Øystein Slettemark Explained

Øystein Slettemark
Birth Date:20 August 1967
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Updated:February 28, 2013

Øystein Slettemark (born 20 August 1967) is a Greenlandic biathlete.

Career

Slettemark competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Denmark. His best performance was 86th in the sprint. He also finished 88th in the individual.[1]

At IBU events, Slettemark represents Greenland, which does not have its own National Olympic Committee. He is married to Uiloq Slettemark who is also a biathlete. Between the two of them they have competed about thirty times in the Arctic Circle Race winning a large number of medals. Uiloq said that she had 14 medals and she might have obtained 15 if she had not been seven months pregnant whilst competing.[2]

As of February 2013, his best performance at the Biathlon World Championships is 77th, in the 2007 sprint.[3]

As of February 2013, his best Biathlon World Cup finish is 49th, in the individual at Fort Kent in 2003/04.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/oystein-slettemark-1.html Sports-Reference Profile
  2. http://www.acr.gl/news/20.03.-2012/ Arctic Circle Race 2012 without the Slettemarks
  3. http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTDEN12008196701 IBU Profile