Biathle is a sub-sport of modern pentathlon invented to create opportunities for training the run and swim parts of pentathlon in real race conditions. It is a sport in its own right. It bears close resemblance to aquathlon which also contains swimming and running but comes from triathlon sport.

Sport

Biathle is an event that can involve a run―swim―run course, or simply a swim―run course. It is a world class sport but not an Olympic one. The legs are raced with continuous transitions like triathlon. The race length is usually 200 m swim and 3 km run, which is shorter than aquathlon usually is. A variant is Winter Biathle which has indoor swimming and does not have continuous transitions.

Biathle World Championships

The Biathle World Championships have been held in September or October annually since 1999. The first event was held in Monaco, and returned there every two years between 2003 and 2009. Approximately 500 athletes have competed at each edition of the championships, representing some 50 countries.

Medallists

Men's Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	Chad Senior ( USA)	Mark Muller ( RSA)	Christophe Ruer ( FRA)
2000	Davyd Hyam ( RSA)	Damien Catherine ( RSA)	Danilo Palmucci ( ITA)
2001	Hendrik de Villiers ( RSA)	Andrés García ( MEX)	Julios Granados ( MEX)
2002	Hendrik de Villiers ( RSA)	Leonardio Fiorella ( ITA)	Luca Villa ( ITA)
2003	Hendrik de Villiers ( RSA)	Leonardio Fiorella ( ITA)	Manuel Canuto ( ITA)
2004	Manuel Canuto ( ITA)	Mark Tucker ( AUS)	Jon Fletcher ( GBR)
2005	Richard Stannard ( GBR)	Leonardio Fiorella ( ITA)	Manuel Canuto ( ITA)
2006	Gregan Clarkson ( GBR)	Christopher Lionett ( RSA)	Jon Fletcher ( GBR)
2007	Richard Stannard ( GBR)	Danielo Brustolon ( ITA)	Alberto Alessandroni ( ITA)
2008	Gregan Clarkson ( GBR)	Juan Pretorius ( RSA)	Jon Fletcher ( GBR)
2009	Alberto Alessandroni ( ITA)	Danilo Brustolon ( ITA)	Ryan Peter ( RSA)
2010	Richard Stannard ( GBR)	Lukas Purkar ( CZE)	Nicholas Tipper ( GBR)
2011	Jon Fletcher ( GBR)	Marcos Mendiola ( ESP)	Russell North ( GBR)
2012	Richard Stannard ( GBR)	Juan Domínguez ( ARG)	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)
2013	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)	Gregan Clarkson ( GBR)	Jon Fletcher ( GBR)
2014	Berndt Burger ( RSA)	Ricardo Rego ( POR)	Tiago Sousa ( POR)
2015	Alexandre Henrard ( FRA)	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)	Ricardo Rego ( POR)
2016	Finn Pardy ( GBR)	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)	Ricardo Rego ( POR)
2017	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)	Alexandre Henrard ( FRA)	Ricardo Rego ( POR)
2018	Angelos Vasileiou ( GRE)	Tomáš Svoboda ( CZE)	Temirlan Temirov ( KAZ)
2019	Tiago Sousa ( POR)	Arman Kydyrtayev ( KAZ)	Gregan Clarkson ( GBR)
2021	Ayan Beisenbayev ( KAZ)	Meirlan Iskakov ( KAZ)	Panagiotis Bitados ( GRE)
2022	Ayan Beisenbayev ( KAZ)	Alexandre Dallenbach ( SUI)	Temirlan Temirov ( KAZ)
2023	Meirlan Iskakov ( KAZ)	Temirlan Temirov ( KAZ)	Maxim Shmulich ( KAZ)

Men's team championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015	Portugal ( POR)	Georgia ( GEO)	Not awarded
2016	Portugal ( POR)	United States ( USA)	Not awarded
2017	Czech Republic ( CZE)	Portugal ( POR)	France ( FRA)
2018	Portugal ( POR)	Egypt-1 ( EGY)	Egypt-2 ( EGY)
2019	United Kingdom ( GBR)	Germany ( GER)	United States ( USA)
2021	Kazakhstan ( KAZ)	Germany ( GER)	Not awarded
2022	Kazakhstan ( KAZ)	France ( FRA)	Lithuania ( LTU)
2023	Kazakhstan ( KAZ)	Lithuania ( LTU)	Indonesia ( IDN)

