Norwegian biathlete (born 1973)
Egil Gjelland
Personal information Full name Egil Gjelland Born (1973-11-12 ) 12 November 1973 (age 51) Voss ,Hordaland ,Norway Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Professional information Sport Biathlon Club Voss Skiskyttarlag World Cup debut 7 December 1995 Olympic Games Teams 2 (1998 ,2002 )Medals 2 (1 gold)World Championships Teams 9 (1996 ,1997 ,1998 ,2000 ,2001 ,2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 )Medals 6 (2 gold)World Cup Seasons 12 (1995/96–2006/07)Individual victories 1 All victories 16 Individual podiums 7 All podiums 47
Egil Gjelland (born 12 November 1973) is aNorwegian formerbiathlete . He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City .
Egil Gjelland grew up in Voss, the home of many world class biathletes, and started doing biathlon at the age of 15. He first entered the national team in 1996.
Gjelland's strength is in shooting. His greatest triumphs have come on Norway's relay team, where he was a regular feature for several years, thanks to his ability to keep his cool and deliver faultless shooting. In the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won the gold medal on the relay, together withOle Einar Bjørndalen ,Halvard Hanevold andFrode Andresen . In theBiathlon World Championship 2005 inHochfilzen , Gjelland again helped win the relay, Norway's first relay-gold in the world championships for 38 years. He won one race in theBiathlon World Cup , the pursuit inÖstersund on 17 December 2004.
Egil Gjelland is a carpenter by trade. He married fellow biathleteAnn-Elen Skjelbreid in 2002. They have one daughter, Kristi (b. 2004). They live on her home farm, Skjelbreid, inFusa in western Norway.
Since retiring from competition Gjelland has worked as a coach with the Norwegian biathlon team, and he was appointed as head coach for the Norwegian men's biathlon squad ahead of the2014–15 season , having previously performed the equivalent role for the Norwegian women's team.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
All results are sourced from theInternational Biathlon Union .[ 4]
2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)
*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002. World Championships [ edit ] 6 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005. Individual victories [ edit ] 1 victory (1 Pu)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include theBiathlon World Cup ,Biathlon World Championships and theWinter Olympic Games .
1968 :Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Puzanov ,Viktor Mamatov ,Vladimir Gundartsev (URS ) 1972 :Alexander Tikhonov ,Rinnat Safin ,Ivan Biakov ,Viktor Mamatov (URS ) 1976 :Aleksandr Elizarov ,Ivan Biakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Kruglov (URS ) 1980 :Vladimir Alikin ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Vladimir Barnashov ,Anatoly Alyabyev (URS ) 1984 :Dmitry Vasilyev ,Juri Kashkarov ,Algimantas Šalna ,Sergei Bulygin (URS ) 1988 :Dmitry Vasilyev ,Sergei Tchepikov ,Alexandr Popov ,Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS ) 1992 :Ricco Groß ,Jens Steinigen ,Mark Kirchner ,Fritz Fischer (GER ) 1994 :Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ,Mark Kirchner ,Sven Fischer (GER ) 1998 :Ricco Groß ,Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Frank Luck (GER ) 2002 :Halvard Hanevold ,Frode Andresen ,Egil Gjelland ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR ) 2006 :Ricco Groß ,Michael Rösch ,Sven Fischer ,Michael Greis (GER ) 2010 :Halvard Hanevold ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR ) 2014 :vacant 2018 :Peppe Femling ,Jesper Nelin ,Sebastian Samuelsson ,Fredrik Lindström (SWE ) 2022 :Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR )
4 × 20 km (time) 3 × 20 km (time) 1959:Vladimir Melanin ,Dmitri Sokolov ,Valentin Pzhenitsyn ) 1961:Kalevi Huuskonen ,Paavo Repo ,Antti Tyrväinen ) 1962:Vladimir Melanin ,Valentin Pzhenitsyn ,Nikolay Puzanov ) 1963:Vladimir Melanin ,Nikolay Mezharyakov ,Valentin Pzhenitsyn ) 1965:Olav Jordet ,Ola Wærhaug ,Ivar Nordkild ) 4 × 20 km 1989:Juri Kashkarov ,Sergei Bulygin ,Alexandr Popov ,Sergei Tchepikov ) 1990:Raik Dittrich ,Mark Kirchner ,Birk Anders ,Frank Luck ) 1991:Hubert Leitgeb ,Gottlieb Taschler ,Simon Demetz ,Wilfried Pallhuber ) 1992:Evgeny Redkin ,Alexander Tropnikov ,Anatoly Zhdanovich ,Alexandr Popov ) 1993:Fritz Fischer ,Frank Luck ,Steffen Hoos ,Sven Fischer ) 4 × 10 km 1994:Pieralberto Carrara ,Hubert Leitgeb ,Andreas Zingerle ,Wilfried Pallhuber ) 1995:Frode Andresen ,Dag Bjørndalen ,Halvard Hanevold ,Jon Åge Tyldum ) 1996:Oleg Ryzhenkov ,Petr Ivashko ,Alexandr Popov ,Vadim Sashurin ) 1997:Oleg Ryzhenkov ,Petr Ivashko ,Alexandr Popov ,Vadim Sashurin ) 1998:Egil Gjelland ,Halvard Hanevold ,Sylfest Glimsdal ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen )
