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Eirik Kvalfoss

Norwegian biathlete

Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.

Contents

  • 1 Life and career
  • 2 Biathlon results
    • 2.1 Olympic Games
    • 2.2 World Championships
    • 2.3 Individual victories
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

Life and career

He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10:km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20:km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as well as several relay medals. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1983.

Kvalfoss did his higher education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons compe*ions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.**Team was added as an event in 1989.

Individual victories

14 victories (4 In, 10 Sp)

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

References

    External links

    • Eirik Kvalfoss at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
    • Eirik Kvalfoss at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)