Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a

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retired

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

Life and career

He won three medals during the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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: 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

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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 competitions 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 The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

, Biathlon World Championships and the

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kvalfoss, Eirik 1959 births Living people People from Voss Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Norwegian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Norway Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Biathlon World Championships medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Sportspeople from Vestland