1966:Ivar Nordkild ,Olav Jordet ,Jon Istad ,Ragnar Tveiten ) 1967:Ola Wærhaug ,Olav Jordet ,Jon Istad ,Ragnar Tveiten ) 1969:Alexander Tikhonov ,Viktor Mamatov ,Vladimir Gundartsev ,Rinnat Safin ) 1970:Alexander Tikhonov ,Rinnat Safin ,Alexander Ushakov ,Viktor Mamatov ) 1971:Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Muzhytov ,Rinnat Safin ,Viktor Mamatov ) 1973:Gennady Kovalev ,Rinnat Safin ,Juri Kolmakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ) 1974:Alexander Ushakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Juri Kolmakov ,Nikolay Kruglov ) 1975:Henrik Flöjt ,Simo Halonen ,Juhani Suutarinen ,Heikki Ikola ) 1977:Aleksandr Elizarov ,Alexander Ushakov ,Nikolay Kruglov ,Alexander Tikhonov ) 1978:Manfred Beer ,Klaus Siebert ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1979:Manfred Beer ,Klaus Siebert ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1981:Mathias Jung ,Matthias Jacob ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1982:Mathias Jung ,Matthias Jacob ,Frank Ullrich ,Bernd Hellmich ) 1983:Sergei Bulygin ,Algimantas Šalna ,Juri Kashkarov ,Petr Miloradov ) 1985:Juri Kashkarov ,Algimantas Šalna ,Andrei Zenkov ,Sergei Bulygin ) 1986:Dmitry Vasilyev ,Juri Kashkarov ,Valeriy Medvedtsev ,Sergei Bulygin ) 1987:Jürgen Wirth ,Frank-Peter Roetsch ,Matthias Jacob ,André Sehmisch ) 1989:Frank Luck ,André Sehmisch ,Frank-Peter Roetsch ,Birk Anders ) 1990:Pieralberto Carrara ,Wilfried Pallhuber ,Johann Passler ,Andreas Zingerle ) 1991:Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ,Mark Kirchner ,Fritz Fischer ) 1993:Wilfried Pallhuber ,Johann Passler ,Pieralberto Carrara ,Andreas Zingerle ) 1995:Ricco Groß ,Mark Kirchner ,Frank Luck ,Sven Fischer ) 1996:Viktor Maigourov ,Vladimir Drachev ,Sergei Tarasov ,Aleksey Kobelev ) 1997:Ricco Groß ,Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Frank Luck ) 1999:Alexei Aidarov ,Petr Ivashko ,Vadim Sashurin ,Oleg Ryzhenkov ) 2000:Viktor Maigourov ,Sergei Rozhkov ,Vladimir Drachev ,Pavel Rostovtsev ) 2001:Gilles Marguet ,Vincent Defrasne ,Julien Robert ,Raphaël Poirée ) 2003:Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ) 2004:Frank Luck ,Ricco Groß ,Sven Fischer ,Michael Greis ) 2005:Halvard Hanevold ,Stian Eckhoff ,Egil Gjelland ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ) 2007:Ivan Tcherezov ,Maxim Chudov ,Dmitri Yaroshenko ,Nikolay Kruglov Jr. ) 2008:Ivan Tcherezov ,Nikolay Kruglov Jr. ,Dmitri Yaroshenko ,Maxim Chudov ) 2009:Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Lars Berger ,Halvard Hanevold ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ) 2011:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Alexander Os ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Tarjei Bø ) 2012:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Rune Brattsveen ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2013:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Henrik L'Abée-Lund ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2015:Erik Lesser ,Daniel Böhm ,Arnd Peiffer ,Simon Schempp ) 2016:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2017:Alexey Volkov ,Maxim Tsvetkov ,Anton Babikov ,Anton Shipulin ) 2019:Lars Helge Birkeland ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ) 2020:Émilien Jacquelin ,Martin Fourcade ,Simon Desthieux ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ) 2021:Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ) 2023:Antonin Guigonnat ,Fabien Claude ,Émilien Jacquelin ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ) 2024:Viktor Brandt ,Jesper Nelin ,Martin Ponsiluoma ,Sebastian Samuelsson ) 2025:Endre Strømsheim ,Tarjei Bø ,Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Johannes Thingnes Bø )
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
1996 Ruhpolding
1997 Brezno-Osrblie
1998 Pokljuka
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk
2005 Hochfilzen
Östersund
