Dorothea Wierer (, ; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian former biathlete. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea she won again the bronze medal in the Mixed relay with Lisa Vittozzi, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, she won her first individual medal in the Sprint. She is the 2019 Mass Start World Champion and the 2020 Pursuit and Individual World Champion.
Wierer won her first Biathlon World Championships medal, placing third in the Women's relay together with Nicole Gontier, Michela Ponza and Karin Oberhofer at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové MÃÂsto na MoravÃÂ, which was the first ever medal for Italian women at the Biathlon World Championships. At the 2019 Championships in ÃÂstersund, she won the gold medal in the 12.5 km Mass Start, also a first for Italian women in Biathlon. She has currently won 12 medals in total, including 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes.
At the start of the 2015âÂÂ16 season, Wierer recorded the first win in her career in the Biathlon World Cup in ÃÂstersund and as of the end of 2021âÂÂ22 season, Wierer has finished on the podium 45 times with 13 wins. She has also finished on the podium in 23 relays, including five victories. She has won the 2018âÂÂ19 Overall World Cup (first Italian to do so, including men). Wierer defended the overall title in the 2019âÂÂ20 Season (the first woman to do since Magdalena Forsberg in 2001/02) and has also won 4 disciplines cup, the 2015âÂÂ16 Individual World Cup, the 2018âÂÂ19 Pursuit World Cup, the 2019âÂÂ20 Mass Start World Cup and the 2020-21 Individual World Cup.
In February 2019, Wierer became the third biathlete (after French Martin Fourcade and Marie Dorin Habert) to achieve a victory in every biathlon discipline.
4 Medals (1 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Wierer has won four medals from Olympic Games. In Sochi, she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay. In Pyeongchang, she won another bronze medal in the same discipline, mixed relay. In Beijing she won her first individual medal in Sprint. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed relay event.
12 Medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Updated as of 25 January 2026, all the point totals count the dropped results, if there are any. Italic means the season is still ongoing
Notes about WC results
<small>During Wierer's career, until 2023 the World Championships results counted for the World Cup of that season, starting from that season they did not anymore. Olympic Winter Games results did not.</small>