Norwegian biathleteOlympic Games2010:Vancouver20:km:individual2010:Vancouver4:×:7.5:km:relay2014:Sochi15:km:m*:start2014:SochiMixed:relay2010:Vancouver10:km:sprint2018:Pyeongchang4:×:7.5:km:relay2018:PyeongchangMixed:relay2018:Pyeongchang15:km:m*:startWorld Championships2008:Östersund20:km:individual2008:Östersund15:km:m*:start2009:Pyeongchang4:×:7.5:km:relay2011:Khanty-Mansiysk15:km:m*:start2011:Khanty-Mansiysk4:×:7.5:km:relay2012:Ruhpolding4:×:7.5:km:relay2012:RuhpoldingMixed:relay2013:Nové:Mesto10:km:sprint2013:Nové:Mesto12.5:km:pursuit2013:Nové:Mesto4:×:7.5:km:relay2013:Nové:MestoMixed:relay2016:Oslo4:×:7.5:km:relay2008:Östersund4:×:7.5:km:relay2010:Khanty-MansiyskMixed:relay2011:Khanty-Mansiysk12.5:km:pursuit2012:Ruhpolding10:km:sprint2015:Kontiolathi20:km:individual2015:Kontiolahti4:×:7.5:km:relay2007:Antholz-AnterselvaMixed:relay2013:Nové:Mesto15:km:m*:start2016:Oslo12.5:km:pursuitJunior World Championships2005:Kontiolahti15:km:individual2005:Kontiolahti10:km:sprint2005:Kontiolahti12.5:km:pursuitYouth World Championships2004:Haute:Maurienne10:km:pursuit2004:Haute:Maurienne3:×:7.5:km:relay2003:Kościelisko12.5:km:individual2003:Kościelisko10:km:pursuitMen's cross-country skiingJunior World Championships2005:Rovaniemi4:×:10:km:relay2005:Rovaniemi10:km:freestyleUpdated on 23 February 2018.

Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics (four gold) and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships.

He skis with Trondhjems Skiskyttere, based in Trondheim.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Biathlon results
  • 3.1 Olympic Games
  • 3.2 World Championships
  • 3.3 Junior/Youth World Championships
  • 3.4 World Cup
  • 3.5 Individual victories
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Career

The 2005–06 season was Svendsen's first season on the World Cup tour, before then he competed as a junior in the European Cup, now known as the IBU cup.During his first season in the World Cup Svendsen finished fifth in three races, two of them in sprints (Brezno-Osrblie and Ruhpolding), and the other in a m* start (Holmenkollen). He also finished races in seventh, ninth, and four more within the top twenty (14th, 15th, 17th, 19th). He finished the overall season in 22nd place. He was 32nd in the pursuit, 21st in the sprint, and 7th in the m* start, only seven points behind Sven Fischer in fourth place.

Svendsen was selected for the Olympics, to compete in the m* start, in which he came sixth, after hitting 18/20 targets and finished 53.8 seconds behind winner Michael Greis of Germany.As a junior Svendsen won four gold medals in junior World Championships, his first and second gold was in the pursuit, and the relay in Haute Maurienne in 2004, and the third and fourth gold in the individual and the sprint in Kontiolahti in 2005. He also has two bronze medals from the individual and the pursuit in Kościelisko in 2003.During his three seasons in the European Cup, Svendsen won two races (individual and pursuit), one second place (sprint), and came third three times (all in the sprint).

For his first season in the World Cup Svendsen had an 82% shooting average, making him the 42nd best shot of the tour, but the same shooting percentage as Halvard Hanevold and Vincent Defrasne. He hit 243 out of 295 targets. He shot both 82% in his prone and standing shoot, he averaged 70% in the individual, 84% in the sprint, 81% in the pursuit, 87% in the m* start, and 76% in the relay.

On 13 December 2007, Svendsen took his first world cup victory, at the 20:km in Pokljuka. However, his big breakthrough came when he won two individual gold medals at the 2008 World Championships, winning both the individual and the m* start ahead of Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He went on winning more victories and podiums for the rest of the season, and eventually finished third overall.

The 2008/2009 season started off well for Svendsen. By placing on the podium in every of the five first races, he took the lead in the overall world cup. After the Christmas holiday however, Svendsen struggled to maintain the early season's results, and when he fell ill during the world championships and did not compete in several races, he lost the overall lead. After a couple of middle placings, he returned with a third place at the m* start event in Trondheim, and a fourth place and a victory in Khanty Mansiysk the consecutive week.

Emil Hegle Svendsen Kontiolahti, 2010

He won a silver medal in the 10:km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on the first day of men's biathlon compe*ion and then followed it up with two gold medals in the 20:km individual and the relay event.

He won 2 gold medals in 2014 Winter Olympics: in m*-start and mixed relay (together with Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tiril Eckhoff and Tora Berger).

Svendsen is 6 ft 1 in (185:cm) tall, and weighs 170:lb (77:kg, 12 st 2 lb)

On 9 April 2018, he announced his retirement from biathlon following the 2017–2018 season.

Personal life

He has been in a relationship with Samantha Skogrand since November 2013. In January 2019 the couple became parents to a son whom they named Magnus and in July 2021 they welcomed their second child - daughter Elsa. The family resides in Oslo.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

8 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

21 medals (12 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons compe*ions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships

World Cup

Individual victories

38 victories (8 In, 11 Sp, 12 Pu, 7 MS)

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

References

External links

• Emil Hegle Svendsen at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
• Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived April 6, 2012)