Odd Lirhus (born 18 September 1956) is a former

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. At 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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he won a silver medal in the relay. He also won a gold medal in the 20 km individual at the 1978 Biathlon World Championship. In addition, he won the 20 km individual in

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in the 1983–84 season. After that season, Lirhus took a gap year as an active biathlete to be a coach for the Canadian biathlon team, intending to return to biathlon and compete at the World Championships in Holmenkollen. He did not, however, return. From 2002 to 2005, Lirhus was the head coach for Norwegian women's biathlon team.

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

has attributed much of her success at the 2004 World Championships to him.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 silver)''

World Championships

''5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Individual victories

''2 victories (2 In)'' :''*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 Biathlon World Cup, 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 Biathlon World Cup, 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons ...

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and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lirhus, Odd 1956 births Living people People from Voss Norwegian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Norway Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for Norway Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Vestland 20th-century Norwegian people