Jon Åge Tyldum

Jon Åge Tyldum (born October 26, 1968 in Snåsa ) is a former Norwegian biathlete .

Tyldum was after Eirik Kvalfoss in the 1988/89 season the second Norwegian to win the overall world cup in biathlon . In the 1991/92 season Tyldum was the first overall winner. After German athletes had dominated the World Cup for a long time, the first three places in the overall standings all went to Scandinavians this season. For the second time, Tyldum won the overall World Cup in the 1994/95 season, he was the first Norwegian to succeed.

At the 1991 World Championships , Tyldum won the silver medal with the Norwegian team, which was the first medal in his career. Further medals followed every two years. In 1993 Tyldum won his first individual medal with the silver medal in the sprint, in 1995 he achieved a silver medal in the individual. Tyldum won his last medal in 1997 with the silver medal in the relay race. The Norwegian achieved a total of four medals, two in individual races and two with the Norwegian relay or team.

Tyldum retired from active sports in 1998.

Results in the biathlon world cup

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	team	Season	total
1st place		2					2
2nd place	1	1			1	2	5
3rd place	1	1				1	3
Top 10	10	7th			2	6th	25th
Scoring	17th	22nd	2		2	6th	49
Starts	34	40	2		2	6th	84
Status : data may not be complete

Web links

• Jon Åge Tyldum in the database of the IBU (English)
• Jon Åge Tyldum in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )