Kjell Søbak (born 21 June 1957) is a Norwegian former

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. At the 1984 Olympics of

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, Søbak finished second with the Norwegian relay team, which consisted of himself,

Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete. Life and career He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In ...

, Rolf Storsveen, and Odd Lirhus. In addition, he finished fourth in the sprint competition at the same Olympics.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 silver)''

World Championships

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

Individual victories

''2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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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) ...

and the

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* 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Bodø 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 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub