Marte Olsbu Røiseland

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Marte Olsbu Røiseland
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Marte Olsbu Røiseland at the World Cup in Östersund 2019
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 (age 33)
Arendal, Norway
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Froland
World Cup debut 2012
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (2018, 2022)
Medals 7 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams 6 (20152021)
Medals 14 (11 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 7 (2012/13–)
All races 226
Individual victories 15
All victories 34
Individual podiums 35
All podiums 65
Overall titles 1 (2021–22)
Discipline titles 2:
1 Sprint (2021–22)
1 Pursuit (2021–22)
Updated on 20 February 2021.

Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 7 December 1990) is a Norwegian biathlete and 3 time Winter Olympic gold medalist. In addition she won two Olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. Her achievements at the world championships include winning two individual gold medals and nine relay victories. She won the overall Biathlon World Cup in 2022.

Personal life

Olsbu Røiseland was born on 7 December 1990. She is married to Sverre Olsbu Røiseland.[1]

She resides in Froland.

Career

Olsbu Røiseland has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since the 201213 World Cup season and has represented Norway at several Biathlon World Championships. During the Biathlon World Championships 2016 in Oslo, she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay and raced the final leg when Norway won the gold in the relay. At the Biathlon World Championships 2020 in Antholz, she became the first biathlete to win seven medals at a World Championship with her five gold medals and two bronze medals.[2]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang she won two silver medals, in 7.5 kilometres sprint, and in the mixed relay. She placed fourth in 10 kilometres pursuit and eighth in the 12.5 kilometres mass start, and fourth in the women's relay with the Norwegian team.[3]

At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics she won three gold and two bronze medals, becoming the second biathlete to win a medal in all four individual events at a single Olympics, matching fellow Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjørndalen.[4]

In the season 2021-22, she won the World Cup overall title.[1] She also won the discipline title in sprint and pursuit.

Awards

She won the award L'Équipe Champion of Champions in 2020. She is the first and only biathlete and the first and only Norwegian athlete to win the this award.[5]

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.[6] She also received the Fearnley award in 2022.[7]

Biathlete of the Year 2022 by Forum Nordicum, the organization of journalists covering winter sports [8]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 71st Silver 4th 8th 4th Silver
China 2022 Beijing Bronze Gold Gold Bronze 4th Gold

World Championships

14 medals (11 gold, 3 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 31st 42nd 5th N/A
Norway 2016 Oslo 42nd 11th 16th 7th Gold Bronze
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 58th 54th 16th 29th 11th 8th
Sweden 2019 Östersund 23rd 25th 4th 7th Gold Gold Gold
Italy 2020 Antholz-Anterselva Bronze Gold Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 20th 6th 9th 4th Gold Gold
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2012–13 22 13 81st 13 51st 0 0 0
2013–14 23 110 53rd 0 47 53rd 63 42nd 0
2014–15 24 143 44th 0 70 44th 73 29th 0
2015–16 25 352 22nd 8 56th 139 22nd 141 19th 64 25th
2016–17 26 551 12th 37 29th 172 14th 236 7th 106 16th
2017–18 27 450 14th 46 14th 115 21st 131 14th 158 8th
2018–19 28 855 4th 67 12th 326 3rd 312 2nd 161 4th
2019–20 29 597 5th 99 6th 248 4th 104 8th 146 8th
2020–21 30 963 2nd 28 31 319 2nd 319 2nd 175 4th
2021–22 31 957 1st 31 21 412 1st 380 1st 134 4th

Individual victories

17 victories (7 Sp, 8 Pu, 2 MS)

No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2018–19 21 December 2018 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
2 22 December 2018 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup
3 14 February 2019 United States Soldier Hollow, United States 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
4 2019–20 9 January 2020 Germany Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
5 14 February 2020 Italy Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 7.5 km Sprint World Championships
6 23 February 2020 Italy Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 12.5 km Mass Start World Championships
7 2020–21 13 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup
8 21 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup
9 20 March 2021 Sweden Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup
10 2021–22 4 December 2021 Sweden Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup
11 12 December 2021 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup
12 16 December 2021 France Le Grand-Bornand, France 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
13 7 January 2022 Germany Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
14 9 January 2022 Germany Oberhof, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
15 16 January 2022 Germany Ruhpolding, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
16 11 February 2022 China Beijing, China 7.5 km Sprint Winter Olympic Games
17 13 February 2022 China Beijing, China 10 km Pursuit Winter Olympic Games

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