Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (born 17 May 1978) is a retired

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

and winter triathlete. He made his

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debut in March 2002 in

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, with a 30th place in the 50 km race. In the same race in 2006 he finished 28th, and in the same race in 2008 he finished 27th. He formerly represented the sports club

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

, currently

Tynset IF Tynset Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Tynset, Hedmark. It has sections for association football, team handball, cycling, judo, orienteering, speed skating, skiing, swimming, and taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ...

, while also residing in

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Cup

Season standings

References

1978 births Living people People from Tynset Norwegian male cross-country skiers Norwegian male biathletes Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub