Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has been organizing regular junior summer biathlon world championships since 1996 . You can run on roller skis or cross-country skiing .

The Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships are held every year together with the Senior Summer Biathlon World Championships in late summer. Unlike the biathlon world championships , they also take place in the years with the Olympic Winter Games .

Competitions

In cross-country skiing, the first junior championships were held in Hochfilzen in 1996 over the sprint and individual distances, since 1997 there has been a sprint, a pursuit and a relay competition, which differ in length from the winter biathlon. In 2007, the roller ski biathletes were also included in the program. While the roller ski competitions have the usual distance for the World Cup of 10 km and 12.5 km for men and 7.5 km and 10 km for women, the cross competitions run over 4 km and 6 km for men , for women, both routes are one kilometer shorter each.

In addition to the individual races, there is also a relay competition, which was initially organized twice, separated by gender. There is now only one mixed relay in roller skis, with two men and two women running. In addition, a mass start was held as a discipline.

Previous Junior World Championships

To date, a total of 14 Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships have been held. 13 junior world champions were determined in the sprint and nine in the pursuit.

Venues

year	Venue (s)
1996	Hochfilzen
1997	Krakow
1998	Osrblie
1999	Minsk
2000	Khanty-Mansiysk
2001	Yambrozowa
2002	Jablonec nad Nisou
2003	Forni Avoltri
2004	Osrblie
2005	Muonio
2006	Ufa
2007	Otepää
2008	Haute Maurienne
2009	Oberhof
2011	Nové Město na Moravě
2013	Forni Avoltri
2014	Tyumen