Synnøve Solemdal (born 15 May 1989) is a Norwegian former

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. She competed for Norway at the 2014 Winter Olympics and

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Career

Solemdal won two bronze medals at the 2010 Junior World Championships. As of the 2010/2011 season she is part of the Norwegian team. On 11 December 2010, she along with her teammates placed third in 4 × 6 km relay in

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. She took her first world cup victory in the 2012–13 season, moving up from 4th after the Sprint race to take the Pursuit in Hochfilzen. She repeated the feat the following year to claim her second victory, also in the pursuit in Hochfilzen during the 2013–14 season. At the 2012 World Championships in

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she won a gold medal in mix relay and a bronze medal in relay. She won a gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2013 Biathlon World Championships in the

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''6 medals (5 gold, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solemdal, Synnove 1989 births Living people Norwegian female biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists Olympic biathletes for Norway Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen