World Cup
Although Tora Berger had been part of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999, up until the end of the 2011/12 season she had never been the world cup winner either overall or in any of the individual disciplines. Her highest finish was third in the overall standings in the 2008/09 and 2011/12 seasons, second in the Pursuit discipline in the 2008/09 season, and second in the Mass Start discipline in the 2011/12 season.
Success came in the 2012/13 world cup season, with Tora taking 11 wins and missing the podium only seven times. Her 19 podium finishes equalled Magdalena Forsberg's record for the highest number of podium finishes in a single season. She won all three races at Oslo Holmenkollen to secure the crystal globes for both the Overall women's world cup and the Pursuit discipline. By the end of the season she had also won the crystal globe for the Individual, Sprint and Mass Start disciplines, completing a clean sweep of the five women's crystal globes (a feat last achieved by Magdalena Forsberg in the 2001/2 season). With Berger's contribution, Norway also won the 2012/13 season's Women's Nation Cup, Women's Relay Cup and Mixed Relay Cup.
| Season | Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Individual | Mass Start | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 11/23 | 1 | 68th | 5/9 | 1 | 65th | 4/7 | - | - | 2/3 | - | - | 0/4 | - | - |
| 2003-04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004–05 | 26/27 | 389 | 17th | 10/10 | 160 | 13th | 8/9 | 102 | 21st | 4/4 | 64 | 14th | 4/4 | 47 | 21st |
| 2005–06 | 20/26 | 253 | 22nd | 9/10 | 104 | 22nd | 6/8 | 75 | 26th | 2/3 | 20 | 33rd | 3/5 | 54 | 23rd |
| 2006–07 | 25/27 | 450 | 14th | 9/10 | 175 | 12th | 8/8 | 124 | 16th | 3/4 | 92 | 5th | 5/5 | 53 | 24th |
| 2007–08 | 24/26 | 664 | 6th | 9/10 | 271 | 6th | 8/8 | 238 | 4th | 2/3 | 40 | 15th | 5/5 | 102 | 12th |
| 2008–09 | 23/26 | 894 | 3rd | 9/10 | 352 | 3rd | 7/7 | 246 | 2nd | 3/4 | 122 | 3rd | 4/5 | 146 | 6th |
| 2009–10 | 20/25 | 564 | 12th | 9/10 | 215 | 15th | 4/6 | 101 | 24th | 2/4 | 87 | 13th | 5/5 | 139 | 9th |
| 2010–11 | 24/26 | 963 | 4th | 9/10 | 356 | 3rd | 6/7 | 268 | 4th | 4/4 | 133 | 4th | 5/5 | 206 | 3rd |
| 2011–12 | 26/26 | 1054 | 3rd | 10/10 | 373 | 4th | 8/8 | 361 | 3rd | 3/3 | 108 | 5th | 5/5 | 241 | 2nd |
| 2012–13 | 26/26 | 1234 | 1st | 10/10 | 428 | 1st | 8/8 | 417 | 1st | 3/3 | 168 | 1st | 5/5 | 262 | 1st |
- *Key:Races—number of entered races/all races; Points—World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.
- *Statistics as at 17 March 2013.
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