Women's championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	Csilla Füri ( HUN)	Pernille Svarre ( DEN)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)
2000	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Leandre Strydom ( RSA)	Michelle Bridger ( RSA)
2001	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Childs Treloar ( RSA)	Caroline Bain ( GBR)
2002	Daniela Chmet ( ITA)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Cristina Giribon ( ITA)
2003	Daniela Chmet ( ITA)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Cristina Giribon ( ITA)
2004	Daniela Chmet ( ITA)	Laura Asadauskaitė ( LTU)	Gwen Kinsey ( GBR)
2005	Daniela Chmet ( ITA)	Gwen Kinsey ( GBR)	Cristina Giribon ( ITA)
2006	Maria Barrett ( GBR)	Caroline Jones ( GBR)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)
2007	Emma Davis ( IRL)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Maria Barrett ( GBR)
2008	Andrea Steyn ( RSA)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Laura Hook ( GBR)
2009	Daniela Chmet ( ITA)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Lucy Ferguson ( GBR)
2010	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Natalie Thomas ( GBR)	Kay Shafford ( GBR)
2011	Nicola Roder ( GBR)	Emma Davis ( IRL)	Natalie Thomas ( GBR)
2012	Petra Kuříková ( CZE)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Emma Davis ( IRL)
2013	Nerissa Van der Walt ( RSA)	Carmen Macheriotou ( CYP)	Alice Sotero ( ITA)
2014	Carina Richards ( RSA)	Rachel Jones ( GBR)	Kathy Wellam ( GBR)
2015	Aurelija Tamašauskaitė ( LTU)	Cindy Schwulst ( RSA)	Carina Richards ( RSA)
2016	Erin Storie ( USA)	Lushano Smit ( RSA)	Samantha Achterberg ( USA)
2017	Eliška Přibylová ( CZE)	Nicola Roder ( GBR)	Camilia Akroune ( FRA)
2018	Lena Gottwald ( GER)	Lushano Smit ( RSA)	Eliška Přibylová ( CZE)
2019	Samantha Achterberg ( USA)	Nadezhda Bekmaganbetova ( KAZ)	Heidi Hendrick ( USA)
2021	Anne-Kathrin Bucher ( GER)	Alessia Mancini ( ITA)	Pinelopi Nika ( GRE)
2022	Lea Fernandez ( FRA)	Aurelija Tamasauskaite ( LTU)	Mariana Arceo ( MEX)
2023	Gintare Venckauskaite ( LTU)	Ieva Serapinaite ( LTU)	Neda Dorosevaite ( LTU)

Women's team championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015	Georgia ( GEO)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2016	United Kingdom ( GBR)	United States ( USA)	South Africa ( RSA)
2017	France ( FRA)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2018	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2019	United States ( USA)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2021	Germany ( GER)	Not awarded	Not awarded
2022	South Africa ( RSA)	Lithuania ( LTU)	Portugal ( POR)
2023	Lithuania ( LTU)	Not awarded	Not awarded

Mixed relay Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Erin Storie / Logan Storie ( USA)	Eliska Pribylova / Tomas Svoboda ( CZE)	Nina Waldner / Manfred Waldner ( AUT)
2017	Julie Belhamri / Alexandre Henrard ( FRA)	Eliska Pribylova / Tomas Svoboda ( CZE)	Catalina Balbín / Carlos García ( ESP)
2018	Eliska Pribylova / Ondrej Svechota ( CZE)	Lushano Adendorff Smith / Tian Russouw ( RSA)	Zinayida Batrak / Dmytro Kirpulanskyy ( UKR)
2019	Samantah Schultz / Amro Elgeziry ( USA)	Nadezhda Bekmaganbetova / Arman Kydyrtayev ( KAZ)	Sarah Fountain / Gregan Clarkson ( GBR)
2021	Annika Schneider / Uli Raeth ( GER)	María Carnero Heres / Manuel Soriano ( ESP)	Ida Arya / Christian Götz ( GER)
2022	Aurelija Tamasauskaite / Titas Puronas ( LTU)	Eloise Combeau / Remy Naceri ( FRA)	Lara Tonak / Robin Schmidt ( GER)
2023	Gintare Venckauskaite / Titas Puronas ( LTU)	Shyra Mae Aranzado / Samuel German ( PHL)	Julia Dale / Geoffrey Delusier ( MCO)

Venue

Year	Location
1999	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2000	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2001	Bonn, Germany
2002	Cagliari, Italy
2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2004	Marktoberdorf, Germany
2005	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2006	Salford Quays, Great Britain
2007	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2008	Cape Town, South Africa
2009	Monte Carlo, Monaco
2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2011	Sofia, Bulgaria
2012	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2013	Limassol, Cyprus
2014	Escuintla, Guatemala
2015	Batumi, Georgia
2016	Sarasota, United States
2017	Viveiro, Spain
2018	Hurghada, Egypt
2019	St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
2021	Weiden, Germany
2022	Machico, Madeira, Portugal
2023	Bali, Indonesia

External links

• UIPM Biathle webpages
• MODERN PENTATHLON 2013 COMPETITION RULES   BIATHLE RULES^{[ permanent dead link]}
• Pentathlon GB Biathle webpages
• Biathle Middle East
• Biathle Turkiye Archived 2018-06-16 at the Wayback Machine