Ola Wærhaug
Appearance
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Full name | Ola Wærhaug | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway | 24 December 1937|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Heimevernsdistrikt 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 (1960, 1964, 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 (1962, 1965, 1966, 1967) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ola Wærhaug (born 24 December 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He received a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[1] He participated on the winning teams at the 1965 and at the 1967 Biathlon World Championships.
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]1 medal (1 silver)
Event | Individual | Relay |
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1960 Squaw Valley | 7th | — |
1964 Innsbruck | 22nd | — |
1968 Grenoble | 13th | Silver |
- *The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships
[edit]2 medals (2 gold)
Event | Individual | Team (time) | Relay |
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1962 Hämeenlinna | 23rd | — | — |
1965 Elverum | 4th | Gold | — |
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 23rd | — | — |
1967 Altenberg | 5th | — | Gold |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ola Wærhaug". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ola Wærhaug at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Skedsmo
- Sportspeople from Akershus
- Norwegian male biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for Norway
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Norwegian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Norwegian biathlon biography stubs