Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach known as the King of Biathlon. With fourteen Winter Olympic medals he ranks second on the all time list of multiple Olympic medalists, and he is the most successful biathlete in Biathlon World Championships history with forty five medals. He also holds the record for most career Biathlon World Cup wins, with ninety five, and won the Overall World Cup title six times between the 1997 to 1998 and 2008 to 2009 seasons.
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Career HighlightWon 14 Winter Olympic medals and 45 Biathlon World Championship medals, and ranks first all-time with 95 Biathlon World Cup victories. 1 Classification
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How many gold medals did Ole Einar Bjorndalen win at the Salt Lake City Olympics?
He won gold in all four biathlon events at Salt Lake City.
Four. At Salt Lake City he won gold medals in all four biathlon events: the 10 kilometres, the 20 kilometres, the pursuit and the relay. Olympedia notes that no biathlete before him had won more than two gold medals at a single Winter Olympics.
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːɽə ˈæ̂ɪnɑr ˈbjø̂ːɳˌɖɑːɫn̩]; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon".
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːɽə ˈæ̂ɪnɑr ˈbjø̂ːɳˌɖɑːɫn̩]; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon".
Wikipedia article lead paragraph, achievement sentence
With 14 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 45 medals.
Competed In: 1994 Winter Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Bjørndalen first competed in the Olympic Games at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics, held in his home country of Norway.
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