Olav Jordet

Olav Jordet
Personal information
Full name Olav Jordet
Born (1939-12-27) 27 December 1939
Tolga, Hedmark, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Vingrom IL
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (1964, 1968)
Medals 2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Medals 6 (4 gold)

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.

Olav Jordet represented Vingelen Skytterlag. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1965.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]

Olympic Games

2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Relay
Austria 1964 Innsbruck Bronze N/A
France 1968 Grenoble — Silver
*The relay was added as an event in 1968.

World Championships

6 medals (4 gold, 2 bronze)

Event Individual Team (time) Relay
Sweden 1961 Umeå 15th 4th N/A
Finland 1962 Hämeenlinna 10th Bronze N/A
Austria 1963 Seefeld 10th Bronze N/A
Norway 1965 Elverum Gold Gold N/A
West Germany 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 16th N/A Gold
East Germany 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

  1. ↑ "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
  2. ↑ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
  3. ↑ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.