Emil Hegle Svendsen is a retired Norwegian biathlete from Trondheim, born on 12 July 1985, who skis for Trondhjems Skiskyttere. He has won nine Winter Olympic medals, four of them gold, along with five individual and seven relay gold medals at the World Championships. He joined the World Cup tour in the 2005 to 2006 season, took his first World Cup victory on 13 December 2007 in Pokljuka, and won the individual and the mass start at the 2008 World Championships ahead of Ole Einar Bjørndalen. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver he won silver in the 10 km sprint and then gold in the 20 km individual and the relay. At the 2014 Winter Olympics he won gold in the mass start and in the mixed relay with Bjørndalen, Tiril Eckhoff and Tora Berger.
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Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete.
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Born 12 July 1985 in Trondheim
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Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete.
Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Career, 2010 Winter Olympics
He won a silver medal in the 10 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Career, 2014 Winter Olympics
He won 2 gold medals in 2014 Winter Olympics: in mass-start and mixed relay
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