Johannes Thingnes Bø
Thingnes Bø at the 2012 Norwegian Biathlon Championships
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16 May 1993 Stryn, Norway |
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| Club | Markane IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Johannes Thingnes Bø (born 16 May 1993) is a Norwegian biathlete. He is from the small village of Markane, in Sogn og Fjordane, and represents Markane IL. He is the younger brother of biathlete Tarjei Bø.
Thingnes Bø is the son of Klemet Bø and Aslaug Hildegunn Thingnes Bø. He was born and raised in Markane in Stryn, and is the second youngest of five siblings.
At Hovedlandsrennet in Beitostølen he won the silver medal in relay with Jarle Midtfjell Gørven, Runar Netland, and Johan Eirik Meland. In September he won two gold medals in the Norwegian championships in roller-ski biathlon held in Vik, Sogn in the 17-year-old men's class. First he won the sprint, then the pursuit.
Thingnes Bø won several international medals in 2010 and 2011. In 2012 he became a junior world champion for the third time. In April 2012 he was drafted for the Norwegian senior National Team and starting in the 2012/2013 season he will compete alongside his older brother Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Rune Brattsveen, and others. He is the youngest Norwegian ever to be drafted for the national biathlon team.
In January/February 2013 during the Junior World Championship in Obertilliach, Austria, Thingnes Bø won the silver medal in sprint, gold in the 12.5 km pursuit, and gold in the 7.5 km relay.
His big breakthrough came during the 2013–14 season where he won his first World Cup race and was third in the overall standings. Thingnes Bø won four more World Cup races for a total of 5.
Thingnes Bø got his first World Cup win on 14 December 2013 in the sprint and his second the day after with a win in the pursuit. He won three more World Cup races in Kontiolahti, two sprints and one pursuit.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
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