Arnt Sigleif Johansen (born October 25, 1948 in Tana ) is a former Norwegian biathlete . In the second half of the 1970s and early 1980s he was a member of Norway's national biathlon team.
Sigleif Johansen started as an active player for Skjervøy IK . He contested his first international championship at the 1975 World Championships in Antholz , where he was 22nd of the sprint, 36th of the individual and fifth in the relay race with Kjell Hovda , Bjørn Sirijord and Tor Svendsberget . In 1976 he was 17th in the non-Olympic sprint race in Antholz, for the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck he could not qualify in the strong Norwegian team. Johansen achieved his greatest international success at the 1977 World Championships in Vingrom . Behind Heikki Ikola and in front of Alexander Tichonow , he won the silver medal in the individual. With Tor Svendsberget, Roar Nilsen and Svein Engen , he just missed another medal in fourth place with the relay, in the sprint he finished 13th. In 1978 the Norwegian won another world championship silver medal in Hochfilzen , this time with Odd Lirhus , Roar Nilsen and Tor Svendsberget in the relay race. In the singles he came in 23rd place and was fifth in the sprint. Also at the 1979 World Cup , Johansen won a medal with bronze behind Klaus Siebert and Alexander Tichonow in the individual and was 12th in the sprint and fourth with Odd Lirhus, Kjell Søbak and Roar Nilsen as the final runners of the season. The high point of his career was participation in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . In the sprint he was 13th, with Svein Engen, Kjell Søbak and Odd Lirhus he missed, again used as the final runner, in fourth place again only by one place a medal. In the year after the Games Johansen appeared in Lahti for the last time at the World Championships and was 14th of the individual. With the season, which now belonged to Lirhus and Søbak Eirik Kvalfoss , he just missed a medal for the third year in a row in fourth place.
Nationally, Johansen won his first national title in 1975 with the Numedal region relay . He achieved his greatest success in 1976 when he won all three titles in individual, sprint and relay in Melhus . In 1978 and 1981 he won the sprint races again. He also won another five medals between 1974 and 1981.
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