Eirik Kvalfoss

Template:Short description Template:Infobox biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.

Life and career

He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as well as several relay medals. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1983.

Kvalfoss did his higher education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Template:Flagicon 1984 Sarajevo	Bronze	Gold	Silver
Template:Flagicon 1988 Calgary	6th	20th	6th
Template:Flagicon 1992 Albertville	27th	47th	5th

World Championships

13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
Template:Flagicon 1981 Lahti	17th	8th	—	4th
Template:Flagicon 1982 Minsk	Silver	Gold	—	Silver
Template:Flagicon 1983 Antholz-Anterselva	14th	Gold	—	Bronze
Template:Flagicon 1985 Ruhpolding	26th	Silver	—	4th
Template:Flagicon 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen	25th	12th	—	5th
Template:Flagicon 1987 Lake Placid	17th	41st	—	4th
Template:Flagicon 1989 Feistritz	Gold	Silver	—	Bronze
Template:Flagicon 1990 Minsk	10th	Silver	—	4th
Template:Flagicon 1991 Lahti	Bronze	Bronze	—	Bronze
Template:Flagicon 1993 Borovets	4th	4th	—	9th

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**Team was added as an event in 1989.

Individual victories

14 victories (4 In, 10 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1980–81 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	22 January 1981	Template:Flagicon Antholz-Anterselva	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
	4 April 1981	Template:Flagicon Hedenäset	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1981–82 1 victory (1 Sp)	13 February 1982	Template:Flagicon Minsk	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Championships
1982–83 2 victories (2 Sp)	28 January 1983	Template:Flagicon Ruhpolding	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	26 February 1983	Template:Flagicon Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Championships
1983–84 3 victories (3 Sp)	14 January 1984	Template:Flagicon Pontresina	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	14 February 1984	Template:Flagicon Sarajevo	10 km sprint	Winter Olympic Games
	8 March 1984	Template:Flagicon Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1987–88 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	15 March 1988	Template:Flagicon Keuruu	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	17 March 1988	Template:Flagicon Jyväskylä	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	7 February 1989	Template:Flagicon Feistritz	20 km individual	Biathlon World Championships
	4 March 1989	Template:Flagicon Hämeenlinna	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1989–90 1 victory (1 In)	15 March 1990	Template:Flagicon Kontiolahti	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1990–91 1 victory (1 Sp)	16 March 1991	Template:Flagicon Canmore	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

External links

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