About
Norwegian biathlete (Bærums Skiklub) from Bærum, and the dominant force of the sport in the mid-2020s: 2024-25 Overall World Cup champion, seven-time World Champion with 14 World Championship medals overall, and Olympic relay gold medalist at the 2022 Beijing Games. Made his senior World Cup debut in March 2020 and immediately became a title contender, finishing runner-up in the overall standings three straight seasons (2020-21 through 2022-23) before winning his first overall crystal globe in 2024-25, adding discipline titles across Individual, Pursuit, and Mass Start over his career plus the Sprint title in 2025-26. Renowned for elite shooting accuracy. Added five more Olympic medals (bronze in the individual and sprint, silver in the pursuit, mass start, and relay) at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games.