Dorothea Wierer

Dorothea Wierer (, ; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian former biathlete. 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. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea she won again the bronze medal in the Mixed relay with Lisa Vittozzi, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won her first individual medal in the Sprint. She is the 2019 Mass Start World Champion and the 2020 Pursuit and Individual World Champion.

Career Wierer won her first Biathlon World Championships medal, placing third in the Women's relay together with Nicole Gontier, Michela Ponza and Karin Oberhofer at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě, which was the first ever medal for Italian women at the Biathlon World Championships. At the 2019 Championships in Östersund, she won the gold medal in the 12.5 km Mass Start, also a first for Italian women in Biathlon. She has currently won 12 medals in total, including 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes.

At the start of the 2015–16 season, Wierer recorded the first win in her career in the Biathlon World Cup in Östersund and as of the end of 2021–22 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 45 times with 13 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 23 relays, including five victories. She has won the 2018–19 Overall World Cup (first Italian to do so, including men ). Wierer defended the overall title in the 2019–20 Season (the first woman to do since Magdalena Forsberg in 2001/02 ) and has also won 4 disciplines cup, the 2015–16 Individual World Cup, the 2018–19 Pursuit World Cup, the 2019–20 Mass Start World Cup and the 2020-21 Individual World Cup.

In February 2019, Wierer became the third biathlete (after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every biathlon discipline.

Record Olympic Games 4 Medals (1 Silver, 3 Bronze)

Wierer has won four 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. In Beijing she won her first individual medal in Sprint. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed relay event. EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2014 Sochi DNS 6th 17th 26th 6th Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang 7th 18th 15th 6th 9th Bronze 2022 Beijing 18th Bronze 6th 22nd 5th 9th 2026 Milano Cortina 5th 44th 9th 5th 11th Silver The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships 12 Medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze)

The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Junior/Youth World Championships EventAge ClassIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2007 Martell Youth (U19) 10th 16th 14th — 2008 Ruhpolding Youth (U19)Gold 8th 21st Bronze 2009 Canmore Youth (U19) 7th 4thGold Bronze 2010 Torsby Junior (U21) 6th 13th 11th — 2011 Nové Město Junior (U21)GoldGoldGoldSilver

World Cup Updated as of 22 March 2026, all the point totals count the dropped results, if there are any.

Overall record ResultIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixedrelaySinglemixedrelayTotalIndividual eventsTeam eventsAll events 1st place 7 4 2 4 3 3 1 17 7 24 2nd place 0 6 10 2 4 9 1 18 14 32 3rd place 0 8 8 2 8 6 0 18 14 32 Podiums 7 18 20 8 15 18 2 53 35 88 Top 10 19 55 49 27 60 30 6 150 96 246 35 113 94 59 70 30 6 301 106 407 8 19 5 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starts 43 133 99 59 70 30 6 334 106 440 Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships. Updated as of 24 Feb 2025

Individual podiums 17 victories (7 Individuals, 4 Sprints, 2 Pursuits, 4 Mass starts) 53 podiums (7 Individuals, 18 Sprints, 20 Pursuits, 8 Mass starts)

No. Season Date Location Level Race Place 1 2013–14 8 March 2014 Pokljuka World Cup Pursuit 3rd 2 2014–15 7 December 2014 Östersund World Cup Pursuit 3rd 3 18 December 2014 Pokljuka World Cup Sprint 2nd 4 9 January 2015 Oberhof World Cup Sprint 2nd 5 2015–16 3 December 2015 Östersund World Cup Individual 1st 6 6 December 2015 Östersund World CupPursuit 2nd 7 9 January 2016 Ruhpolding World CupPursuit 3rd 8 14 January 2016 Ruhpolding World CupIndividual 1st 9 21 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva World CupSprint 2nd 10 23 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva World CupPursuit 3rd 11 5 February 2016 Canmore World CupSprint 3rd 12 6 February 2016 Canmore World CupMass start 1st 13 6 March 2016 Oslo World Championships Pursuit 2nd 14 19 March 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk World CupPursuit 3rd 15 2016–17 4 December 2016 Östersund World Cup Pursuit 3rd 16 17 December 2016 Nové Město na Moravě World CupPursuit 2nd 17 18 December 2016 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Mass start 3rd 18 2017–18 8 December 2017 Hochfilzen World CupSprint 3rd 19 6 January 2018 Oberhof World CupPursuit 2nd 20 11 January 2018 Ruhpolding World CupIndividual 1st 21 20 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva World CupPursuit 2nd 22 2018–19 8 December 2018 Pokljuka World CupSprint 2nd 23 9 December 2018 Pokljuka World Cup Pursuit 2nd 24 13 December 2018 Hochfilzen World CupSprint 1st 25 15 December 2018 Hochfilzen World Cup Pursuit 3rd 26 22 December 2018 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Pursuit 2nd 27 26 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva World Cup Pursuit 1st 28 17 March 2019 Östersund World ChampionshipsMass start 1st 29 2019–20 1 December 2019 Östersund World CupSprint 1st 30 13 December 2019 Hochfilzen World CupSprint 1st 31 22 December 2019 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand World CupMass start 2nd 32 15 January 2020 Ruhpolding World CupSprint 3rd 33 16 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva World ChampionshipsPursuit 1st 34 18 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva World ChampionshipsIndividual 1st 35 23 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva World ChampionshipsMass start 2nd 36 2020–21 28 November 2020 Kontiolahti World Cup Individual 1st 37 20 December 2020 Hochfilzen World CupMass start 3rd 38 14 January 2021 Oberhof World CupSprint 2nd 39 13 March 2021 Nové Město na Moravě World CupSprint 3rd 40 19 March 2021 Östersund World CupSprint 2nd 41 2021–22 12 January 2022 Ruhpolding World CupSprint 3rd 42 23 January 2022 Antholz-Anterselva World CupMass Start 1st 43 11 February 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games Sprint 3rd 44 6 March 2022 Kontiolahti World CupPursuit 2nd 45 2022–23 4 December 2022 Kontiolahti World CupPursuit 2nd 46 5 January 2023 Pokljuka World Cup Sprint 3rd 47 7 January 2023 Pokljuka World Cup Pursuit 2nd 48 19 January 2023 Antholz-Anterselva World Cup Sprint 1st 49 9 March 2023 Östersund World Cup Individual 1st 50 12 March 2023 Östersund World Cup Mass Start 1st 51 2025–26 2 December 2025 Östersund World Cup Individual 1st 52 18 December 2025 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand World CupSprint 3rd 53 20 December 2025 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand World CupPursuit 3rd Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games. Bolded lines are WCH or WOG races

Relay podiums 7 victories (3 Women relays, 3 Mixed relays, 1 Single mixed relay) 35 podiums (15 Women relays, 18 Mixed relays, 2 Single mixed relays)

Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games. Bolded lines are WCH or OWG races