Tomasz Sikora


Tomasz Sikora is a former Polish biathlete.

Life and career

Sikora was born in Wodzisław Śląski. In 1993, he finished second in 10 km sprint at the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding.
He was world champion in 1995, runner-up in the world championships in 2004 and bronze medalist in 1997. On 25 February 2006 he was placed second in the 15 km mass start at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning the second and final medal for Poland in those Olympics.
On 23 March 2006 Sikora won the IBU World Cup sprint title, beating Ole Einar Bjørndalen by 5 points. On January 10, 2009, he took the lead in the overall world cup classification, which he lost 42 days later. At last he was 2nd in overall IBU World Cup 2009 and 2nd in IBU World Cup 2009 sprint. He was chosen the best biathlete 2009, in voting of national team coaches. In 2010 he won the fans' award.
Sikora retired after the 2011–12 season.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
1994 Lillehammer—32nd8th
1998 Nagano47th28th5th
2002 Salt Lake City46th31st25th9th
2006 Turin21st19th18thSilver13th
2010 Vancouver7th29th18th11th—

World Championships

3 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay
Gold29th18th7th
1996 Ruhpolding6th15th9th7th
1997 Brezno-Osrblie28th17th21stBronze6th
1998 Pokljuka14th5th
1999 Kontiolahti14th59th——14th
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen32nd21st47th18th11th
2001 Pokljuka18th15th16th20th6th
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen25th
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk9th11th7th14th—
2004 OberhofSilver17th6th4th11th
2005 Hochfilzen5th9th10th5th8th8th
2006 Pokljuka8th
2007 Antholz-Anterselva21st5th7th21st13th11th
2008 Östersund30th11th11th21st17th6th
2009 Pyeongchang9th16th4th6th13th8th
2012 Ruhpolding37th54th51st—LPD13th

Individual victories

5 victories
SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
1994–95
1 victory
16 February 1995 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Championships
2005–06
1 victory
19 March 2006 Kontiolahti15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup
2007–08
2 victories
5 January 2008 Oberhof10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2007–08
2 victories
9 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup
2008–09
1 victory
7 December 2008 Östersund12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup