Ragnar Tveiten

Ragnar Tveiten (born 27 November 1938) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He participated on the Norwegian team that received a gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1966 Biathlon World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.[1] He won a second gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay in the 1967 world championships in Altenberg. He received silver medals in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1973.

Ragnar Tveiten
Personal information
Full nameRagnar Tveiten
Born (1938-11-27) 27 November 1938
Veggli, Buskerud, Norway
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
Olympic Games
Teams3 (1964, 1968, 1972)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
Medals6 (2 gold)

Biathlon results

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

Olympic Games
Event Individual Relay
1964 Innsbruck 4th N/A
1968 Grenoble 26th —
1972 Sapporo 29th —
*The relay was added as an event in 1968.

World Championships

6 medals (2 gold, 4 silver)

Event Individual Team (time) Relay
1965 Elverum 19th — N/A
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 8th N/A Gold
1967 Altenberg 7th N/A Gold
1969 Zakopane — N/A Silver
1970 Östersund — N/A Silver
1971 Hämeenlinna 12th N/A Silver
1973 Lake Placid 28th N/A Silver
*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. "Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay" – sports123.com (Retrieved on April 26, 2008)
  2. "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 July 2015.


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