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unusual facts about Biathlon



2002 Winter Paralympics

Ragnhild Myklebust of Norway won five gold medals in skiing and biathlon, becoming the most successful Winter Paralympic athlete of all times with 22 medals, 17 of them gold.

2010 Winter Paralympics medal table

The most individual gold medals were won by Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft, who secured five in alpine skiing, and German Verena Bentele, with two in biathlon and three in cross-country skiing.

Autrans

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, it hosted the biathlon, cross country skiing, Nordic combined, and the ski jumping normal hill events.

Biathlon at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Biathlon at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held at the Iwaki General Athletic Park in Iwaki, Japan from 3 February to 7 February 2003.

Biathlon at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Biathlon at the 2013 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival is held from 19 to 22 February 2013 at the Cheile Grădiştei Arena in Fundata, Romania.

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

During the 2012/13 or 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes.

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event.

Beginning at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, women's biathlon debuted with the 15 km individual, 3×7.5 km relay (4×7.5 km during 1994-2002, and 4×6 km in 2006), and 7.5 km sprint.

Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park

The cross-country skiing, biathlon and cross country skiing part of the Nordic combined events were held there.

Hannu Posti

Hannu Kalevi Posti (15 January 1926 in Vehkalahti – 13 June 2012 in Helsinki) was a Finnish former long-distance runner and biathlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Hans Estner

Hans Estner (born 7 April 1951 in Tegernsee) is a West German former biathlete who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the 4x7.5 km relay.

J. G. Anschütz

Their rifles are used by many competitive shooters participating in the 50 m Rifle event at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics biathlon.

Magdalena Forsberg

During large parts of her career, Forsberg was trained by Wolfgang Pichler, who later took over as coach of the national Swedish biathlon team.

Makomanai Park

On 1972, the current Park location, was also the place where the temporary Makomanai Biathlon site (Biathlon Olympic venue), and also the Makomanai Cross-country site (Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined Olympic venues) were located.

Matouš

Jan Matouš, silver medalist in the 1990 Biathlon World Championships

Nichola Goddard

Nicknamed "Carebear", by her ski team in Nova Scotia, her hobbies included cross-country skiing and running, and she had competed in biathlon events.

Nicole Resch

Resch started cross-country skiing at the age of eight years and switched to biathlon ath the age of twelve years being trained by Manfred Geyer.

Pavel Rostovtsev

Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев (born September 21, 1971 in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast is a former Russian biathlete.

Pier Alberto Carrara

Pier Alberto Carrara (born February 14, 1966 in Bergamo) he grew up in Serina is an Italian former biathlete.

Sergey Kushchenko

In 2006, Sergey was appointed the head for the Central Sports Army Club in Moscow which entailed more than forty different sports including hockey, basketball, tennis, swimming, and biathlon.

Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The country will field a total of fifteen athletes (ten men and five women) in four of the Games' five sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling.

Tahoma, California

During the 1960 Winter Olympics in near-by Squaw Valley, Tahoma was selected as the site of the cross-country skiing and biathlon, as there was insufficient space in Squaw Valley.

Vesa Hietalahti

Vesa Hietalahti (born September 27, 1969 in Kauhajoki) is a former Finnish biathlete


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