Norwegian star Ule Ainar Bjoerndalen: biography, biathlon success

This is an outstanding and successful Norwegian biathlete, skier, who is the only six-time Olympic champion in biathlon. In addition, he is a sixteen-time world champion, multiple prize-winner of the Olympic Games and biathlon and biathlon world championships, a six-time World Cup winner. He won the hearts of many sports fans. The famous Ule Ainar Bjoerndalen is a biathlon star, favorite of his fans.

According to all his indicators, this man is the second among sportsmen in winter sports.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen: biography, hobbies

He was born in a small Norwegian town of Drammen on January 27 in 1974. His childhood was held in Simrostrand in the family of ordinary farmers. The study was not particularly interested in the boy, since he spent all his free time in different sports sections. Football, javelin throwing, handball, track and field athletics and cycling are all his children's hobbies. At one time, and father Ole was athletics, but he had to stop these studies, because he had to make a living for his big family.

Ule Einar has 2 more brothers and 2 sisters. Doug (elder brother) was the first of the children to get involved in biathlon. According to his example in 1984 and Ule was involved in this particular sport.

As a result, it turns out that his wonderful victories the Norwegian biathlete has realized the dreams of his father, to whom fate has not given the opportunity to do sports for your own pleasure.

Personal data of the athlete

Education athlete received in the Ski Academy of Norway.

Ole is fluent in different languages: Norwegian, Italian, English and German.

Since 1992, he is a member of the national team of Norway. His coaches are Rogger Grubben (on skis) and Yoar Himmle (shooting), and his home sports club is Ule - "Simostranda".

Career in biathlon, successes

The future Norwegian stellar biathlete Ole Einar, as already mentioned above, was fond of several sports in his childhood and youth. However, the example of the older brother influenced the final choice. Initially, the athlete was excellent in skiing, so he was noticed by coaches, and already in 1992-1993 he started performing at the World Cup stages.

In Lillehammer, 1994 was his first in the Winter Olympics. At that time, only a lack of experience, he was not allowed to demonstrate his excellent abilities. He did not win a single medal.

The first for him a serious and significant success was in the 1994-1995 season, following which Bjoerndalen took the fourth place in the overall standings of the World Cup. And in 1998 he won his first Olympic medal and won first place in the World Cup.

In the 2001-2002 season, Ole Ainar Bjoerndalen in Salt Lake City at the Olympics won the first place four times. The next season after him brought the famous athlete the second in his multi-year career World Cup.

Less successful was the 2006 Olympics, held in Turin: 3 medals, but there was no gold. From 2004 to 2009, an absolute record was set - 4 World Cups.

At the Canadian Olympics (Vancouver) in 2010, the athlete won a silver medal at a distance of 20 km (individual race), losing only to his Norwegian teammate Emil Heil Svensen. Also received a gold medal in the relay race.

Ole Einar is the four-time winner of the Christmas Russian biathlon race of stars.

In 2011, Ole Eynar was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Already at that time he was the most adult among athletes (38 years old).

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen: personal life

Now the famous biathlete lives in Austria in the city of Obertilliahe (federal land Tyrol). In May 2006 Ule Einar married a biathlete from Belgium. She is of Italian descent and her name is Natalie Santer.

The wedding (wedding) took place on the border of Italy and Austria in the city of Toblach, where the bride was born. Interesting is the fact that after leaving the church the young couple went through a "tunnel" built of crossbred skis.

Unfortunately, their marriage in 2013 disintegrated. According to rumors, this sad fact is connected with the novel of Bjerndalen with Belarusian athlete Daria Domracheva. Children do not have a biathlon star.

Conclusion

Ole Ainar Bjoerndalen often mentioned in his stories about his biography that from the very childhood he did not like what he did not like, but even hated to give priority to someone, especially his own brother. Perhaps, it was this character trait that helped him achieve such incredible successes and also helped to stay in professional sports for so long.

The name of Ole Ainar Bjoerndalen will always remain in the history of sport. He is the fastest and most successful biathlete, the most adult winner in personal competitions at the Winter Olympics.

His age does not prevent him from winning. At the Olympics in Sochi, the "King of Biathlon" managed to win another gold medal in the sprint in his 40s. Now he is a seven-time champion of the Winter Olympic Games.