The International Biathlon Union has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2024-2025 IBU Awards for Excellence in the categories Sustainability, Gender Equality and Social Media.

For each category, the jury has shortlisted three entries with the winner being crowned at Loop One Festival in Munich on 18 October 2025.

A total of almost 40 applications have been submitted over the course of this summer - the winners in the National Federation and Organising Committee categories will be rewarded with 10,000€ each while the winning athlete in the Social Media category will receive 5,000€.

NF Sustainability

• Deutscher Skiverband: E-Learning module “Sustainability and Environment”

• Fédération Française de Ski: Impact and transition strategy of the French National Ski Federation

• Norwegian Biathlon Association: Reducing Food Waste through Education and Action at Norwegian Biathlon Events

For more information, click here.

OC Sustainability

• Organizing Committee, Otepää, Estonia: Sustainable catering – local, fresh, delicious

• Organizing Committee, Pokljuka, Slovenia: Children of Triglav on Pokljuka – in collaboration with Eco-Schools

• Organizing Committee Lenzerheide, Switzerland: Lenzi – the Capercaillie as Ambassador for Sustainability

For more information, click here.

NF Gender Equality

• Norwegian Biathlon Association: Coaching forward: Empowering women in Norwegian Biathlon

• Brazilian Snow Sports Federation: Women´s Athlete Development Model for Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon

• Biathlon Canada: Raising awareness on the topic of menstrual health in biathlon

For more information, click here.

Athletes Social Media

• Anna Gandler, Austria

• Boris Stanish, Australia

• Edgars Mise, Latvia

NF Social Media

• Swedish Biathlon Federation

• Czech Biathlon Union

• Swiss Ski

The IBU will be presenting the Shortlisted entries in the lead up to Loop One Festival on biathlonworld.com as well as its Institutional Channels on LinkedIn and Instagram.