2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women
# 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on 6 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on 12 March 2019 in Östersund. It was won by Lisa Vittozzi of Italy.

## Competition format

The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.

## 2017–18 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| - | - | - |
| Gold: | Nadezhda Skardino | 96 |
| Silver: | Yuliia Dzhima | 91 |
| Bronze: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 84 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pokljuka details | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 43:06.6 (0+0+0+0) | Monika Hojnisz Poland | 43:12.5 (0+0+0+1) | Markéta Davidová Czech Republic | 43:23.1 (0+0+0+1) |
| Canmore (Short Individual) details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 36:32.9 (0+1+0+0) | Markéta Davidová Czech Republic | 36:42.7 (0+0+0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 36:53.8 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 43:10.4 (0+0+0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 43:34.0 (0+0+0+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 43:42.9 (0+0+1+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | POK IN | CAN SI | ÖST IN | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 38 | 48 | 54 | 140 |
| 2 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 43 | 28 | 40 | 111 |
| 3 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | 48 | 54 | 0 | 102 |
| 4 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 34 | — | 60 | 94 |
| 5 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 32 | 26 | 36 | 94 |
| 6 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 36 | 20 | 34 | 90 |
| 7 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 60 | 0 | 29 | 89 |
| 8 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 13 | 40 | 23 | 76 |
| 9 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | 32 | 43 | 75 |
| 10 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 19 | 43 | 10 | 72 |
| 11 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 9 | 38 | 22 | 69 |
| 12 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 54 | 11 | 2 | 67 |
| 13 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 20 | 29 | 18 | 67 |
| 14 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | 60 | 4 | 64 |
| 15 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 0 | 14 | 48 | 62 |
| 16 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 31 | 24 | 3 | 58 |
| 17 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 25 | — | 31 | 56 |
| 18 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 16 | 34 | 0 | 50 |
| 19 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| 20 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 17 | 31 | 0 | 48 |
| 21 | Yuliya Zhuravok (UKR) | 21 | 0 | 27 | 48 |
| 22 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 22 | — | 26 | 48 |
| 23 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 8 | 23 | 17 | 48 |
| 24 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 40 | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| 25 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 23 | — | 19 | 42 |
| 26 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 0 | 12 | 30 | 42 |
| 27 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| 28 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 30 | — | 11 | 41 |
| 29 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 12 | 27 | — | 39 |
| 30 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 0 | — | 38 | 38 |
| # | Name | POK IN | CAN SI | ÖST IN | Total |
| 31 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 0 | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| 32 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 0 | 36 | — | 36 |
| 33 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | 32 | 32 |
| 34 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 26 | 6 | — | 32 |
| 35 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | 7 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
| 36 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 28 | 31 |
| 37 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 1 | 22 | 7 | 30 |
| 38 | Irina Starykh (RUS) | 29 | — | — | 29 |
| 39 | Valeriia Vasnetcova (RUS) | 28 | 0 | — | 28 |
| 40 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 27 | — | 0 | 27 |
| 41 | Larisa Kuklina (RUS) | — | DNS | 25 | 25 |
| 42 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 0 | — | 24 | 24 |
| 43 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 |
| 44 | Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg (NOR) | 0 | 21 | — | 21 |
| 45 | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 46 | Regina Oja (EST) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 47 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | 18 | — | — | 18 |
| 48 | Megan Bankes (CAN) | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 49 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 50 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | — | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 51 | Iana Bondar (UKR) | — | 15 | — | 15 |
| 52 | Zhang Yan (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | 14 | — | 0 | 14 |
| 54 | Johanna Talihärm (EST) | — | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 55 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 56 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 57 | Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS) | 10 | — | — | 10 |
| 58 | Joanne Reid (USA) | — | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 59 | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | 0 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 60 | Sarah Beaudry (CAN) | — | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| # | Name | POK IN | CAN SI | ÖST IN | Total |
| 61 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 62 | Caroline Colombo (FRA) | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| 63 | Christina Rieder (AUT) | — | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 64 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 65 | Thekla Brun-Lie (NOR) | 0 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 66 | Venla Lehtonen (FIN) | 5 | — | 0 | 5 |
| 67 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 68 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 4 | 0 | — | 4 |
| 69 | Leisan Biktasheva (RUS) | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 70 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | Nadiia Bielkina (UKR) | — | 1 | — | 1 |
