2026 IBU Open European Championships

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]

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

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)

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)

  *   Host nation (Norway)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	5	2	6	13
2	Norway*	2	2	1	5
3	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
4	Germany	0	3	1	4
5	Italy	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

287 biathletes from 36 countries:

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