Jon Istad (29 July 1937 – 17 May 2012) was a Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter. He was born in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

and represented the club

Voss IL Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

. He was the father of

Sverre Istad Sverre Geir Istad (born 3 January 1965) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He was born in Voss as the son of Jon Istad, and represented the club Voss IL. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won a silver medal in the team ev ...

and uncle of Gro Marit Istad, both Olympians. He competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

, and all three times finished eleventh in the 20 kilometres. In 1968 he also won a silver medal with the Norwegian relay team. At the World Championships he won a gold medal in the 20 km event in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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, becoming the second biathlon world champion in Norway's history. In addition, he won two gold medals in relay in 1966 and

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

and a silver medal in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

. He was Norwegian champion in the 20 kilometres five times, and once in the relay. Istad was also a national champion, European Championships bronze medalist and World Championships silver medalist (in the team competition) in sport shooting. He died in May 2012.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 silver)'' :''*The relay was added as an event in 1968.''

World Championships

''7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Istad, Jon 1937 births 2012 deaths People from Voss Norwegian male biathletes Norwegian male sport shooters Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Norway Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for Norway Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Vestland