Ola Wærhaug

Ola Wærhaug
Personal information
Full name	Ola Wærhaug
Born	24 December 1937 (age 83); Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Heimevernsdistrikt 04
Olympic Games
Teams	3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 (1962, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Medals	2 (2 gold)
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Men's biathlon
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Championships

Ola Wærhaug (born 24 December 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He received a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.^[1] He participated on the winning teams at the 1965 and at the 1967 Biathlon World Championships.

Biathlon results[]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[2]

1 medal (1 silver)

*The relay was added as an event in 1968.

2 medals (2 gold)

Event	Individual	Team (time)	Relay
1962 Hämeenlinna	23rd	—	N/A
1965 Elverum	4th	Gold	N/A
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	23rd	N/A	—
1967 Altenberg	5th	N/A	Gold

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ola Wærhaug". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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show v t World champions in men's biathlon – Team event
4 × 20 km (time)	1958: (Adolf Wiklund, , Sture Ohlin, )
3 × 20 km (time)	1959: (Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, ) 1961: (Kalevi Huuskonen, , Antti Tyrväinen) 1962: (Vladimir Melanin, , Nikolay Puzanov) 1963: (Vladimir Melanin, , ) 1965: (Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
4 × 20 km	1989: (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov) 1990: (Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck) 1991: (Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, , Wilfried Pallhuber) 1992: (Evgeny Redkin, , , Alexandr Popov) 1993: (Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
4 × 10 km	1994: (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1995: (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum) 1996: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, , Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1997: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, , Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1998: (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)