Geir Einang

Geir Einang ( born March 8, 1965 in Årdal ) is a former Norwegian biathlete.

Geir Einang was active for Vestre Slidre Idrettslag. He was in the second half of the 1980s and early 1990s, the Norwegian Biathlon tip and tip of the extended world of sport. First major event was the Biathlon World Championships 1986 at Holmenkollen in Oslo, where he was Nerhagen 26 of the sprint and Gisle fens, Eirik Kvalfoss and Øyvind Season - fifth. It followed the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where the Norwegians Eleventh was in the sprint and Frode Løberg, fens and Kvalfoss sixth in the relay race. 1989 Einang won at the World Championships in Feistritz an der Drau with Sylfest Glimsdal, fens and Kvalfoss in the relay race with bronze his first international medal. He was also 27th in the sprint race and 44th of Single Page. The handicapped by capricious weather Biathlon World Championships in 1990 brought first a 38th place in the individual at the original World Cup Minsk. In the team race he came to Oslo with Løberg, Sverre Istad and fens to sixth place. The relay race was first held in Kontiolahti, where he held the bronze medal against the GDR by less than four seconds missed with fens, Løberg and Kvalfoss and fourth. His last world championships ran Einang 1991 in Lahti, where he again won Season bronze with Kvalfoss, Jon Åge Tyldum and fens. In the sprint, he was fifth in the individual sixth. Last major event was the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, where Einang was used in all three races. With a ranking of 66 in the sprint and 36th in the individual he could not confirm the results of the World Cup last year and has been with Løberg, fens and Kvalfoss as a starter for the season in fifth place. In the Biathlon World Cup he could regularly reach the points, again and again he came also among the top ten. In a sprint he reached the podium in third place in 1988.

National won Einang 1986-1992 14 medals. Twice he won Norwegian championship. The World Championship 1988 in Tingvoll and Dombås he won the title in the sprint race in 1992 with Ola Staxrud, Ivar Ulekleiv and Sylfest Glimsdal as the representative of Oppland region in Skrautvål in the relay race.

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