Gate Espen Kristiansen

Gate Espen Kristiansen

Association

Norway

birthday

July 7, 1970

Career

Debut in the World Cup

1995

status

resigned

Medal table

EM medals	1 ×	0 ×	0 ×
NM medals	5 ×	3 ×	2 ×

European biathlon championships
gold	1994 Kontiolahti	singles
Norwegian championships
gold	1991 Steinkjer	team
bronze	1992 Skrautvål	sprint
bronze	1994 Orkdal / Trondheim	team
gold	1995 Fet	Season
gold	1995 Fet	team
gold	1996 Brumunddal	Season
silver	1996 Brumunddal	team
silver	1997 Snåsa / Savalen	team
silver	1998 Dokka / Dombås	Season
gold	1999 Tana	Season

World Cup balance

Tor Espen Kristiansen (born July 7, 1970 ) is a former Norwegian biathlete .

Tor Espen Kristiansen won the gold medal in the singles at the Biathlon European Championships 1994 in Kontiolahti ahead of Bertrand Muffat-Joly and Ville Raikkonen . This made him the first ever European biathlon champion. At the Biathlon World Cup 1994/1995 he came to Lillehammer for two missions, in which he won the World Cup points as 15th of the individual, but missed more than 32nd of the sprint.

Nationally he won ten medals at Norwegian championships between 1991 and 1999, including five titles, four times with the relay and once with the Troms region team . In 1995 he celebrated the double championship with team and relay in Fet . His teammates here included Stig-Are Eriksen , Terje Aune and Bjørn Tore Berntsen . The greatest success in an individual race was a third place in a sprint race at the Norwegian Biathlon Championships in 1992 in Skrautvål behind Jon Åge Tyldum and Gisle Fenne .

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