Odd Lirhus Explained

Odd Lirhus
Fullname:	Odd Lirhus
Nickname:	Pekka
Birth Date:	1956 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Voss, Hordaland, Norway
Disciplines:	Biathlon
Wcdebut:	13 January 1978
Retired:	8 March 1984
Olympicteams:	2 (1980, 1984)
Olympicmedals:	1
Olympicgolds:	0
Worldsteams:	5 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Worldsmedals:	5
Worldsgolds:	1
Wcseasons:	7 (1977/78–1983/84)
Wcwins:	2
Wcpodiums:	8

Odd Lirhus^{[1] [2]} (born 18 September 1956) is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he won a silver medal in the relay.^[3] He also won a gold medal in the 20 km individual at the 1978 Biathlon World Championship.^[4] In addition, he won the 20 km individual in Falun in the 1983–84 season.^[5]

After that season, Lirhus took a gap year as an active biathlete to be a coach for the Canadian biathlon team, intending to return to biathlon and compete at the World Championships in Holmenkollen. He did not, however, return.^[6]

From 2002 to 2005, Lirhus was the head coach for Norwegian women's biathlon team. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée has attributed much of her success at the 2004 World Championships to him.^[7]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[8]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
align=left	1980 Lake Placid	23rd	7th	4th
align=left	1984 Sarajevo	24th	—	Silver

World Championships

5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
align=left	1978 Hochfilzen	Gold	6th	Silver
align=left	1979 Ruhpolding	21st	Silver	4th
align=left	1981 Lahti	—	18th	4th
align=left	1982 Minsk	11th	4th	Silver
align=left	1983 Antholz-Anterselva	5th	10th	Bronze

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

Individual victories

2 victories (2 In)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1977–78 1 victory (1 In)	2 March 1978	Hochfilzen	20 km individual	Biathlon World Championships
1983–84 1 victory (1 In)	6 January 1984	Falun	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup

• Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympedia – Odd Lirhus. 2020-10-13. www.olympedia.org.
2. Web site: 2016-06-18. Odd LIRHUS - Olympic Biathlon Norway. 2020-10-13. International Olympic Committee. en.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/odd-lirhus-1.html Olympic results from Sports-Reference.com
4. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1978 – Hochfilzen/Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
5. News: . 7 January 1984 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 1 November 2014.
6. News: . 10 January 1985 . Tar et hvileår . Takes a gap year . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
7. News: . 19 November 2005 . Lirhus trakk seg . Lirhus retired . Norwegian . VG . 5 November 2014.
8. Web site: Search results . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 25 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627121310/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx . 27 June 2015 .