Jon Istad

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Jon Istad (born July 29, 1937 in Voss ; † May 17, 2012 ) was a Norwegian biathlete .

With the Norwegian relay he won the silver medal over 4 × 7.5 kilometers in biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . At the biathlon world championships in 1966 he won the gold medal over 20 kilometers and became world champion.

His son Sverre Istad , like his niece Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen, was a successful biathlete.

Web links

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

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Hordaland daily newspaper of May 19, 2012, page 24 , search under avisa-hordaland.no ( memento of the original of May 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 31, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eavis.avisa-hordaland.no
personal data
SURNAME Istad, Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Voss
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 2012