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Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (born May 17, 1978 ) is a Norwegian biathlete , cross-country skier , cyclist and winter triathlete .

Career

Tor Halvor Bjørnstad made his international debut at the 2000 European Championships in Zakopane . The best place was a 13th place in the sprint. At the beginning of the following season 2000/01 Bjørnstad started for the first time in Hochfilzen in the biathlon world cup . He was 82nd in his first sprint race. In Haute-Maurienne he started again at the European Championships and finished in all three individual races between eleven and 15. At the beginning of the next season he won World Cup points for the first time in a sprint in Osrblie in 24th place. At times Bjørnstad was also used in the European Cup and often took top placements. So he won a sprint and a pursuit in Forni Avoltri . At Holmenkollen in Oslo he finished his two best World Cup placements with a 15th place in the sprint and an eleventh place in the pursuit. He ran his last international race in 2005.

After he had finished his biathlon career, he switched to cross-country skiing, where he could not achieve much success except for a few victories in smaller national races. In 2008 he retired from competitive sports to devote himself to his medical studies. In January 2009, however, he celebrated a comeback in skiing when he became Norwegian champion in the winter triathlon and a month later even world champion in this sport. Bjørnstad is making history of having been successful in three sports in modern times. He became Norwegian champion in all disciplines and competed internationally for Norway.

In the summer of 2009 the good cyclist Bjørnstad won the Norwegian championship on the marathon route with the mountain bike and was therefore allowed to take part in the World Championships. There he landed severely in the great field.

In February 2010 he became vice world champion in the winter triathlon after his success from the previous year.

Sporting successes

Biathlon World Cup placements

placement singles sprint persecution Mass start Season total
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10  
Scoring 4th 3 7th
Starts 4th 16 8th     28
Status: after the 2008/2009 season

Winter triathlon

Date / year placement competition venue time comment
February 13, 2010 2. ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships NorwayNorway Oathful 01:10:20 Vice world champion
February 14, 2009 1. ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships AustriaAustria Gaishorn 01:18:08 World champion in the winter triathlon (6 km running, 10 km mountain bike and 8 km cross-country skiing) at only his second start and ahead of his compatriot Arne Post

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Eggebrecht: ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships: Title to Svanebo and Dussault. (No longer available online.) In: Trib2b. February 13, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 27, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tri2b.com  
  2. ↑ Newcomer Bjornstad is champion. In: Triathlon.org. ITU, February 15, 2009, accessed May 27, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME Bjørnstad, Halvor Gate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bjoernstad, Halvor Gate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian biathlete, cross-country skier, cyclist and winter triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1978