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Full name | Ragnar Tveiten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Veggli, Buskerud, Norway | 27 November 1938|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 (1964, 1968, 1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 7 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 6 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ragnar Tveiten (born 27 November 1938) is a former Norwegian biathlete.
Personal life
[edit]Tveiten was born in Veggli on 27 November 1938.[1]
Career
[edit]He participated on the Norwegian team that received a gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1966 Biathlon World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[2] He won a second gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1967 world championships in Altenberg. He received silver medals in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1973.
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]
Olympic Games
[edit]Event | Individual | Relay |
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4th | — |
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26th | — |
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29th | — |
- *The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships
[edit]6 medals (2 gold, 4 silver)
Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
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19th | — | — |
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8th | — | Gold |
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7th | — | Gold |
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— | — | Silver |
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— | — | Silver |
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12th | — | Silver |
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28th | — | Silver |
- *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
[edit]- ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Ragnar Tveiten". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay" – sports123.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ragnar Tveiten at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)