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Full name
  
Eirik Kvalfoss

Individual victories
  
12

Overall titles
  
1

Sport
  
Biathlon

Individual podiums
  
30

World cup debut
  
January 22, 1981

Club
  
Voss Skiskyttarlag

Name
  
Eirik Kvalfoss

Teams
  
3, 10

Seasons
  
14 (1980/81–1993/94)

Height
  
1.79 m


Eirik Kvalfoss photosgenicomp139ac1e60f534448394b626e78e

Born
  
25 December 1959 (age 64) (
1959-12-25
)
Voss, Hordaland, Norway

Olympic medals
  
Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Relay

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EIRIK KVALFOOSS Sarajevo 1984 Biathlon 10km Sprint


Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.

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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 total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as well as several relay medals. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1983.

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Kvalfosss did his higher education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Biathlon results

Eirik Kvalfoss Kvalfoss sttter Andresen

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

Eirik Kvalfoss Kvalfoss i studio Strafferundenno Ingen skam svinge innom

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was added as an event in 1989.

Individual victories

14 victories (4 In, 10 Sp)

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

Eirik Kvalfoss Wikipedia