Dorothea Wierer
Dorothea Wierer Corradini is an Italian biathlete competing in the Biathlon World Cup. 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. She is the 2019 mass start world champion, and 2020 individual and pursuit world champion.
Career
Wierer has 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 10 medals in total, including 3 Golds, 4 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 2019-20 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 35 times with 11 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 21 relays, including 5 victories. She has won the 2018–19 Overall World Cup. Wierer defended the overall title in the 2019–20 Season and has also won 3 disciplines cup, the 2015–16 Individual World Cup, the 2018–19 Pursuit World Cup and the 2019–20 Mass Start World Cup.
In February 2019, Wierer was the third biathlete to achieve a victory in every biathlon discipline.
Record
Olympic Games
2 medalsWierer 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.
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | ||
2014 Sochi | DNS | 6th | 17th | 26th | 6th | Bronze |
2018 Pyeongchang | 7th | 18th | 15th | 6th | 9th | Bronze |
World Championships
10 medalsEvent | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | |||
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | – | 28th | 9th | 21st | 4th | – | rowspan="6" |
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 | - |
2019 Östersund | 8th | 10th | 20th | Gold | – | Bronze | Silver |
2020 Antholz-Anterselva | Gold | 7th | Gold | Silver | 10th | Silver | 9th |
Junior/Youth World Championships
World Cup
Overall record
Individual victories
11 victoriesNo. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
1 | 2015/16 | 3 December 2015 | Östersund, Sweden | 15 km Individual | World Cup |
2 | 2015/16 | 14 January 2016 | Ruhpolding, Germany | 15 km Individual | World Cup |
3 | 2015/16 | 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 |
5 | 2018/19 | 13 December 2018 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
6 | 2018/19 | 26 January 2019 | Antholz-Anterselva, Italy | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
7 | 2018/19 | 17 March 2019 | Östersund, Sweden | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Championships |
8 | 2019/20 | 1 December 2019 | Östersund, Sweden | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
9 | 2019/20 | 13 December 2019 | Hochfilzen, Austria | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
10 | 2019/20 | 16 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva, Italy | 10 km Pursuit | World Championships |
11 | 2019/20 | 18 February 2020 | Antholz-Anterselva, Italy | 15 km Individual | World Championships |