Ivar Nordkild Explained

Ivar Nordkild
Fullname:	Ivar Olaus Nordkild
Birth Date:	1941 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Vassdalen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
Disciplines:	Biathlon
Club:	Bjerkvik Idrettslag
Olympicteams:	1 (1972)
Olympicmedals:	0
Worldsteams:	5 (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974)
Worldsmedals:	3
Worldsgolds:	2
Show-Medals:	yes

Ivar Olaus Nordkild (born 14 May 1941) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He competed for Norway and won a gold medal in the 1965 Biathlon World Championships in Elverum in the team competition. He won a second gold medal in the men's relay in the 1966 world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen^[1] and a silver medal in the same event in 1971.

He represented Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics, skiing third leg in the relay, with team mates Tor Svendsberget, Kåre Hovda and Magnar Solberg, where the Norwegian team placed fourth.^[2] ^[3]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[4]

3 medals (2 gold, 1 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint		Relay
align=left	1965 Elverum	14th		Gold
align=left	1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	—			Gold
align=left	1970 Östersund	11th			—
align=left	1971 Hämeenlinna	14th			Silver
align=left	1974 Minsk	36th	—		—

During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

- The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966, and the sprint was added in 1974.

http://sports123.com/bia/mw-4x7.5.html "Biathlon - World Championships - Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay"
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Web site: 4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men . olympedia.org . 2 May 2024.
Web site: Search results . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 1 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627121310/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx . 27 June 2015 .