Ann-Elen Skjelbreid (born 13 September 1971) is a

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former

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from the Hålandsdal area in the Norwegian municipality of

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. She is the sister of

Liv Grete Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid (born 7 July 1974) from Hålandsdal, Fusa, near the city of Bergen in western Norway, is a former professional biathlete. On 20 March 2006, Liv Grete announced her retirement, effective at the end of the season which ended on ...

and is married with fellow Norwegian biathlete

Egil Gjelland Egil Gjelland (born 12 November 1973) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Egil Gjelland grew up in Voss, the home of many world class biathletes, and star ...

Junior career

She began with biathlon when she was 11 years old, and won the national ski competition for her age calls at 14 years of age. After the secondary school she moved to

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to go on the advanced ski school there. She was named to the Norwegian national team for the 1990 World Junior Championships, and was a part of the team which won the silver medal. The following year she won her first international gold medal, on the sprint in the Junior World Championships in

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. In addition she earned another silver medal as a member of the relay team.

Senior career

In 1994 Ann-Elen was named to the Norwegian elite national team, and was a part of the Norwegian team who won the silver medal in the team competition. She has later participated in many world championships, and has represented Norway in three olympic games: Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998, and Salt Lake City 2002.

Achievements

*Junior World Championship: Gold medal on the sprint 1991, silver medal on the relay 1990 and 1991 * Senior World Championship: Gold medal for teams in 1995 and 1997, silver medal for teams in 1994 and 1998, silver medal on the sprint 1996, silver medal on the relay 1997 and bronze medal on the relay *

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: Bronze medal on the relay 1998, silver medal on the relay 2002 *

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: 5 second places in individual races Ann-Elen Skjelbreid also has one Norwegian title in

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from 1995 when she was a part of the team which won gold medal on the 3 x 5 km relay for the club Trysilgutten IL.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Skjelbreid, Ann-Elen 1971 births Living people Norwegian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics