The 13th Regular IBU Congress has elected Olle DAHLIN (SWE) as the new President of the International Biathlon Union for a term of four years. The election result was 39 votes for DAHLIN, and 12 votes for Baiba BROKA.

Jiri HAMZA (CZE) has been elected new First Vice President of the International Biathlon Union. The election result was 30 votes for HAMZA, and 20 votes for Franz STEINLE (GER). There was one invalid vote. Candidates Tore BOYGARD (NOR), Victor MAYGUROV (BLR) and Ivor LEHOTAN (SVK) have withdrawn their candidacies prior to the vote.

Dr. Klaus LEISTNER (AUT) has been re-elected as IBU Vice-President Finances. The election result was 29 votes for Dr. Klaus LEISTNER and 22 votes for Kalle LÄHDESMAKI (FIN).

The following six members have been elected to the IBU Executive Board:

COBB, Max (USA), 43 votes

BOYGARD, Tore (NOR), 37 votes

GERASIMUK, Dagmara (POL), 35 votes

Dr STEINLE, Franz (GER), 34 votes

LEHOTAN, Ivor (SVK), 22 votes

Dr CARRABRE, James (CAN), 21 votes

The following eleven members have been elected to the IBU Technical Committee:

VASSALLO, Christophe (FRA), 49 votes

KORDEZ, Matej (SLO), 46 votes

JAKES, Vlastimil (CZE), 43 votes

KORPELA, Kari (SWE), 35 votes

NAZAROVA, Olga (BLR), 35 votes

LEITGEB, Lorenz (ITA), 34 votes

HOENIG, Gerald (GER), 33 votes

BERGER, Franz (AUT), 30 votes

ZAHKNA, Hillar (EST), 30 votes

BERNAT, Tomas (POL), 27 votes

BÖHM, Daniel (GER), 11th member of the technical committee (nominated by the IBU Athletes‘ committee)