Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen

Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen
Association	Norway
birthday	February 9, 1978
place of birth	Voss , Norway
Career
Admission to the national team	1998
World Cup victories	11 (3 individual wins)
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
World Cup medals 2 × 0 × 0 × JWM medals 2 × 1 × 0 ×
Biathlon world championships gold 2004 Oberhof Season gold 2005 Hochfilzen Mass start Biathlon Junior World Championships gold 1997 Forni Avoltri Season gold 1998 Valcartier sprint silver 1998 Valcartier Season
World Cup balance
Podium placements 1. 2. 3. sprint 2 1 2 Mass start 1 0 0 Season 8th 3 2

Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen (born February 9, 1978 in Voss ) is a former Norwegian biathlete .

Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen started biathlon in 1987 and has been part of the Norwegian national team since 1996. She won gold in the relay at the 2004 World Championships in Oberhof and gold in the mass start at the 2005 World Championships in Hochfilzen . She won three races in the World Cup. On May 3, 2007, she announced her retirement from active biathlon sport.

Istad-Kristiansen is Jon Istad's niece and cousin of Sverre Istad .

World Cup balance

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		2		1	8th	11
2nd place		1			3	4th
3rd place		2			2	4th
Top 10		12	11	6th	30th	59
Scoring	6th	34	27	13	30th	110
Starts	19th	63	50	13	30th	175

Web links

• Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen in the IBU database (English)