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Dorothea Wierer, moving farewell for biathlon legend

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Dorothea Wierer’s amazing career ended with a beautiful fifth place in the women’s 12.5 km mass start at Milan Cortina 2026. The biathlete from Anterselva completed the race in 37:48.1, just 30 seconds slower than the new Olympic champion, France&#8217s Oceane Michelon (already winner of gold in the relay and silver in the sprint). At the finish line, Wierer was greeted by a bouquet of flowers as well as the enthusiasm of all her colleagues and the entire blue staff, giving those present a moment of pure emotion.

The podium, completed by the’other Frenchwoman Julia Simon and the Czech Tereza Vobornikova, almost went by the wayside: they all wanted to dedicate a moment to Dorothea Wierer, some with a simple greeting and others by giving themselves a posed photo, testifying to how much the Italian champion has given to the world of biathlon, through an endless series of successes in the national and international arena, also becoming a stimulus for younger athletes and a reference for those who have approached this sport in recent times.

Francesco LuciveroSilver ecstasy for Dorothea Wierer. Photos of the biathlon goddess

Dorothea Wierer wins her third Olympic medal in the mixed relay after bronzes in Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018.
"Let’s say it was not so easy today to manage emotions. I was very nervous, I was trembling, my legs were heavy".
Lukas gives her the change in a very good position in the mixed relay that opens the blue Olympic program.
"It’s beautiful to open like this, it’s a nice gift also for all those who work behind the scenes".
France wins the race ahead of'Italy: "It is an outstanding team and deserved success".
Wierer has been the staple of the blue biathlon for years, she began practicing the discipline in 2000.

Incentivized by her brothers, she experiences a'formidable escalation that takes her to the roof of the world.
First ever Italian woman on the Olympic individual podium thanks to bronze in the Beijing 2022 sprint.
In his palmares stand out 12 world medals including three individual golds and one team gold.

In 2019 she became the first tricolor biathlete to win the overall World Cup.

Bis the'following year for a total of six Crystal Spheres counting specialties.
Conquers Specialty Cups: individual in 2016 and 2021, pursuit 2019 and mass start 2020.
Out of the range he loves reading, relaxes with yoga and long bike rides.
She is romantically linked to'former cross-country racer Stefano Corradini, whom she married in 2015.

During her career, Dorothea Wierer has built an impressive palmarès: at the Olympics she won two bronze medals in the mixed relay at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, another bronze in the sprint at Beijing 2022 and, a few days ago, silver in the mixed relay at Milan Cortina 2026. At the World Championships, too, his path has been dotted with successes. She started with two bronze medals in the women’s relays at Nove Mesto 2013 and Kontiolahti 2015, and then leveled up with silver in the pursuit at Oslo 2016.

The 2019 in Östersund was a golden year: Wierer won the mass start, also adding a silver in the mixed singles and a bronze in the mixed relay. The pinnacle came in Antholz 2020, with rainbow titles in the individual and pursuit, a silver in the mass start and single mixed, and bronze in the mixed relay. In Oberhof 2023 she then further enriched the collection with gold in the women’s relay and silver in the mixed relay.

In the World Cup, moreover, Dorothea Wierer has shown extraordinary continuity: she has won the overall standings for two consecutive years, in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, as well as four Specialty Cups (two in the individual, one in the pursuit, and one in the mass start). His total victories in the World Cup are 14, distributed among individual, mass start, pursuit and sprint events. There are 47 individual podiums, while the overall total, including relays and mass events, comes to 88: 24 wins, 32 second places and 32 third places.

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