2025 Pragelato Italy Ukraine Poland France

Events

Event 83 89 93 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 23 25 Years
Men's individual 20 km 15
Men's individual 15 km 2
Men's sprint 10 km 17
Men's pursuit 12,5 km 13
Men's mass start 15 km 11
Men's relay 4 x 7,5 km 9
Women's individual 15 km 14
Women's individual 12.5 km 2
Women's sprint 7,5 km 16
Women's pursuit 10 km 13
Women's mass start 12,5 km 11
Women's relay 4 x 6 km 8
Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7,5 km 6
Single mixed relay 1

Medalists

Men

Individual 15 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023 Vadim Kurales Ørjan Moseng Axel Garnier
2025 Bohdan Borkovskyi Patrik Kuuttinen Petr Hák

Individual 20 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Taras Dolny Andrei Nepein Leonid Novikov
1985–1987 not included in the program
1989 Jan Matouš Leonid Reztsov Gennady Karpinkin
1991 not included in the program
1993 Pavel Mouslimov Franck Perrot Tan Hongbin
1995 not included in the program
1997 Marian Málek Guenther Beck Andrey Ovcharenko
1999 Vladimir Beresnev Tomasz Sikora Marek Matiaško
2001 Tomasz Sikora Victor Gain Roustam Valioulin
2003 Olexander Bilanenko Pavol Hurajt Alexei Korobeinikov
2005 Olexander Bilanenko Alexandr Syman Pavol Hurajt
2007 Sergei Novikov Serhiy Sednev Roman Pryma
2009 Artem Gusev Remy Borgeot Serhiy Semenov
2011 Alexey Trustov Krasimir Anev Matej Kazar
2013 Sergei Kliachin Aleksandr Mingalev Milanko Petrović
2015 Dmytro Rusinov Vadim Filimonov Yuri Shopin
2017 Baptiste Jouty Sergei Korastylev Semyon Suchilov
2019 Nikita Porshnev Semyon Suchilov Félix Cottet-Puinel

Sprint 10 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Taras Dolny Leonid Novikov Andrei Nepein
1985–1987 not included in the program
1989 Jan Matouš Konstantin Vaigin Gennady Karpinkin
1991 not included in the program
1993 Franck Perrot Gennady Karpinkin Nicolai Dobrokhvalov
1995 not included in the program
1997 Franck Perrot Anton Kalinin Guenther Beck
1999 Tomasz Sikora Andrei Prokounin Vladimir Beresnev
2001 Tomasz Sikora Roustam Valioulin Sergei Novikov
2003 Andriy Deryzemlya Filipp Shoulman Vladimir Berestnev
2005 Andrei Makoveev Olexander Bilanenko Alexandr Syman
2007 Sergei Novikov Sergey Tarasov Serhiy Sednev
2009 Artem Gusev Oleg Berezhnoy Jaroslav Soukup
2011 Artem Pryma Sergii Semenov Evgeniy Garanichev
2013 Milanko Petrović Vitaliy Kilchytskyy Dmytro Pidruchnyi
2015 Yaroslav Ivanov Maksim Burtasov Yuri Shopin
2017 Semyon Suchilov Dmitry Ivanov Roman Yeryomin
2019 Eduard Latypov Dmitry Ivanov Nikita Porshnev
2023 Bekentay Turlubekov Bjorn Westervelt Alexandr Mukhin

Pursuit 12,5 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1985–1997 not included in the program
1999 Tomasz Sikora Vladimir Beresnev Aliaksandr Syman
2001 Tomasz Sikora Guenther Beck Pavol Hurajt
2003 Vyacheslav Derkach Alexei Korobeinikov Andriy Deryzemlya
2005 Andrei Makoveev Andriy Deryzemlya Olexander Bilanenko
2007 Andrei Makoveev Jaroslav Soukup Sergey Tarasov
2009 Oleg Berezhnoy Artem Gusev Jaroslav Soukup
2011 Sergii Semenov Artem Pryma Evgeniy Garanichev
2013 Aleksandr Pechenkin Sergei Kliachin Alexei Almoukov
2015 Yuri Shopin Yaroslav Ivanov Maksim Burtasov
2017 Sergey Korastylev Dmitry Ivanov Semen Suchilov
2019 Dmitry Ivanov Eduard Latypov Nikita Porshnev
2023 Bjorn Westervelt Dmytrii Hrushchak Wojciech Janik
2023 Bohan Borkovskyi Serhii Suprun Paul Fontaine

