Tor Svendsberget | |
Fullname: | Tor Svendsberget |
Birth Date: | 1947 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Aust-Torpa, Torpa, Oppland, Norway |
Disciplines: | Biathlon |
Club: | Engerdal SK |
Olympicteams: | 2 (1972, 1976) |
Olympicmedals: | 0 |
Worldsteams: | 9 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978) |
Worldsmedals: | 8 |
Worldsgolds: | 0 |
Wcseasons: | 2 (1977/78–1978/79) |
Wcrelayswins: | 0 |
Wcrelayspodiums: | 0 |
Tor Svendsberget (born 3 November 1947) is a former Norwegian biathlete.
Svendsberget was born on 3 November 1947.
He won a silver medal in 20 km at the 1970 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, and bronze medals in Lake Placid 1973 and in Minsk 1974.[1]
He represented Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics, skiing first leg in the relay, with team mates Kåre Hovda, Ivar Nordkild and Magnar Solberg, where the Norwegian team placed fourth.[2] [3]
He has received four silver medals and one bronze medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the Biathlon World Championships with the Norwegian team.[4] Svendsberget became junior world champion in 1967 and 1968.
Ahead of the 1979–80 season, Svendsberget was not reselected for the Norwegian national biathlon team.[5] As a consequence, Svendsberget retired from the sport.[6]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[7]
Event | Individual | Relay | ||
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align=left | 1972 Sapporo | 8th | 4th | |
align=left | 1976 Innsbruck | 9th | 5th |
8 medals (5 silver, 3 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay | ||
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align=left | 1969 Zakopane | 23rd | — | ||
align=left | 1970 Östersund | Silver | Silver | ||
align=left | 1971 Hämeenlinna | — | Silver | ||
align=left | 1973 Lake Placid | Bronze | Silver | ||
align=left | 1974 Minsk | Bronze | 29th | Bronze | |
align=left | 1975 Antholz-Anterselva | 4th | 14th | 5th | |
align=left | 1976 Antholz-Anterselva | 9th | |||
align=left | 1977 Lillehammer | 8th | 9th | 4th | |
align=left | 1978 Hochfilzen | — | — | Silver |