Øystein Slettemark (born 20 August 1967) is a Greenlandic biathlete.

Career

Slettemark competed in the

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for Denmark. His best performance was 86th in the

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. He also finished 88th in the

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.Sports-Reference Profile
/ref> At IBU events, Slettemark represents Greenland, which does not have its own National Olympic Committee. He is married to Uiloq Slettemark who is also a biathlete as are their children Ukaleq (born 2001) and Sondre (born 2004). Between the two of them they have competed about thirty times in the Arctic Circle Race winning a large number of medals. Uiloq said that she had 14 medals and she might have obtained 15 if she had not been seven months pregnant whilst competing.Arctic Circle Race 2012 without the Slettemarks
press release, acr.gl, retrieved 11 February 2015 As of February 2013, his best performance at the

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

is 77th, in the

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sprint.IBU Profile
/ref> As of February 2013, his best

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finish is 49th, in the individual at Fort Kent in 2003/04.

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* 1967 births Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Danish male biathletes Greenlandic biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes for Denmark Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Danish male cross-country skiers 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{greenland-sport-stub