Tora Berger

Tora Berger is a retired Norwegian biathlete who won an Olympic gold medal and a long list of World Championship medals. She was born on 18 March 1981 and was a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team from 1999. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she won the women's 15 km individual, becoming the first Norwegian woman to take Olympic gold in biathlon and giving Norway its 100th Winter Olympic gold medal. At the 2013 World Championships in Nove Mesto she won four golds and two silvers, the first biathlete of either sex to win six medals at one championships, and she then held 18 World Championship medals, one fewer than Uschi Disl. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she won mixed relay gold and two silver medals. She is the younger sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger.