Tarjei Bø
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
29 July 1988 Lillehammer, Norway |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Professional information | |
| Sport | Biathlon |
| Club | Markane IL |
| World Cup debut | 26 March 2009 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Teams | 2 (2010, 2014) |
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) |
| Medals | 14 (7 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 7 (2008/09–) |
| Individual races | 133 |
| All races | 163 |
| Individual victories | 8 |
| All victories | 25 |
| Individual podiums | 28 |
| All podiums | 54 |
| Overall titles | 1 (2010–11) |
| Discipline titles |
2: 1 Sprint (2010–11); 1 Pursuit (2010–11) |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 13 December 2016. | |
Tarjei Bø (born 29 July 1988) is a professional Norwegian biathlete. Bø debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on March 26, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and won his first World Cup victory on December 10, 2010. In the 2010 Winter Olympics he earned his first gold medal in the 4 × 7.5 km biathlon relay. On December 10, 2010 he won the sprint race in Hochfilzen, earning his first world cup victory. He also won the following pursuit race and anchored the winning relay team. Bø is the older brother of biathlete Johannes Thingnes Bø.
He won the overall 2010/11 biathlon World Cup. He finished five points ahead of his teammate Emil Hegle Svendsen.
At his first Junior World Championships in 2006 in Presque Isle, Maine, United States, Bø claimed the gold medal in the individual discipline, and the silver medal in the pursuit discipline. A year later in Martell-Val Martello, Italy, Bø again claimed the silver medal in the pursuit discipline, and was part of the Norwegian relay team that won the silver medal. The 2009 Junior World Championships in Canmore, Canada began in disappointment: Bø finished as number 23 in the individual discipline with a total of five shooting errors. However, Bø would eventually claim the bronze medal in both the pursuit and sprint disciplines. During the 2009 European Championships in Ufa, Russia, Bø was the most successful biathlete, and claimed the gold medal in all four races he entered (individual, sprint, pursuit and relay). At the World Cup finals in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, Bø made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup on March 26, 2009, finishing 61st.
In the 2009–10 season, Bø continued his positive development in the IBU Cup, coming in sixth in the individual discipline and second in the sprint. This led to his appointment to the World Cup races in Pokljuka, Oberhof and Ruhpolding. In Pokljuka, Bø made an impressive performance and finished fourth; in Oberhof, he was part of the Norwegian winning relay team; and in Ruhpolding he was part of the Norwegian relay team that finished second. On January 29, Bø was named as one of the 99 athletes that would travel to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. On February 18, Bø finished 21st in his first Olympics event. Bø was chosen for the Norwegian relay team, that claimed the gold medal before runners-up Austria and bronze-medalists Russia. At the World Cup stop in Kontiolahti, Finland, Bø ran the last leg for the Norwegian mixed team, securing the win for Norway.
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