Biathlon
Dorothea Wierer
- Mass Start
- Nationality
- Italy
- Hometown
- Rasun-Anterselva, South Tyrol, Italy
- Born
- 4 March 1990
- Primary discipline
- Mass Start
About Dorothea Wierer
Italian biathlete (Rasun-Anterselva/Rasen-Antholz, South Tyrol) and the most decorated Italian biathlete in history. First Italian woman to win the overall Biathlon World Cup title, taking the crystal globe in both 2018-19 and 2019-20. Multiple World Champion (12 World Championship medals: 5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze, including 2019 Mass Start and 2020 Pursuit/Individual titles) and Olympic medalist across four Games (mixed relay bronze in 2014 and 2018, individual Sprint medal in 2022, and mixed relay silver at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games). Retired after the women's Mass Start at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, closing her career at the same Südtirol Arena venue where she began the sport over 20 years earlier.
A WebSearch AI summary gave her birthdate as 'April 3, 1990', which conflicts with Rossignol's own official athlete page (directly fetched: 'March 04 1990') and with the IBU athlete ID itself (BTITA20304199001, encoding 03.04.1990 = 4 March 1990 in DD.MM.YYYY format). The directly-verified 4 March 1990 date is used; the AI-summary date was discarded as uncorroborated.
Sponsors: Rossignol (skis) - confirmed via Rossignol's own official athlete page, listed under Team Biathlon.
Setup
1 item
Skis
Rossignol Cross-country
Confirmed via Rossignol's own official athlete page (Team Biathlon roster). Reusing existing DB Rossignol cross-country ski family entry (brand-level, exact model not specified).
Rossignol's race-stock cross-country ski line (brand-level; exact model not specified by federation).
Setup verified 14 July 2026