Olav Jordet

Medal record
Competitor for  Norway
Men’s biathlon
Olympic Games
Silver 1968 Grenoble 4 x 7.5 km relay
Bronze 1964 Innsbruck 20 km individual
World championship
Gold 1967 Altenberg 4 x 7.5 km relay
Gold 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 x 7.5 km relay
Gold 1965 Elverum 20 km individual
Gold 1965 Elverum 20 km team
Bronze 1963 Seefeld 20 km team
Bronze 1962 Hämeenlinna 20 km team

Olav Jordet (born December 27, 1939) is a former Norwegian biathlete.

He 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.

References

  1. ^ "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Biathlon"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)
  2. ^ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)