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| Full name | Olav Jordet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1939-12-27) 27 December 1939 (age 85) Tolga, Hedmark, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vingrom IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 (1964, 1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (4 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olav Jordet (born 27 December 1939) is a former Norwegian biathlete who was born in Tolga. He became Norway's first individual biathlon world champion in 1965, has world championship relay gold medals in 1966 and 1967. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, and was a part of the Norwegian relay team that won a silver medal in Grenoble 1968. He has many Norwegian titles in biathlon and skiing area shooting.
Olav Jordet represented Vingelen Skytterlag. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1965.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
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 1964 Innsbruck
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Bronze | — |
 1968 Grenoble
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— | Silver |
- *The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships
6 medals (4 gold, 2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
 1961 Umeå
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15th | 4th | — |
 1962 Hämeenlinna
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10th | Bronze | — |
| 1963 Seefeld
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10th | Bronze | — |
 1965 Elverum
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Gold | Gold | — |
 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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16th | — | Gold |
 1967 Altenberg
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— | — | Gold |
- *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.
References
- "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
- "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
- "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
External links
- Olav Jordet at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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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
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- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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