Magnar Solberg

Magnar Solberg (born 1937) is a Norwegian former biathlete and police officer. He won the Olympic 20 km individual race at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics, which made him the first biathlete to defend that Olympic title, and his Norwegian relay team added a silver medal in 1968 before placing fourth in 1972. He was awarded Morgenbladet's gold medal in 1968, carried the Norwegian flag at the opening ceremony of the 1972 Games, and was one of sixteen former Norwegian athletes chosen to bring the Olympic flag into the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. After competing he worked as a police officer and was one of the officers responsible for the miscarriage of justice against Fritz Moen, for which he later admitted wrongdoing. He then worked in the insurance industry.