Olav Jordet

Olav Jordet
Personal information
Full nameOlav Jordet
Born (1939-12-27) 27 December 1939 (age 85)
Tolga, Hedmark, Norway
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubVingrom IL
Olympic Games
Teams2 (1964, 1968)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Medals6 (4 gold)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble 4 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Innsbruck 20 km individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Elverum 20 km individual
Gold medal – first place 1965 Elverum Team event
Gold medal – first place 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 1967 Altenberg 4 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Hämeenlinna Team event
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Seefeld Team event

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,[1] and was a part of the Norwegian relay team that won a silver medal in Grenoble 1968.[2] He has many Norwegian titles in biathlon and skiing area shooting.

Olav Jordet represented Vingelen Skytterlag. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1965.

  1. ^ "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
  2. ^ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)

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