2026 IBU Open European Championships

2026 IBU Open European Championships
VenueSjusjøen Skisenter
LocationSjusjøen, Norway
Dates25 January – 1 February

The 2026 IBU Open European Championships were held from 25 January to 1 February 2026 in Sjusjøen, Norway.[1]

The European Championships, whose results count towards the IBU Cup standings, are the main event of the season for athletes competing in the IBU Cup. Medals will be awarded in four disciplines for both men and women: the individual race, sprint, pursuit, and relay.

A total of 36 national teams and a refugee team have arrived for the championships, including teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Kazakhstan, Japan, Australia, and Morocco. Belarusian born biathlete Darya Dolidovich is competing as part of the refugee team.[2]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).[3]

Date Time Event
28 January 11:20 Men's 20 km individual
15:30 Women's 15 km individual
30 January 11:45 Men's 10 km sprint
15:30 Women's 7.5 km sprint
31 January 11:50 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
14:30 Women's 10 km pursuit
1 February 11:40 Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
14:45 Women's 4 x 6 km relay

Results

Men's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
20 km individual
details 		Antonin Guigonnat
 France		 52:08.9
(0+0+0+0) 		Isak Frey
 Norway		 53:19.9
(1+0+1+0) 		Valentin Lejeune
 France		 53:22.2
(0+1+0+0)
10 km sprint
details 		Damien Levet
 France		 25:02.1
(0+0) 		Isak Frey
 Norway		 25:11.8
(0+0) 		Gaëtan Paturel
 France		 25:15.5
(0+0)
12.5 km pursuit
details 		Isak Frey
 Norway		 34:44.7
(0+0+0+2) 		Leonhard Pfund
 Germany		 +16.9
(1+0+0+0) 		Simon Kaiser
 Germany		 +28.1
(0+1+1+0)
4 x 7.5 km relay
details 		 Norway
Sivert Gerhardsen
Kasper Kalkenberg
Martin Nevland
Isak Frey
 1:17:08.4
(0+0) (0+2)
(1+3) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2) 		 Germany
Elias Seidl
Simon Kaiser
Danilo Riethmüller
Leonhard Pfund
 1:17:14.9
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+1) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0) 		 France
Antonin Guigonnat
Damien Levet
Gaëtan Paturel
Valentin Lejeune
 1:18:03.6
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)

Women's

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km individual
details 		Anastasiya Merkushyna
 Ukraine		 45:33.9
(0+0+0+0) 		Samuela Comola
 Italy		 45:36.9
(0+0+0+1) 		Voldiya Galmace-Paulin
 France		 45:38.7
(0+1+1+0)
7.5 km sprint
details 		Gilonne Guigonnat
 France		 21:50.1
(0+0) 		Célia Henaff
 France		 22:04.2
(0+0) 		Sophie Chauveau
 France		 22:06.1
(0+1)
10 km pursuit
details 		Gilonne Guigonnat
 France		 32:07.5
(0+0+0+1) 		Célia Henaff
 France		 32:38.1
(0+0+1+1) 		Sophie Chauveau
 France		 32:46.4
(2+0+1+0)
4 x 6 km relay
details 		 France
Célia Henaff
Voldiya Galmace-Paulin
Sophie Chauveau
Gilonne Guigonnat
 1:12:53.1
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+3)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0) 		 Germany
Mareike Braun
Hanna Kebinger
Julia Kink
Marlene Fichtner
 1:13:09.7
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1) 		 Norway
Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg
Karoline Erdal
Juni Arnekleiv
Guro Ytterhus
 1:13:49.1
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Norway)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France52613
2 Norway*2215
3 Ukraine1001
4 Germany0314
5 Italy0101
Totals (5 entries)88824

Participating nations

287 biathletes from 36 countries:

  1.  Argentina
  2.  Australia
  3.  Austria
  4.  Belgium
  5.  Brazil
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Canada
  8.  Chile
  9.  Croatia
  10.  Czech Republic
  11.  Denmark
  12.  Estonia
  13.  Finland
  14.  France
  15.  Germany
  16.  Greece
  17.  Italy
  18.  Japan
  19.  Kazakhstan
  20.  Latvia
  21.  Lithuania
  22.  Morocco
  23.  Mexico
  24.  Moldova
  25.  North Macedonia
  26.  Norway (host)
  27.  Poland
  28.  Romania
  29.  Slovakia
  30.  Slovenia
  31.  Spain
  32.  Sweden
  33.  Switzerland
  34.  Ukraine
  35.  United Kingdom
  36.  United States

References

  1. ^ "OECH / IBU Cup – Sjusjøen 2026".
  2. ^ "International Biathlon Union - Event calendar - Antholz-Anterselva, Italy". International Biathlon Union - IBU.
  3. ^ "Schedule – OECH / IBU Cup".
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