biathlon

winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle sports shooting

Class type of: multisport race, individual sport, winter sport Q166788

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: Olympic sport, type of sport^[5]
Subclass of: multisport race, individual sport, winter sport
Authority: International Biathlon Union^[8]
Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia^[9]
Different from: duathlon, Waffenlauf, biathle^[11]^[12]^[13]
Has part(s): cross-country skiing, shooting sports^[6]^[7]
History of topic: История биатлона^[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20]
Practiced by: biathlete, biathlon coach, military skier^[17]^[18]^[19]
Replaces: military patrol^[10]
Uses: rifle, ski^[15]^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en ski-shooting en ski shooting en skiing-shooting en skiing shooting en biathlon ar ثنائيه الرمايه والتزلج للمسافات البعيده ar Biathlon ar البياثلون ar بياثلون ar ثنائية الرماية و التزلج للمسافات البعيدة ar ثنائية الرماية والتزلج للمسافات البعيدة cs biatlon cs biathlon da skiskydning da Biatlon el δίαθλο es Biathlon es Biatlon es biatlón fa بیاتلون

🔖 Identifiers · 46

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85013569
GND ID: 4145226-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Biathlon-Weltcup 2006 Antholz 1.jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Sports Studies entry ID: 109
ABC News topic ID: biathlon
Anarâš aavis topic ID: paaccimcuoigam
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: biatlonas
BBC Things ID: 24c87ae7-78db-449b-b398-ca4237d251e5
BHCL UUID: a7876f7c-2cab-42c5-8cd1-142259449685
Dagens Nyheter topic ID: skidskytte
Enciclopèdia de l'Esport Català ID: 1185
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: sports/biathlon

Show all 46 identifiers +34

Fandom article ID: skipedia:biathlon, world-sports-results:biathlon, female-biathlon:biathlon
France 24 topic ID (French): biathlon
Freebase ID: /m/01dys
Giant Bomb Wiki ID: Concepts/Biathlon
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: biatlo
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0084272
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: skiskyting
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1865259
Harper's tag: biathlon
IPTC NewsCode: mediatopic/20000852
J9U entity ID: 987007284610505171
JSTOR topic ID (archived): biathlon
KBpedia ID: BiathlonSportsEvent
Klexikon article ID: Biathlon
Krugosvet article (archived): sport/BIATLON.html
Lex ID: skiskydning
NDL Authority ID: 00871195
NHK ONE News topic ID: E0000000307
NL CR AUT ID: ph118841
Namuwiki ID: 바이애슬론
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3895178
PSH ID: 10013
Postimees topic ID: 14017
SVKKL authority ID: 0236398-biatlon
Subreddit: biathlon
Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Biathlon
Topic's main category: Category:Biathlon
VerbaAlpina ID: C19210
Vikidia article ID: fr:Biathlon
WikiKids ID: Biatlon
YSA ID: Y94640
YSO ID: 11800
Yale LUX ID: concept/b0e72709-3239-44a2-b0f1-9199477d3e59
Yle topic ID: 18-218879

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🔗 Connections

← Sport 2158

Youth Olympic Games, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, World University Games, Darya Domracheva, Laura Dahlmeier, relay race, Mikhail Prokhorov, Magdalena Neuner +2150 more

← Category combines topics 102

Category:Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Category:Biathlon by year, Category:Biathlon in Russia, Category:2018 in biathlon, Category:Biathlon in Germany, Category:Biathlon in Italy, Category:Biathlon in France, Category:2022 in biathlon +94 more

← Field of work 7

Magdalena Neuner, Martin Fourcade, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tarjei Bø, Gabriela Soukalová, Vincent Jay, Gaëtan Paturel

← Sports discipline competed in 5

Marie Dorin Habert, Vincent Jay, Nina Klenovska, Liu Yuanyuan, Margie Freed

Subclass of 3

winter sport, individual sport, multisport race

Different from 2

duathlon, biathle

Has part(s) 2

shooting sports, cross-country skiing

Instance of 2

Olympic sport, type of sport

Subtypes 2

para biathlon, summer biathlon

Uses 2

rifle, ski

← Different from 2

duathlon, biathle

Authority 1

International Biathlon Union

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Practiced by 1

biathlete

Replaces 1

military patrol

Topic's main Wikimedia portal 1

Portal:Biathlon

Topic's main category 1

Category:Biathlon

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Biathlon

← Charted in 1

Kendall Gretsch

← Field of this occupation 1

biathlete

← Replaced by 1

military patrol

← Wikimedia portal's main topic 1

Portal:Biathlon

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Summary

biathlon is an Olympic sport^[1]. biathlon is a type of multisport race^[2], individual sport^[3], and winter sport^[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ biathlon is an instance of Olympic sport (Q212434) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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1d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Described by source → Belarusian encyclopedia

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #66969: pages 301-500 (letter b)"
7w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

NHK ONE News topic ID → E0000000307

"Created claim: NHK ONE News topic ID: E0000000307"
12w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

VerbaAlpina ID → C19210

"Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: C19210, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → biathlon

"Created claim: Harper's tag: biathlon, Matched to biathlon (#289910112) in Harper's tag #mix'n"
16w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Giant Bomb Wiki ID → Concepts/Biathlon

"Created claim: Giant Bomb Wiki ID: Concepts/Biathlon"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0236398-biatlon

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0236398-biatlon, batch #259493"

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