Marte Olsbu Røiseland Explained

Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Nationality:Norwegian
Birth Place:Arendal, Norway
Birth Name:Marte Olsbu
Height:1.67 m
Weight:62 kg
Disciplines:Biathlon
Club:Froland
Wcdebut:2012
Olympicteams:2 (2018, 2022)
Olympicmedals:7
Olympicgolds:3
Worldsteams:7 (20152023)
Worldsmedals:17
Worldsgolds:13
Wcseasons:11 (2012/13–2022/23)
Wcraceswithrelays:261
Wcwins:17
Wcrelayswins:38
Wcpodiums:38
Wcrelayspodiums:70
Wcoveralls:1 (2021–22)
Wctitles:2:
1 Sprint (2021–22)
1 Pursuit (2021–22)
Updated:17 February 2023

Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 7 December 1990) is a former Norwegian biathlete and 3 time Winter Olympic gold medalist. In addition, she won two Olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. Her world championships achievements include winning two gold medals and eleven relay victories. She won the overall Biathlon World Cup in 2022.

Personal life

Olsbu Røiseland was born on 7 December 1990. She is married to Sverre Olsbu Røiseland.[1] They have a son Tobias, born on 19 November 2023.

She resides in Froland, Norway.

Career

Olsbu Røiseland has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since the 201213 World Cup season and has represented Norway at several Biathlon World Championships. During the Biathlon World Championships 2016 in Oslo, she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay and raced the final leg when Norway won the gold in the relay. At the Biathlon World Championships 2020 in Antholz, she became the first biathlete to win seven medals at a World Championship with her five gold medals and two bronze medals.[2]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she won two silver medals in 7.5 kilometres sprint, and in the mixed relay. She placed fourth in 10 kilometres pursuit and eighth in the 12.5 kilometres mass start, and fourth in the women's relay with the Norwegian team.[3]

At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she won three gold and two bronze medals, becoming the second biathlete to win a medal in all four individual events at a single Olympics, matching fellow Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjørndalen.[4]

In the season 2021–22, she won the World Cup overall title.[1] She also won the discipline title in sprint and pursuit.

In March 2023, Olsbu Røiseland announced her retirement from active biathlon career after the end of the season 2022–23.[5]

Awards

She won the award L'Équipe Champion of Champions in 2020. She is the first and only biathlete and the first and only Norwegian athlete to win this award.[6]

She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022.[7] She also received the Fearnley award in 2022.[8]

Biathlete of the Year 2022 by Forum Nordicum, the organization of journalists covering winter sports [9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Year IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relay
align=left 2018 Pyeongchang71stSilver4th8th4thSilver
align=left 2022 BeijingBronzeGoldGoldBronze4thGold

World Championships

17 medals (13 gold, 4 bronze)

Year IndividualSprintPursuitMass start RelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
align=left 2015 Kontiolahti31st42nd5throwspan="3"
align=left 2016 Oslo42nd11th16th7thGoldBronze
align=left 2017 Hochfilzen58th54th16th29th11th8th
align=left 2019 Östersund23rd25th4th7thGoldGoldGold
align=left 2020 Antholz-AnterselvaBronzeGoldBronzeGoldGoldGoldGold
align=left 2021 Pokljuka20th6th9th4thGoldGold
align=left 2023 Oberhof4thBronze17th6thGoldGold

World Cup

SeasonAgeOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
PointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2012–1322 13 81st 13 51st 0 0 0
2013–1423 110 53rd 0 47 53rd 63 42nd 0
2014–1524 143 44th 0 70 44th 73 29th 0
2015–1625 352 22nd 8 56th 139 22nd 141 19th 64 25th
2016–1726 551 12th 37 29th 172 14th 236 7th 106 16th
2017–1827 450 14th 46 14th 115 21st 131 14th 158 8th
2018–1928 855 4th 67 12th 326 3rd 312 2nd 161 4th
2019–2029 597 5th 99 6th 248 4th 104 8th 146 8th
2020–2130 963 2nd 28 31 319 2nd 319 2nd 175 4th
2021–2231 957 1st 31 21 412 1st 380 1st 134 4th
2022–2332 50215th 34 24th 174 14th 169 11th 125 9th

Individual victories

19 victories (8 Sp, 9 Pu, 2 MS)

No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
1 2018–19 21 December 2018 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
2 22 December 2018 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup
3 14 February 2019 Soldier Hollow, United States 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
4 2019–20 9 January 2020 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
5 14 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 7.5 km Sprint World Championships
6 23 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 12.5 km Mass Start World Championships
7 2020–21 13 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup
8 21 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup
9 20 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup
10 2021–22 4 December 2021 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup
11 12 December 2021 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup
12 16 December 2021 Le Grand-Bornand, France 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
13 7 January 2022 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
14 9 January 2022 Oberhof, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
15 16 January 2022 Ruhpolding, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup
16 11 February 2022 Beijing, China 7.5 km Sprint Winter Olympic Games
17 13 February 2022 Beijing, China 10 km Pursuit Winter Olympic Games
18 2022–23 3 March 2023 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup
19 4 March 2023 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Marte Olsbu Røiseland . Magne . Bolme . Svein . Askheim . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 30 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Marte Olsbu . . 7 March 2015.
  3. Web site: Marte Olsbu . olympedia.org . 18 February 2021.
  4. News: France's Justine Braisaz-Bouchet wins Olympic gold in women's biathlon . 18 February 2022 . Associated Press . ESPN . 18 February 2022.
  5. News: NRK erfarer: Marte Olsbu Røiseland legger opp . 14 March 2023. nrk.no. no . 14 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Champion des championnes Monde 2020 : Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (numéro 1), l'éloge de la patience. lequipe.fr. 6 November 2022.
  7. Encyclopedia: Holmenkollmedaljen . Rolf . Bryhn . Jørn . Sundby . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 22 October 2022.
  8. Encyclopedia: Fearnleys olympiske ærespris . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 30 October 2022.
  9. Web site: Biatletin Marte Olsbu Roiseland Nimmt Forum-Nordicum-Pokal Entgegen. forum-nordicum.info. 24 November 2022 . 25 November 2022.