Tarjei Bø

Tarjei Bø ( born July 29, 1988 in Stryn ) is a Norwegian biathlete. He is both Olympic champion and multiple world champion. In the season 2010/11 he was the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the sport of biathlon.

Career

Tarjei Bø from Stryn belongs to the Markane IL, where he is coached by Kjetil Sæter, and is one of the most successful Norwegian Nachwuchsbiathleten in recent years. For several years he has lived and trained in Lillehammer. He is the older brother of the active in the same sport Thingnes Johannes Bø.

The first successes

In his first Junior World Championship 2006 in Presque Isle, he won the singles title, was in pursuit of second and missed the sprint and relay race in fourth barely a medal. 2007 Bø won at the Junior World Cup in Martell two more medals. In individual fourth and fifth -placed in the sprint as he missed the medals scarce, in the pursuit race he was behind the German Florian Graf Second, as with aspens Årvaag and Magnus L' Abee -Lund in the relay race behind the Austrians. Already in his young age had to cope with some setbacks Bø. After the 2006/2007 season, he was ill and could hardly work out a few months, so he was not nominated for the Junior World Championships in 2008. All the more surprising, therefore, came the fifth rank in the Norwegian Championships in the seniors, although he had previously dislocated his right arm. In the spring of 2008, Bø made ​​to remove the tonsils. But there were to lengthy bleeding that could not be definitively stopped until autumn.

After a year without Junior World Championships, the young Norwegian 2009 came into Canmore for the third time. In the individual with number 23 and in the season with sixth place he achieved good results. But in the sprint and pursuit races Bø won the bronze medals. Even more successful ran the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Ufa in individual, sprint and pursuit he competed in the Junior competitions, which he won all three. For the relay race, he was appointed to the Norwegian men's team. With Dag Erik Kokkin, Henrik L' Abée -Lund and Rune Bratsveen he won the title. As a reward for his good services Bø was appointed for the season finale of the Biathlon World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. He started the sprint and missed than 61 by one place the pursuit race. A week after his first World Cup starts Tarjei Bø again proved its strong form. He became Norwegian champion in the individual competition and remanded the overall World Cup third of the years 2008 and 2009, Emil Hegle Svendsen, to second place. In Pursuit he was runner-up and was able to leave Ole Einar Bjørndalen and other world-class biathletes behind.

Establishment and overall victory in the World Cup

In Pokljuka Bø 2009 became the 37th in a single first World Cup points. In the following sprint he reached the fourth place his first top- ten finish and missed by only 0.3 seconds of the front runners. At the first World Cup race in 2010, he won the first season of Norway in the World Cup. After the early successes in the 2009/10 season Bø was early on as participants noted at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He sat down by about against the Norwegian biathlon legend Frode Andresen. At the games Bø ran the item, in which he was 21. He also formed with Halvard Hanevold, Emil Hegle Svendsen and Ole Einar Bjørndalen the Norwegian season, which clearly ahead of the Austrians won the Olympic gold medal.

At the beginning of the season 2010/2011 Bø could put his talent again with two fourth and a fifth place in Östersund to the test and a week later he celebrated in Hochfilzen Sprint in his first World Cup victory. In the subsequent pursuit race Bø also won. After he was ailing after Christmas, he returned in Oberhof impressive comeback in the World Cup. He won the sprint and the mass start and took the meantime the lead in the overall World Cup. To kick off the Biathlon World Championships 2011, he won the Norwegian Mixed Relay. He took over as the final runner on second place lying, brought his team after the first shooting in the lead and increased his lead to the finish at 22 seconds after the German Michael Greis. In the sprint race he could reach the third place, as in the pursuit race based on it. The single game, the young Norwegian won his first individual gold medal. Bø also won with his teammates Bjørndalen, Os and Svendsen, the squadron and was the most successful participants in this World Cup. At the end of Bø won the overall World Cup, becoming the youngest male winner of the overall World Cup biathlon history. Bø was awarded the Norwegian Sports Gala on January 8, 2011 as the Newcomer of the Year.

Illness and return to the world top

In the subsequent World Cup season could Bø after his victory in Hochfilzen again take over the yellow jersey of the overall World Cup leader, but this had to give back due to prolonged illness phases and subsequent mediocre results. Also at the Biathlon World Championships in 2012, the young Norwegian was unable to repeat his success from last season. However, he won his fourth season with the Norwegian World Cup title.

In the 2012/13 season Bø could take until January at the World Cup after long health problems. So he rose in Oberhof in the season and was 25th in the sprint and 22 in the subsequent prosecution. With his seventh place in the sprint race of Ruhpolding qualified Bø finally for the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě. The World Cup in Antholz let Bø from then to be able to prepare specifically for the World Cup can. At the World Cup Bø was in the first competition, the mixed relay, along with Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal and his friend Svendsen world champion again. He also won the men's relay in the cast Bjørndalen L' Abée -Lund Bø and Svendsen his next world title. In the last race of the World Cup, the mass start, finally, Tarjei Bø reported finally back in the world rankings. So Bø won with a flawless shooting his third gold medal at this World Cup and was behind his compatriots Berger and Svendsen for third most successful athletes. At the subsequent World Cup in Oslo Bø could once again underline its great shape. He won the sprint races at Holmenkollen and took in subsequent Followers Rank 2 He finished the season ranked 15th in the overall World Cup.

Biathlon World Cup statistics

• 8 in biathlon (as of February 28, 2013 )

Note: In the sport of biathlon races belong in the Olympics from 1998 to 2010 (OS ) and all World Championships ( World Cup ) since 1994 for the World Cup.

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).