Ola Wærhaug

Ola Wærhaug (born 24 December 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He received a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[1] He participated on the winning teams at the 1965 and at the 1967 Biathlon World Championships.

Ola Wærhaug
Personal information
Full nameOla Wærhaug
Born (1937-12-24) 24 December 1937
Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubHeimevernsdistrikt 04
Olympic Games
Teams3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 (1962, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Medals2 (2 gold)

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 silver)

Event Individual Relay
1960 Squaw Valley 7th N/A
1964 Innsbruck 22nd N/A
1968 Grenoble 13th Silver
*The relay was added as an event in 1968.

World Championships

2 medals (2 gold)

Event Individual Team (time) Relay
1962 Hämeenlinna 23rd — N/A
1965 Elverum 4th Gold N/A
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 23rd N/A —
1967 Altenberg 5th N/A Gold
*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.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ola Wærhaug". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.


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