Mass start 15 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–2001 not included in the program
2003 Andriy Deryzemlya Vyacheslav Derkach Vladimir Berestnev
2005 Mikhail Kochkin Roman Pryma Jaroslav Soukup
2007 Andrei Makoveev Oleg Berezhnoy Serhiy Sednev
2009 Jaroslav Soukup Alexey Trustov Artem Gusev
2011 Roman Pryma Krasimir Anev Alexey Trustov
2013 Dmytro Pidruchnyi Tomáš Krupčík Dmitrii Elkhin
2015 Vitaliy Kilchytskyy Dmytro Rusinov Yuri Shopin
2017 Baptiste Jouty Roman Yeryomin Anton Pantov
2019 Espen Uldal Maksim Varabei Adam Václavík
2023 Axel Garnier Alexandr Mukhin Ørjan Moseng

Relay 4 x 7,5 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Soviet Union Romania Bulgaria
1985–1987 not included in the program
1989 Soviet Union Bulgaria China
1991 not included in the program
1993 Belarus Russia China
1995 not included in the program
1997 Russia Ukraine Czech Republic
1999 Russia Ukraine Belarus
2001 Belarus Russia Poland
2003 Russia Belarus Ukraine
2005 Russia Ukraine Slovakia
2007 Belarus Ukraine Russia
2009–2023 not included in the program

Women

Individual 15 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–1987 not included in the program
1989 Maria Manolova Elena Batsevich Wang Jingge
1991 not included in the program
1993 Elena Doumnova Agata Suszka Alla Elsoukova
1995 not included in the program
1997 Elena Maslova Emmanuelle Termier Rachel Steer
1999 Martina Schwarzbacherova Adriana Babik Oksana Khvostenko
2001 Martina Schwarzbacherova Celine Drezet Olga Nazarova
2003 Ksenia Zikounkova Olga Nazarova Marina Bortchoukova
2005 Yekaterina Yuryeva Oksana Yakovleva Natalya Burdyga
2007 Oksana Yakovleva Nadezhda Skardino Vita Semerenko
2009 Anna Kunaeva Nadezhda Chastina Franziska Hildebrand
2011 Daria Virolaynen Franziska Hildebrand Darya Yurkevich
2013 Natalia Prekopova Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Jitka Landová
2015 Alina Raikova Ekaterina Avvakumova Paulína Fialková
2017 Alina Raikova Galina Vishnevskaya Nadiia Bielkina
2019 Natalia Gerbulova Ekaterina Moshkova Elena Chirkova
2023 not included in the program

Sprint 7,5 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–1987 not included in the program
1989 Louisa Cherepanova Natalia Ivanova Song Aiqin
1991 not included in the program
1993 Wang Jinfen Elena Doumnova Wang Jinping
1995 not included in the program
1997 Elena Maslova Rachel Steer Kamila Horáková
1999 Martina Schwarzbacherová Marcela Pavkovčeková Soňa Mihoková
2001 Irina Malguina Olga Zaitseva Iryna Tananaika
2003 Olga Nazarova Tatiana Moiseeva Natalya Burdyga
2005 Magdalena Gwizdoń Oksana Khvostenko Natalya Burdyga
2007 Darya Domracheva Valj Semerenko Vita Semerenko
2009 Nadezhda Chastina Marina Korovina Agnieszka Grzybek
2011 Vita Semerenko Evgeniya Sedova Emilia Yordanova
2013 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Monika Hojnisz Tatiana Semenova
2015 Paulina Fialkova Evgeniya Pavlova Jitka Landová
2017 Galina Vishnevskaya Iana Bondar Anastasiya Egorova
2019 Ekaterina Moshkova Irina Kazakevich Tamara Voronina
2023 Anna Nędza-Kubiniec Shilo Rousseau Tereza Jandová

