Emil Hegle Svendsen

Skier infobox|name= Emil Hegle Svendsen


fullname = Emil Hegle Svendsen
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|7|12
cityofbirth = Trondheim
countryofbirth = NOR
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 185 cm
weight = 77 kg
club = Strindheim IL
skis = Madshus
seasons = 2005-
wins = 3
additionalpodiums = 6
totalpodiums = 9
updated = February 17 2008

Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July, 1985) is a Norwegian biathlete. He skis with Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. He is 6ft 1" (185cm) tall, and weights 170lbs (77kg, 12st 2lb).

The 2005/06 season was Svendsen's first season on the World Cup tour, before then he competed as a junior in the European Cup.During his first season in the World Cup Svendsen finished fifth in three races, two of them in sprints (Brezno-Orsblie and Ruhpolding), and the other in a mass start (Holmenkollen). He also finished races in seventh, ninth, and four more within the top twenty (14th, 15th, 17th, 19th). He finished the overall season in 22nd place. He was 32nd in the pursuit, 21st in the sprint, and 7th in the mass start, only seven points behind Sven Fischer in fourth place.

Svendsen was selected for the Olympics, to compete in the mass start, in which he came sixth, after hitting 18/20 targets and finished 53.8 seconds behind winner Michael Greis of Germany.As a junior Svendsen won four gold medals in junior World Championships, his first and second gold was in the pursuit, and the relay in Haute Maurienne in 2004, and the third and fourth gold in the individual and the sprint in Kontiolahti in 2005. He also has two bronze medals from the individual and the pursuit in Kościelisko in 2003.During his three seasons in the European Cup, Svendsen won two races (individual and pursuit), one second place (sprint), and came third three times (all in the sprint).

For his first season in the World Cup Svendsen had a 82% shooting average, making him the 42nd best shot of the tour, but the same shooting percentage as Halvard Hanevold, and Vincent Defrasne. He hit 243 out of 295 targets. He shot both 82% in his prone and standing shoot, he averaged 70% in the individual, 84% in the sprint, 81% in the pursuit, 87% in the mass start, and 76% in the relay.

Career highlights

;Winter Olympics:2006, Torino, 6th at mass start;IBU World Championships:2007, Antholz, brca 3rd at mixed relay (with Berger / Mørkve / Andresen):2007, Antholz, 5th at pursuit:2007, Antholz, 7th at sprint:2008, Östersund, goca 1st at mass start:2008, Östersund, goca 1st at 20 km:2008, Östersund, sica 2nd at team relay (with Bratsveen / Hanevold / Bjørndalen):2008, Östersund, 12th at sprint:2008, Östersund, 12th at pursuit;IBU World Junior Championships:2003, Koscielisko, brca 3rd at individual race (youth):2003, Koscielisko, brca 3rd at pursuit (youth):2004, Haute Maurienne, goca 1st at pursuit (youth):2004, Haute Maurienne, goca 1st at team relay (youth) (with Hafsas / Navik):2005, Kontiolahti, goca 1st at individual race (junior):2005, Kontiolahti, sica 2nd at pursuit (junior):2005, Kontiolahti, goca 1st at sprint (junior);World Cup:2006, Ruhpolding, brca 3rd at team relay (with Hanevold / Andresen / Eckhoff):2006, Hochfilzen, goca 1st at team relay (with Andresen / Berger / Hanevold):2007, Oberhof, brca 3rd at team relay (with Bjørndalen / Berger / Hanevold):2007, Ruhpolding, sica 2nd at mass start:2007, Ruhpolding, goca 1st at team relay (with Hanevold / Andresen / Bjørndalen):2007, Ruhpolding, brca 3rd at sprint:2007, Pokljuka, brca 3rd at sprint:2007, Hochfilzen, goca 1st at team relay (with Os / Hanevold / Bjørndalen):2007, Pokljuka, goca 1st at individual race:2008, Oberhof, brca 3rd at mass start:2008, Oberhof, goca 1st at team relay (with Os / Hanevold / Bjørndalen):2008, Oberhof, brca 3rd at sprint:2008, Ruhpolding, brca 3rd at pursuit:2008, Ruhpolding, goca 1st at team relay (with Bratsveen / Hanevold / Bjørndalen);European Cup:2003, Geilo, brca 3rd at sprint:2004, Geilo, goca 1st at individual race:2004, Geilo, brca 3rd at sprint:2004, Geilo, goca 1st at pursuit:2004, Geilo, sica 2nd at sprint:2005, Obertilliach, brca 3rd at sprint

References

* [http://www.biathlonworld.com Official IBU website]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/nor/Emil+Hegle+Svendsen/101110 Yahoo Sports]

External links

* [http://www.biathlonworld.com/eng/dynamic/archiv_redirect.asp?page=data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId= Svendsen's IBU profile]