Ole Einar Bjørndalen (born January 27, 1974) from Simostranda in Modum, southeastern Norway, is a career biathlete. He lives in the village of Toblach in Italian South Tyrol with his girlfriend, Italian biathlete Nathalie Santer .

As of the end of January 2005, Bjørndalen has won five Olympic gold medals, two World Championship gold medals, and a record high of 50 Biathlon World Cup races (the most of any biathlete to date), as well as being the total World Cup winner once (the 2002/03 season). He is the only biathlete ever to win all four biathlon events in a single Winter Olympics (2002 Salt Lake City Games). This encompasses the Sprint, Pursuit, Individual, and Relay events, the latter together with three other participants.

External links

• www.bjoerndalen.de.vu/
• Short O. E. Bjørndalen biography at Wintersport.com – Partly outdated