Øystein Slettemark

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Øystein Slettemark biathlon
Association GreenlandGreenland Greenland (biathlon) Denmark (cross-country skiing)
DenmarkDenmark 
birthday 20th August 1967
place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Career
society Nuuk biathlon
Admission to the
national team 		2001
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup 2003
Debut in the World Cup 2001
status active
World Cup balance
last change: April 20, 2010

Øystein Slettemark (born August 20, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a biathlete and cross-country skier from Greenland of Norwegian origin.

Life

Øystein Slettemark was active in cross-country skiing early on in his native Norway . He competed against the same age Bjørn Dæhlie and Kristen Skjeldal at Norwegian junior championships, but could not prevail in the Norwegian national team at that time. For lack of perspective, he gave up cross-country skiing, completed his military service and then began studying. During his studies in Oslo he met the Greenlander Uiloq Helgessen, who both moved to Nuuk after their marriage . At that time he started cross-country skiing again, but suffered a herniated disc . This diagnosis marked a turning point in his sporting career, Slettemark intensified his training to counter the disease. At the same time, he decided to compete in the World Ski Championships for Denmark, as he was able to take Danish citizenship after five years in Greenland. In 2001, after the birth of their first daughter, Slettemark began, like his wife Uiloq , who started biathlon in 1994, also with biathlon training. Like her, he competes for the local Nuuk Biathlon club . He is also president, she general secretary of Grønlands Biathlon Forbund , he national coach for men, she for women. Participation in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver was Slettemark's goal in an interview. As a biathlete he takes part in the World Cup and World Championships for the Greenland Association, but participation in the Olympic Games is only possible as a Dane, as Greenland is not a member of the IOC . The Slettemarks maintain contact with the Norwegian biathletes, especially Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Lars Berger and Alexander Os . He receives training support from Halvard Hanevold and Egil Gjelland .

In addition to his sporting activities, Slettemark has been invited by the Department of Environment and Nature of the Greenland Home Rule (Greenland Autonomous Administration) as a consultant in the Polar Bear Specialist Group within the framework of the conservation of species of the World Conservation Union .

Slettemark's daughter Ukaleq Astri became 2019 youth world champion in singles.

Cross-country skiing

Even after the Olympic careers of Dæhlie and Skjeldal, Slettemark still meets the two in races, so he was only beaten by Skjeldal at the Skarverennet in 2008, while Dæhlie was defeated in the Arctic Circle Race in Greenland in 2004. Four times, in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007, Slettemark won the 160-kilometer marathon race on the Arctic Circle, in 2008 and 2010 he was second and in 2003 and 2009 third; the 2009 race was shortened by one day due to violent storms.

In addition, Slettemark has occasionally competed in international FIS cross-country races for Denmark since 2000 . A first highlight was his participation in the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme , where he finished 54th over 50 kilometers. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he started at 50 kilometers in the mass start, but was lapped by the top group a few hundred meters before they crossed the finish line and taken out of the race. In 2013 in Val di Fiemme he took part in the Nordic World Ski Championships for the third time and started at the 15 kilometers, where he achieved 88th place.

biathlon

In addition to cross-country skiing, he is also active as a biathlete. He has been running biathlon since 2001 and has been a member of the Greenland national team since then. He is the most successful biathlete in his country in the 2000s. At the beginning of the 2001/02 season , Slettemark made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup at the age of 34 . In the Hochfilzen sprint he was 113th. In the following races he was almost always able to place in double digits. He also made several detours in the Biathlon European Cup , where he often achieved places in the top 50. The first of his nine participations in biathlon world championships until 2013 was in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk . In the sprint he was 81. In individual 84th 2004 in Oberhof was a 82nd place in the Sprint best finish. He then finished 49th in the Fort Kent sprint, his best World Cup placement. It was the only time that he was able to qualify for a pursuit, in which he was lapped out by the winner Raphaël Poirée . In 2007 at his fourth World Championships in Antholz , Slettemark achieved both his worst result with 104 in the individual and his best result with 77 in the sprint. At the Biathlon World Championships in 2009 , he stayed 103rd in the sprint and 97th in the individual within the scope of his possibilities. There he was the oldest participant after Athanasios Tsakiris and his wife. In 2010 he was able to achieve his stated goal of participating in the Olympic Games. He was the only biathlete to be nominated for the Games by the National Olympic Committee of Denmark . He finished the sprint second to last in 86th place, in the individual race Slettemark was 88th and last. His wife and he completed the last races at the highest level at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding. Since 2013, they have only taken part in IBU Cup races very sporadically .

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

  • 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement singles sprint persecution Mass start Season total
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10  
Scoring  
Starts 24 72 1     97
Status: End of the World Cup career

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Jarle Fredagsvik: Den største, norske outsideren ( Norwegian ) www.nettavisen.no. February 14, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ Participants at 13th meeting of PBSG in Nuuk, Greenland 2001 ( English ) Polar Bear Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  3. ↑ Skarverennet ( Norwegian ) Geilo Idrettslag ( Geilo Sports Club ). 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ a b Results 2004. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  5. ↑ Results 2002. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  6. ↑ Results 2006. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  7. ↑ Results 2007. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  8. ↑ Results 2008. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  9. ↑ Results 2003. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  10. ↑ Results 2009. Arctic Circle Race, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English).
  11. ↑ Cancellation of the race Friday ( English ) Arctic Circle Race. March 27, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  12. ^ FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009. Liberec / CZE. Cross country. Men's 50 km Mass Start Free. Results. (PDF) Fédération Internationale de Ski, January 21, 2010, accessed January 15, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Northug wins 50km WSC Liberec 2009! Last 3 minutes. (from 0:02:05) on YouTube
  14. ↑ Fjerde eldst, tredje best. indre.no, February 14, 2009, accessed January 15, 2014 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Slettemark, Øystein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slettemark, oystein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic biathlete and cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro