Kjell Hovda (born 27 October 1945 in

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) is a former

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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 ...

. He participated on the Norwegian team that received silver medals in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1973

Biathlon World Championships 1973 The 12th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1973 in Lake Placid, United States. It is the first time the championships took place outside Europe. Men's results 20 km individual 4 × 7.5 km relay Medal table References {{Biathlo ...

in Lake Placid."Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay"
– ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 26, 2008) He won a bronze medal in the relay in the 1974 World Championships in

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, and participated in the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. Hovda coached the Norwegian national team 1976–80, has also been an expert commentator for

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* 1945 births Living people Norwegian male biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists Norwegian sports coaches Olympic biathletes of Norway Biathletes at the 1976 Winter Olympics Norwegian skiing and biathlon commentators Color commentators {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub