Olav Jordet

Olympic athlete

1939 –

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Who is Olav Jordet?

Olav Jordet is a former Norwegian biathlete.

He was born in Tolga.

He became Norway's first individual biathlon world champion in 1965, has world championship relay gold medals in 1966 and 1967. He won a bronze medal in the 20 km at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, and was a part of the Norwegian relay team that won a silver medal in Grenoble 1968. He has many Norwegian titles in biathlon and skiing area shooting.

Olav Jordet represented Vingelen Skytterlag. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1965.

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Born
Dec 27, 1939

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on July 23, 2013

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