Ragnar Tveiten

Ragnar Tveiten ( born November 27, 1938 in Veggli ) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He participated in three Olympic Winter Games.

Ragnar Tveiten launched for Oslo Politis Idrettslag. He took the first time in 1964 at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. When one was holding biathlon event, the 20 km Individual he ran the second fastest run time behind the formerly multiple cross-country skiing Olympic champion Veikko Hakulinen of Finland. However, with three misses he got six penalty minutes to the running time is added and thus missed a medal in fourth place. In the Biathlon World Championships 1966 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, the Norwegians occupied the eighth place in the individual, but won with Jon Istad, Ivar Nordkild and Olav Jordet the gold medal in the relay competition. In 1967 he won in Altenberg in the relay, in the now Ola Wærhaug ran for Nordkild, gold again. In individual he reached the seventh place. Less well cut Tveiten at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, where he finished 26th in singles.

In the Biathlon World Championships 1969 in Zakopane Tveiten again reached a good result in the relay, but after three Norwegian wins in a row, the Norwegian season had in the cast Istad, Tveiten, Magnar Solberg and Estonians Gjelten beaten this time the representative of the Soviet Union give. In 1970 the squadron in Östersund in the cast gate Svendsberget, Tveiten, Solberg and Gjelten again the silver medal behind the Soviet Union. In Hämeenlinna at the Biathlon World Championships in 1971 Norway was, this time with Nordkild for Gjelten, again second to the USSR. This major event in 1972 was the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo, where Tveiten 29 of the Single Page was. In 1973 he took part in a World Cup for the last time and won for the fourth time in a row the silver medal behind the Soviet Union, took part in a relay in next to him Svendsberget, Gjelten and Kjell Hovda.

National won Tveiten 1964 in Oslo with a bronze medal in his first individual medal. In 1965, he won the title at the same place. The following year, he failed to win a medal in singles, but was with Jan Lunde and Odd Lunde for the region Numedal starting at the Elverum inaugural championships in relay race in second place. 1967 won the season Numedals with Kjell Hovda, Kåre Hovda and Ola Lunde the title in Lier, 1968 silver again. Also in 1970 he reached a success and won with the Hovdas and Odd Lunde in Trondheim as well as the following year in Vingelen, with Ola held Odd Lunde, gold. Behind Kjell Hovda 1971, he was named runner-up in singles. 1972 won Tveiten in Evjemoen again Season Silver, 1973, he was in Steinkjer both in single as well as in a relay race Norwegian champion. Also In 1974 Tveiten in Vingrom with Kjell Flesaker and Hovda brothers again relay gold, as 1975 in Mo i Rana with Sigleif Johansen, Kåre Hovda.