Ivar Olaus Nordkild (born 14 May 1941) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He competed for Norway and won a gold medal in the 1965 Biathlon World Championships in Elverum in the team competition. He won a second gold medal in the men's relay in the 1966 world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen[1] and a silver medal in the same event in 1971.
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| Full name | Ivar Olaus Nordkild | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 1941 Vassdalen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bjerkvik Idrettslag | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He represented Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics, skiing third leg in the relay, with team mates Tor Svendsberget, Kåre Hovda and Magnar Solberg, where the Norwegian team placed fourth.[2][3]
Biathlon results edit
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]
Olympic Games edit
| Event | Individual | Relay |
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 1972 Sapporo
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— | 4th |
World Championships edit
3 medals (2 gold, 1 silver)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Team (time) | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1965 Elverum
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14th | — | Gold | — |
 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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— | — | — | Gold |
 1970 Östersund
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11th | — | — | — |
 1971 Hämeenlinna
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14th | — | — | Silver |
 1974 Minsk
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36th | — | — | — |
- *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, and the sprint was added in 1974.
References edit
- ^ "Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay" – sports123.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
- ^ Lahlum, Hans Olav; Tronstad, Øyvind (2021). Historien om Vinter-OL (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Cappelen Damm. p. 396. ISBN 978-82-02-71938-8.
- ^ "4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links edit
- Ivar Nordkild at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ivar Nordkild at Olympedia
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