Our biathlete of the month for February 2026 is sharp shooter Boris Stanish (0,0,0,0), the first Aussie to shoot a perfect 20 out of 20 at a YJWCH in the Individual at the 2026 IBU Youth Junior World Championships in Arber, Germany, where he finished 34th out of 96 starters.

Boris is Australia's most accurate full IBU season shot this season at 78% - a 13% improvement on last season 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯.  We're looking forward to seeing him break 80% next year.

Special mentions to:

• Matt Brumby, Lynn Maree Cullen, Taryn Dickens, Dave Miln, & Lauren Parker OAM PLY for their selection to the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Games💚💛. 

• BA's para nordic coaches Kaspar Wirz & Bjorn Taylor for taking on the para challenge, including months of gruelling training, travels, camps and competitions in Australia , NZ Canada & Europe .

• BA's Sports Director & Paralympic team manager Sandra Paul OLY and Director Murray Johnson for their immense efforts behind the scenes to achieve the selection of such a big Paralympic team.  For over a year they've workedtirelessly with the team, Paralympics Australia and the IBU- securing grants, managing funds, facilitating programs, lobbying for quotas, and processing thousands of emails & whatsapps - and it's totally paid off. We can't overstate the enormous amount of work behind the scenes. Thanks so much 🙏.

• Darcie Morton OLY for competing at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics in Antholz, Italy . 

• Nic Blackwell for his Australian team debut in the 15km Individual at IBU Cup 8 in Lake Placid, USA .

• Julia Smusz & Heather Wiederkehr for leading our recent come'n'try biathlon sessions and development camps in Canberra, Jindabyne and Wodonga attended by over 20 promising athletes .

• Katrina Sparke for sourcing, co-ordinating and handling our tremendous team uniforms for our development, national and masters teams 💚💛💚💙

You guys rock. 

Ski Fast, Shoot Straight