Pursuit 10 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1985–1997 not included in the program
1999 Agata Suszka Martina Schwarzbacherová Anna Murínová
2001 Irina Malguina Martina Schwarzbacherová Olga Zaitseva
2003 Oksana Khvostenko Joulia Makarova Radka Doskočilová
2005 Magdalena Gwizdoń Oksana Khvostenko Natalya Burdyga
2007 Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Ludmilla Kolinchik
2009 Anna Kunaeva Liu Yuan-Yuan Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak
2011 Vita Semerenko Daria Virolaynen Evgeniya Sedova
2013 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Monika Hojnisz Tatiana Semenova
2015 Evgeniya Pavlova Paulína Fialková Kristina Smirnova
2017 Nadiia Bielkina Olga Shesterikova Larissa Kuklina
2019 Ekaterina Moshkova Irina Kazakevich Tamara Voronina
2023 Shilo Rousseau Anna Nędza-Kubiniec Barbara Skrobiszewska
2025 Barbara Skrobiszewska Amelia Liszka Daryna Chalyk

12.5 km short individual

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2023 Anna Nędza-Kubiniec Shilo Rousseau Tereza Jandová
2025 Noemie Remonnay Amelia Liszka Daryna Chalyk

Mass start 12,5 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–2001 not included in the program
2003 Oksana Khvostenko Tatiana Moiseeva Raisa Matveeva
2005 Oksana Khvostenko Liudmila Ananka Ksenia Zikunkova
2007 Nadezhda Skardino Nadezhda Kolesnikova Valj Semerenko
2009 Song Chaoqing Anna Sorokina Nadezhda Chastina
2011 Maria Sadilova Anna Kunaeva Franziska Hildebrand
2013 Jitka Landová Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Iryna Varvynets
2015 Jitka Landová Eva Puskarčíková Iana Bondar
2017 Galina Vishnevskaya Iana Bondar Larisa Kuklina
2019 Ekaterina Moshkova Elizaveta Kaplina Elena Chirkova
2023 Kristýna Otcovská Pauline Machut Anna Blanc

Relay 4 x 6 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–1987 not included in the program
1989 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia China
1991 not included in the program
1993 Russia China Finland
1995 not included in the program
1997 Russia Ukraine Czech Republic
1999 Slovakia Russia Poland
2001 Russia Belarus Ukraine
2003 Russia Ukraine Belarus
2005 Ukraine Belarus Russia
2007 Belarus Ukraine Russia
2009–2023 not included in the program

Mixed

Relay 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7,5 km

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–2017 not included in the program
2009 Russia France Ukraine
2011 Ukraine Russia Bulgaria
2013 Russia Ukraine Czech Republic
2015 Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine
2017 Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine
2019 Russia Czech Republic France
2023 not included in the program

Single mixed relay

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983–2019 not included in the program
2023 Czech Republic France Ukraine
2025 Ukraine Czech Republic Poland

Medal table

Last updated after the 2025 Winter World University Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)504138129
2 Ukraine (UKR)26322684
3 Poland (POL)1211730
4 Belarus (BLR)10111334
5 France (FRA)77519
6 Kazakhstan (KAZ)75517
7 Soviet Union (URS)66416
8 Slovakia (SVK)65819
9 Czech Republic (CZE)551525
10 Czechoslovakia (TCH)3104
11 China (CHN)23712
12 Canada (CAN)2103
13 Bulgaria (BUL)1236
14 United States (USA)1214
15 Norway (NOR)1113
16 Serbia (SRB)1012
17 Austria (AUT)0213
18 Sweden (SWE)0202
19 Germany (GER)0134
20 Finland (FIN)0112
21 Romania (ROM)0101
22 Australia (AUS)0011
Totals (22 entries)140140140420

References