Lars Berger

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Lars Berger
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Personal information
Full name Lars Berger
Born (1979-05-01) 1 May 1979 (age 44)
Levanger, Norway
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Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Club Dombås IL
Byåsen IL
World Cup debut 4 January 2001
22 November 2003
Retired 27 April 2015
Olympic Games
Teams 1 (2010)
1 (2010)
Medals 0
1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 7 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
2 (2005, 2007)
Medals 5 (1 gold)
3 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 14 (2000/01–2013/14)
Individual victories
  • 7 (biathlon)
  • 0 (cross-country skiing)
All victories
  • 11 (biathlon)
  • 1 (cross-country skiing)
Individual podiums
  • 16 (biathlon)
  • 1 (cross-country skiing)
All podiums
  • 27 (biathlon)
  • 2 (cross-country skiing)

Lars Berger (born 1 May 1979) is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier.

Life and career

Fellow former biathlete Tora Berger is his sister.[1] Berger's family moved to Lesja, Oppland, in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started cross-country skiing, but during his teens he decided to try out biathlon.

Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001. During the 2004 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won silver medals in the 15 km mass start and the 4 × 7.5 km relay. Berger also won two gold medals in the military world championships that same year (cross-country and patrol). Berger finished fifth in the 2004 overall World Cup, and won several gold medals from the Norwegian Biathlon Championships. At the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Rasen-Antholz, Italy, Berger was part of the Norwegian team that won silver in the 4 × 7.5 km relay. After several disappointing races, mainly due to unstable shooting, Berger was thrown off the Norwegian national team ahead of the 2008/2009 season. He revenged this by retrieving two world cup victories in sprint events, a silver in the World Championship sprint, and contributed to the gold in the men's relay. He was regarded as perhaps the fastest skier on the biathlon tour, but his lack of shooting accuracy often prevented him from producing consistent and winning results.

Berger also competed in cross-country skiing from 2002. He won the 30 km and relay at the 2003 Norwegian cross-country skiing championships in Molde. Berger won a gold in the 4 × 10 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 4th in the 15 km in those same championships. Berger won the gold medal in the 15 km at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Sapporo in 2007.

Berger is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in biathlon and Nordic skiing in the same year. He is also the only athlete to win gold in relays in both World Championships (in Nordic skiing in 2005 and 2007, in biathlon in 2009).

In 2014, Berger won gold medal in the men's 15 km cross county skiing in the military world championship in Sodankylä, Finland.

On 27 April 2015, Berger announced his retirement from the sport. He cited a "chronic knee injury" as his reason for retiring.[2]

Though Berger only participated in the 2010 Olympics, in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, he did travel to the Olympic Games as a reserve athlete in biathlon in both 2002 and 2014.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver — 46th 23rd — —

World Championships

5 medals (1 gold, 4 silver)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Germany 2004 Oberhof 24th 14th 11th Silver Silver N/A
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen — 44th 32nd — — —
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 23rd
Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 49th 14th 11th 17th Silver —
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 34th Silver 5th 29th Gold 4th
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 65th 14th 19th 14th — —
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding — 32nd 40th — — —
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

Overall record

Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Total
1st place – 7 – – 4 – 11
2nd place – 2 2 1 5 – 10
3rd place – 3 1 – 2 – 6
4–10 2 14 9 1 3 1 30
11–20 – 14 16 9 1 1 41
21–40 7 24 25 12 – 1 69
41–60 10 21 7 – – – 38
Others 4 4 – – – – 8
DNF – – – – – – 0
DSQ – – – – 1 – 1
Starts 23 89 60 23 16 3 214
*Results in all UIPMB and IBU World Cup races.[3]

Junior/Youth World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Slovenia 1999 Pokljuka 11th 9th 5th —

Individual victories

7 victories (7 Sp)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2003–04
3 victories
(3 Sp)		 11 December 2003 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
27 February 2004 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
11 March 2004 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2008–09
2 victories
(2 Sp)		 20 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
13 March 2009 Canada Vancouver 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2010–11
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 14 January 2011 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2013–14
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 6 December 2013 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

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External links

Awards
Preceded by Egebergs Ærespris
2006		 Succeeded by
Frode Andresen
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