Olav Jordet (born 27 December 1939) is a former Norwegian biathlete who was born in Tolga. He became Norway's first individual biathlon world champion in 1965, has world championship relay gold medals in 1966 and 1967. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck,[1] and was a part of the Norwegian relay team that won a silver medal in Grenoble 1968.[2] He has many Norwegian titles in biathlon and skiing area shooting.
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| Full name | Olav Jordet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vingrom IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 (1964, 1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 6 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (4 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olav Jordet represented Vingelen Skytterlag. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1965.
Biathlon results
editAll results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]
Olympic Games
edit2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
|---|---|---|
 1964 Innsbruck |
Bronze | N/a |
 1968 Grenoble |
— | Silver |
- *The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships
edit6 medals (4 gold, 2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
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 1961 Umeå |
15th | 4th | N/a |
 1962 Hämeenlinna |
10th | Bronze | N/a |
| 1963 Seefeld |
10th | Bronze | N/a |
 1965 Elverum |
Gold | Gold | N/a |
 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
16th | N/a | Gold |
 1967 Altenberg |
— | N/a | Gold |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
References
edit- ↑ "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
- ↑ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
- ↑ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
External links
edit- Olav Jordet at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Olav Jordet at IBU
- Olav Jordet at Olympedia
- Olav Jordet at InterSportStats
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