Nils Erik Ulset
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| Nickname(s) | Nikkis[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 16, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon, cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nils Erik Ulset (born in Tingvoll on July 16, 1983)[2] is a Norwegian biathlete, cross-country skier and three time Paralympic Champion.
He competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake, where he took two gold medals in cross-country skiing, one in 10 km, LW2-4 and one in 20 km, standing. In biathlon he placed 7th in the 7.5 km, standing.[3]
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino, he took two bronze medals in biathlon: The 12.5 km and 7.5 km, standing. In cross-country skiing he placed 9th in the men's 10 km, 14th in the 20 km and 9th in the 5 km, standing.[3]
He won silver at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, for 3km pursuit standing biathlon. He won gold at the 12.5 km standing biathlon. In cross-country skiing he took the silver medal in the men's 20 km, standing and bronze in the men's relay.[4]
References
- ↑ Ulset tok VM-sølv (Norwegian), NRK, April 7, 2011
- ↑ Vancouver 2010 Profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nils Ulset's profile on paralympic.org
- ↑ Nils Ulset's profile on paralympic.org