Hall of Fame
The IBU Hall of Fame was established in 2023 to recognize and celebrate the sport's most accomplished athletes - the legends who shaped the sport of biathlon through exceptional performances, dedication, and outstanding contributions. Each year the IBU Hall of Fame accepts a small number of new inductees.
Class of 2023
From left: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm, Sven Fischer
Class of 2024
From left: Magdalena Forsberg, Raphaël Poirée, Gabriela Soukalova
Class of 2025
From left: Liv Grete Skjelbreid, Michael Greis, Martina Beck
Current Members of the Hall of Fame
NOR
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2023
- Active years
- Active years 1993-2018
The six-time IBU Total Score titlist and "King of Biathlon," whose career spanned 25 seasons and 580 World Cup starts, holds many records:
- most World Cup victories (95)
- most Olympic Biathlon medals (15)
- most IBU World Championships medals (45)
- first man to win four Gold medals in the same Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake 2002).
SWE
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2024
- Active years
- Active years 1994-2002
After leaving cross-country, Forsberg dominated the World Cup circuit from 1997 to 2002, winning a record six consecutive World Cup Total Score titles and 17 discipline titles. Forsberg holds the record for most World Cup victories (42) and was a six-time IBU World Champion.
GER
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2023
- Active years
- Active years 2000-2010
Wilhelm moved from cross-country to biathlon in 1999, quickly becoming an accomplished biathlete, winning three medals at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and three more in 2006. She won the 2006 World Cup Total Score, had 21 World Cup victories and 13 IBU World Championships medals in a 10-year career.
GER
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2023
- Active years
- Active years 1992-2007
Winner of the 1997 and 1999 IBU World Cup Total Score, Fischer was a seven-time World Champion and 2006 Olympic Sprint Gold medalist. In his 15-year career, Fischer had 33 individual and 24 World Cup relay wins, while appearing on the podium a combined 145 times.
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2023
- Active years
- Active years 1995-2014
2007 IBU World Cup Total Score winner Henkel was the first woman to be crowned IBU World Champion in all four disciplines (sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start). She also won four Olympic Gold medals plus 22 individual and 24 relay World Cup victories in 103 podium appearances.
FRA
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2024
- Active years
- Active years 1992-2007
Poirée won the World Cup Total Score title four times 2000-2002 and 2004 when he swept the discipline scores, taking the sprint, pursuit, mass start and individual while his wife Live Grete won the Women's Total Score. Over his career, Poirée won 6 individual IBU World Championships Gold medals and three Olympic medals.
NOR
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2025
- Active years
- Active years 1992-2006
Skjelbreid capped her career season of 2004, taking the World Cup Total Score, three discipline globes and dominating the IBU World Championships with Gold medals in the sprint, pursuit, mass start and relay. She won three Olympic medals and 13 total IBU WCH medals in a 12-year career.
CZE
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2024
- Active years
- Active years 2009-2019
Soukalova was one of the biggest stars in the 2010's, winning the World Cup Total Score in 2016, along with the sprint, pursuit and mass start globes. During her short World Cup career, she amassed 57 World Cup podiums, including 17 individual victories, plus 3 Olympic and 6 IBU WCH medals.
GER
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2025
- Active years
- Active years 2000-2010
Beck was the first German woman to win the World Cup Total Score in 2003. The 2003 IBU 15 km Individual Gold medalist won 12 IBU WCH medals in her career. At the 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games, Beck won three Silver medals, adding a 4th Olympic medal at the 2010 Vancouver OWG.
GER
- Hall of Fame
- Inducted 2025
- Active years
- Active years 2001-2012
Greis won the IBU World Cup Total Score in 2007, also claiming the sprint score globe. He was the biggest men's star at the 2006 Torino Olympic Games, winning 20 km Individual and Mass Start Gold medals, while adding a third Gold medal, anchoring the German men's relay team to victory.
