Tora Berger

Nick Name

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Born

:18 Mar,1981

Age

:38 years, 5 months

Location

:Buskerud, Buskerud, Norway

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About Tora Berger

Tora Berger is a retired Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion.

Career Highlights:

1999-She has been a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999. She has 28 individual victories in the World Cup.

2008-At the 2008 World Championship, she received three 4th places, before earning the silver medal in the mass start.

2010-On February 18, 2010, she became the first Norwegian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in biathlon by winning the women's 15 km individual at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. By doing this, she won Norway's 100th Olympic gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games, as well as winning the 10th Norwegian biathlon gold medal. This historic medal makes Norway the first ever nation to win 100 gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

2013-At the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nove Mesto, she won gold in the mixed relay, silver in the sprint and gold in the pursuit before becoming the first woman to defend her 15k individual title. As the holder of 18 world championship medals she is second in the table of total medals, one medal behind Uschi Disl.At the same championships, she also became the first biathlete (male or female) to win 6 medals at a single biathlon world championships, with four golds and two silvers.

2014-Berger competed in Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she won 3 medals. Gold in the Mixed relay together with Tiril Eckhoff, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen, a silver in the Women's Pursuit, and a bronze in the Women's relay,