Lars Berger

Lars Berger, born on 1 May 1979, is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier and the brother of the biathlete Tora Berger. He joined the national biathlon team in 2001 and at the 2004 World Championships in Oberhof won silver in the 15 km mass start and the 4 x 7.5 km relay. He was dropped from the national team before the 2008-09 season, answered with two World Cup sprint victories, a world championship sprint silver and a part in the men's relay gold, and was regarded as perhaps the fastest skier on the tour, although unstable shooting often held back his results. He is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in biathlon and Nordic skiing in the same year, and he competed only at the 2010 Olympics. He retired in April 2015, citing a chronic knee injury.