Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter
Jon Istad
Full name Jon Istad Born (1937-07-29 ) 29 July 1937Voss , Hordaland , Norway Died 17 May 2012(2012-05-17) (aged 74)Voss , Hordaland , Norway Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Sport Biathlon Club Voss IL Teams 3 (1960 , 1964 , 1968 )Medals 1 (0 gold)Teams 6 (1961 , 1962 , 1963 , 1966 , 1967 , 1969 )Medals 7 (3 gold)
Jon Istad (29 July 1937 – 17 May 2012) was a Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter .
He was born in Voss and represented the club Voss IL . He was the father of Sverre Istad and uncle of Gro Marit Istad , both Olympians.[ 1]
He competed at the 1960 , 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics , and all three times finished eleventh in the 20 kilometres. In 1968 he also won a silver medal with the Norwegian relay team.[ 1] 1966 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , becoming the second biathlon world champion in Norway's history. In addition, he won two gold medals in relay in 1966 and 1967 and a silver medal in 1969 . He was Norwegian champion in the 20 kilometres five times, and once in the relay.[ 2]
Istad was also a national champion, European Championships bronze medalist and World Championships silver medalist (in the team competition) in sport shooting. He died in May 2012.[ 2]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union .[ 3]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 silver)
*The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships
7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
*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.
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1966: Ivar Nordkild , Olav Jordet , Jon Istad , Ragnar Tveiten )
1967: Ola Wærhaug , Olav Jordet , Jon Istad , Ragnar Tveiten )
1969: Alexander Tikhonov , Viktor Mamatov , Vladimir Gundartsev , Rinnat Safin )
1970: Alexander Tikhonov , Rinnat Safin , Alexander Ushakov , Viktor Mamatov )
1971: Alexander Tikhonov , Nikolay Muzhytov , Rinnat Safin , Viktor Mamatov )
1973: Gennady Kovalev , Rinnat Safin , Juri Kolmakov , Alexander Tikhonov )
1974: Alexander Ushakov , Alexander Tikhonov , Juri Kolmakov , Nikolay Kruglov )
1975: Henrik Flöjt , Simo Halonen , Juhani Suutarinen , Heikki Ikola )
1977: Aleksandr Elizarov , Alexander Ushakov , Nikolay Kruglov , Alexander Tikhonov )
1978: Manfred Beer , Klaus Siebert , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1979: Manfred Beer , Klaus Siebert , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1981: Mathias Jung , Matthias Jacob , Frank Ullrich , Eberhard Rösch )
1982: Mathias Jung , Matthias Jacob , Frank Ullrich , Bernd Hellmich )
1983: Sergei Bulygin , Algimantas Šalna , Juri Kashkarov , Petr Miloradov )
1985: Juri Kashkarov , Algimantas Šalna , Andrei Zenkov , Sergei Bulygin )
1986: Dmitry Vasilyev , Juri Kashkarov , Valeriy Medvedtsev , Sergei Bulygin )
1987: Jürgen Wirth , Frank-Peter Roetsch , Matthias Jacob , André Sehmisch )
1989: Frank Luck , André Sehmisch , Frank-Peter Roetsch , Birk Anders )
1990: Pieralberto Carrara , Wilfried Pallhuber , Johann Passler , Andreas Zingerle )
1991: Ricco Groß , Frank Luck , Mark Kirchner , Fritz Fischer )
1993: Wilfried Pallhuber , Johann Passler , Pieralberto Carrara , Andreas Zingerle )
1995: Ricco Groß , Mark Kirchner , Frank Luck , Sven Fischer )
1996: Viktor Maigourov , Vladimir Drachev , Sergei Tarasov , Aleksey Kobelev )
1997: Ricco Groß , Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Frank Luck )
1999: Alexei Aidarov , Petr Ivashko , Vadim Sashurin , Oleg Ryzhenkov )
2000: Viktor Maigourov , Sergei Rozhkov , Vladimir Drachev , Pavel Rostovtsev )
2001: Gilles Marguet , Vincent Defrasne , Julien Robert , Raphaël Poirée )
2003: Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Ricco Groß , Frank Luck )
2004: Frank Luck , Ricco Groß , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis )
2005: Halvard Hanevold , Stian Eckhoff , Egil Gjelland , Ole Einar Bjørndalen )
2007: Ivan Tcherezov , Maxim Chudov , Dmitri Yaroshenko , Nikolay Kruglov Jr. )
2008: Ivan Tcherezov , Nikolay Kruglov Jr. , Dmitri Yaroshenko , Maxim Chudov )
2009: Emil Hegle Svendsen , Lars Berger , Halvard Hanevold , Ole Einar Bjørndalen )
2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Alexander Os , Emil Hegle Svendsen , Tarjei Bø )
2012: Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Rune Brattsveen , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2013: Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Henrik L'Abée-Lund , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2015: Erik Lesser , Daniel Böhm , Arnd Peiffer , Simon Schempp )
2016: Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )
2017: Alexey Volkov , Maxim Tsvetkov , Anton Babikov , Anton Shipulin )
2019: Lars Helge Birkeland , Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø )
2020: Émilien Jacquelin , Martin Fourcade , Simon Desthieux , Quentin Fillon Maillet )
2021: Sturla Holm Lægreid , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen )
2023: Antonin Guigonnat , Fabien Claude , Émilien Jacquelin , Quentin Fillon Maillet )
2024: Viktor Brandt , Jesper Nelin , Martin Ponsiluoma , Sebastian Samuelsson )
