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Ivar Nordkild

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Ivar Nordkild
Personal information
Full nameIvar Olaus Nordkild
Born (1941-05-14) 14 May 1941 (age 83)
Vassdalen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubBjerkvik Idrettslag
Olympic Games
Teams1 (1972)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974)
Medals3 (2 gold)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Elverum Team event
Gold medal – first place 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1971 Hämeenlinna 4 × 7.5 km relay

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.

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

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]

Olympic Games

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Event Individual Relay
Japan 1972 Sapporo 4th

World Championships

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3 medals (2 gold, 1 silver)

Event Individual Sprint Team (time) Relay
Norway 1965 Elverum 14th Gold
West Germany 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gold
Sweden 1970 Östersund 11th
Finland 1971 Hämeenlinna 14th Silver
Soviet Union 1974 Minsk 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

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  1. ^ "Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay"sports123.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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