Olav Jordet (born 27 December 1939) is a former

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who was born in Tolga. He became Norway's first individual biathlon world champion in

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, has world championship relay gold medals 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 ...

and

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. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km at the

1964 Olympics 1964 Olympics refers to both: *The 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Ba ...

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,"1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 7, 2008) and was a part of the Norwegian relay team that won a silver medal in Grenoble 1968."1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 7, 2008) He has many Norwegian titles in

biathlon 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 tim ...

and skiing area shooting. Olav Jordet represented ''Vingelen Skytterlag''. He was awarded ''Morgenbladets Gullmedalje'' in 1965.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*The relay was added as an event in 1968.''

World Championships

''6 medals (4 gold, 2 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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* 1939 births Living people People from Tolga, Norway Norwegian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Norway Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub