Carl Johan Bergman

Carl Johan Bergman
	Carl Johan Bergman in March 2012 during the World Championships in Ruhpolding, Bavaria, Germany.
Personal information
Full name	Carl Johan Bergman
Born	14 March 1978 (age 46); Ekshärad, Sweden
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Website	cjbergman.com
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Ekshärhad SF
World Cup debut	9 January 2000
Retired	23 March 2014
Olympic Games
Teams	4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	11 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals	5 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	15 (1999/00–2013/14)
Individual victories	3
All victories	7
Individual podiums	13
All podiums	25
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Sweden
International biathlon competitions
World Championships

Carl Johan Bergman (born 14 March 1978) is a former Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian wife, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is 5 ft 8½ in (174 cm), and weighs 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb).

He studies computer science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His mother is called Birgitta, his father is Lennart, and he has a younger sister called Johanna.

In March 2014, Bergman confirmed that he would be retiring from the sport at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[1]

World Cup

Bergman has been competing in the World Cup since 2001–02. During his career he has finished the overall season in 61st (2001–02), 40th (2002–03), 24th (2003–04), 14th (2004–05), and he finished the 2005–06 season in 11th place.

The 2005–06 season was Bergmans best season, he finished 11th in the overall standings, 375 points behind champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and 256 behind second place Raphaël Poirée. He was only 33 points behind Michael Greis who was tenth, which would have been disappointing for Bergman as the top ten biathletes have all their travel and accommodation costs covered by the IBU. Bergman came tenth in the sprint standings, 63 points behind Tomasz Sikora. He was eighth in the pursuit standings, 118 points behind Bjørndalen. In the individual standings he came 30th, 110 behind Greis, and in the mass start he was 23rd, 130 points behind Bjørndalen.

Bergman also claimed his first World Cup win in the 2005–06 season, in a sprint race in Kontiolahti, after hitting all ten targets he finished 6.5 seconds ahead of Sikora, and 12.5 seconds ahead of Sven Fischer, who came third. That season he also finished third twice (pursuit and sprint in Pokljuka), fourth once, fifth twice, and sixth once.

Olympics

Bergman had a disappointing 2006 Winter Olympics. He was selected for all five events, but except for the relay in which Sweden came fourth, he failed to finish inside the top twenty in any of the events. Bergman put it down to having a bad stomach. In the first event, the 20 km individual, Bergman finished 23rd, he hit 17/20 targets, and was 3:07.9 behind winner Michael Greis. In the 10 km sprint, he was 53rd,3:09.9 behind Sven Fischer, even though he hit all ten targets . Bergman decided not to compete in the 12.5 km pursuit. The next event was the relay, Sweden finished fourth, 43.6 second behind Germany, then in the final event, the 15 km mass start, Bergman finished 29th, 3:34.4 behind Greis, hitting 16/20 targets. He also competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He took part in the individual (40th), sprint (28th), pursuit (36th), and Sweden came 14th in the relay.

Shooting

His shooting average has been in the low 80% range for the last few years.^[when?] In 1999–00 it was only 73%, with an 83% prone average but a 64% standing average. He improved for the next two years averaging 75% in 2000–01 and 87% in 2001–02. But in 2002–03 it was down to 81%, and then 83% in 2003–04. In 2004–05 he averaged 83% again, making him the 24th-best shot on the tour. His average increased again in 2005–06, to 85% (86% prone, 83% standing), after hitting 314/369 targets, making him the 15th-best shot in the World Cup.

Biathlon results

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

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2002 Salt Lake City	40th	28th	36th	—	14th	—
2006 Turin	23rd	53rd	DNS	29th	4th	—
2010 Vancouver	61st	42nd	19th	—	4th	—
2014 Sochi	37th	24th	34th	—	10th	—

*Mass start was added as an event in 2006, with the mixed relay being added in 2014.

World Championships

5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2001 Pokljuka	DNS	66th	—	—	16th	—
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk	75th	27th	27th	—	7th	—
2004 Oberhof	9th	36th	21st	28th	6th	—
2005 Hochfilzen	39th	8th	11th	15th	7th	13th
2006 Pokljuka	—	—	—	—	—	6th
2007 Antholz-Anterselva	39th	34th	23rd	—	7th	Gold
2008 Östersund	24th	28th	29th	—	6th	4th
2009 Pyeongchang	—	79th	—	27th	9th	Silver
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk	—	—	—	—	—	Bronze
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	11th	47th	28th	29th	4th	4th
2012 Ruhpolding	—	Bronze	Silver	6th	16th	—
2013 Nové Město	35th	54th	34th	—	11th	—

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

**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

Individual victories

3 victories (3 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2005–06 1 victory (1 Sp)	16 March 2006	Kontiolahti	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
2011–12 2 victories (2 Sp)	2 December 2011	Östersund	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
2011–12 2 victories (2 Sp)	9 December 2011	Hochfilzen	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

^ "Biathlon world to see some retirements after season's end". biathlon-pokljuka.com. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Carl Johan Bergman". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.