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 medals
Wierer 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.
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
2014 SochiDNS6th17th26th6thBronze
2018 Pyeongchang7th18th15th6th9thBronze

World Championships

10 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk28th9th21st4throwspan="6"
2012 Ruhpolding41st61st12th-
2013 Nové Město58th21st30thBronze4th-
2015 Kontiolahti4th20th9th27thBronze7th-
2016 Oslo8th5thSilver20th7th8th-
2017 Hochfilzen16th21st10th8th5th4th-
2019 Östersund8th10th20thGoldBronzeSilver
2020 Antholz-AnterselvaGold7thGoldSilver10thSilver9th

Junior/Youth World Championships

World Cup

Overall record

Individual victories

11 victories
No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
12015/163 December 2015 Östersund, Sweden15 km IndividualWorld Cup
22015/1614 January 2016 Ruhpolding, Germany15 km IndividualWorld Cup
32015/166 February 2016 Canmore, Canada12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup
42017/1811 January 2018 Ruhpolding, Germany15 km IndividualWorld Cup
52018/1913 December 2018 Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
62018/1926 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy10 km PursuitWorld Cup
72018/1917 March 2019 Östersund, Sweden12.5 km Mass StartWorld Championships
82019/201 December 2019 Östersund, Sweden7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
92019/2013 December 2019 Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup
102019/2016 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy10 km PursuitWorld Championships
112019/2018 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy15 km IndividualWorld Championships

Individual podiums

Relay victories