Lars Berger

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Lars Berger
Personal information
Born (1979-05-01) 1 May 1979
Levanger, Norway
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) (2014)[1]
Professional information
Club Dombås, Byåsen (cc)
Skis Madshus
World Cup
Seasons 2001-
Wins 7
Additional podiums 9
Total podiums 16
Lars Berger
Medal record
Competitor for  Norway
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
Silver 2010 Vancouver 4x10 km relay
World Championships
Gold 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 10 km
Gold 2007 Sapporo 15 km
Gold 2007 Sapporo 4 x 10 km
Men's biathlon
World Championships
Gold 2009 Pyeongchang 4 x 7.5 km
Silver 2009 Pyeongchang 10 km sprint
Silver 2007 Antholz 4 x 7.5 km
Silver 2004 Oberhof 15 km mass start
Silver 2004 Oberhof 4 x 7.5 km

Lars Berger (born 1 May 1979 in Levanger, Norway) is a Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier. Fellow biathlete Tora Berger is his sister.[2] Berger's family moved to Lesja, Oppland, in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started cross-country skiing, but during his teens he decided to try out the biathlon.

Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001. During the 2004 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won silver medals in the 15 km mass start and the 4 x 7.5 km relay. Berger also won two gold medals in the military world championships that same year (cross-country and patrol). Berger finished fifth in the 2004 overall World Cup, and won several gold medals from the Norwegian Biathlon Championships. At the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Rasen-Antholz, Italy, Berger was part of the Norwegian team that won silver in the 4 x 7.5 km relay. After several disappointing races, mainly due to unstable shooting, Berger was thrown off the Norwegian national team ahead of the 2008/2009 season. He revenged this by retrieving two world cup victories in sprint events, a silver in the World Championship sprint, and contributed to the gold in the men's relay. He is regarded as the fastest skier on the biathlon tour but his shooting accuracy often prevents him from producing consistent and winning results.

Berger has also been competing in cross-country since 2002. He won the 30 km and relay at the 2003 Norwegian Cross-country Championships in Molde. Berger won a gold in the 4 x 10 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 4th in the 15 km in those same championships. Berger won the gold medal in the 15 km at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Sapporo in 2007. In that race Berger benefited from changing weather conditions that gave several of his strongest competitors worse gliding conditions.[3]

Berger is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in biathlon and Nordic skiing in the same year. He is also the only athlete to win gold in relays in both World Championships (in Nordic skiing in 2005 and 2007, in biathlon in 2009).

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References

  1. ↑ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 32. 
  2. ↑ Associated Press (15 January 2011). "Tora Berger wins biathlon sprint in Germany, day after brother Lars wins race". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
  3. ↑ , Sapporo: Norwegian biathlete Berger best in 15 km
18 km
15 km
Awards
Preceded by
Stein Johnson		 Egebergs Ærespris
2006 		Succeeded by
Frode Andresen
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