The United States Biathlon Association (USBA) is the national governing body for Olympic

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

in the United States and a member of the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the city. It was rocked by a corruption ...

(IBU). The USBA exists to support and encourage the development of biathlon in the United States and to prepare athletes for international competition, including the

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in ...

.About Us
Team USA Founded in 1980, USBA works with Biathlon Clubs and Regional Centers around the country to organize training and competition at the grassroots level and staffs and finances the US Biathlon National Team, Development Team, and Junior Team.

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