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Men's Biathlon Trivia Quiz

I have a great passion for the sport of biathlon. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by mash_freak. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mash_freak

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
250,626

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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304

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the biathlete who has the most individual Biathlon World Cup competition wins to his name (any discipline except relays)? Hint

Mike Dixon

Raphael Poiree

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Michael Greis

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which German biathlete won 3 Gold Medals at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, the best performance of any athlete? Hint

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Ricco Gross

Michael Roesch

Michael Greis

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the folowing has never anchored a relay? Hint

Raphael Poiree

Frank Luck

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Frode Andresen

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Question 4 of 10

4. WHich of the following Ukranians won a thrilling Mass Start event by 0.1 seconds after a final lap chase in Antholz in 2002/3? Hint

Olexander Bilanenko

Alexei Korobeynikov

Vyacheslav Derkach

Andriy Deryzemlya

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which year did Raphael Poiree last win the Overall World Cup? Hint

2004/5

2002/3

2005/6

2003/4

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following married couples was the most successful in Biathlon? (They are both very good biathletes in their own right.) Hint

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Natalie Santer

Julien Robert and Florence Baverel

Frode Andresen and Gunn Margit Andreassen

Raphael Poiree and and Liv Grete Skjelbreid

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many Olympic Gold Medals (including relays) has Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won?

Answer: (One Single Digit Number)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following Norwegians had never won a World Cup Race? Hint

Lars Berger

Egil Gjelland

Frode Andresen

Alexander Os

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Question 9 of 10

9. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has won more World Cup Competitions (including biathlon and Cross-country) than Ingemar Stenmark did in Alpine Skiing?

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Bjoerndalen was the first biathlete to have won a Cross-country skiing World Cup event?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the biathlete who has the most individual Biathlon World Cup competition wins to his name (any discipline except relays)?

Answer: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is a sporting Goliath, but a very nice, caring and modest man aswell. His great rivals are Poiree and Greis, but they have been nowhere near as successful. Mike Dixon was a good biathlete in is own right, and certainly the best that Britain has ever produced, but he was never as good as the other three.

2. Which German biathlete won 3 Gold Medals at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, the best performance of any athlete?

Answer: Michael Greis

Greis, surprisingly for some did better than anyone else at the 2006 Winter Olympics, although it was not just Bjoerndalen, but the whole of the Norwegian team, who underperformed in Turin. Roesch and Gross helped Greis to gold in the relay, but were nowhere near as good individually.

3. Which of the folowing has never anchored a relay?

Answer: Frode Andresen

Frode Andresen is not known for his shooting prowess, especially under the pressure of the final leg of a relay. The others were all established anchormen, although Bjoerndalen is still racing.

4. WHich of the following Ukranians won a thrilling Mass Start event by 0.1 seconds after a final lap chase in Antholz in 2002/3?

Answer: Andriy Deryzemlya

This race was incredibly thrilling and definitely an unexpected win for Deryzemlya, and to date it has been the only victory of his career.

5. In which year did Raphael Poiree last win the Overall World Cup?

Answer: 2003/4

Bjoerndalen and Poiree have really fought it out since the late 1990s, although there are now other people, such as Michael Greis, who are closing in on their dominance. Poiree has now retired, but his final race was one of the most thrilling finishes ever, comparing only with that of Deyzemlya's Mass Start mentioned above.

6. Which of the following married couples was the most successful in Biathlon? (They are both very good biathletes in their own right.)

Answer: Raphael Poiree and and Liv Grete Skjelbreid

The Poirees have had lots of great wins between them, but their peak was at the Oberhof World Championships in 2004, when they notched up 7 wins between them (out of a possible 10, Liv Grete with 4 and Raphael with 3).

7. How many Olympic Gold Medals (including relays) has Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won?

Answer: 5

It is surprising that a man as successful as Bjoerndalen has not taken more Olympic Golds, although it was phenomenal when he took the clean sweep of Gold Medals at Salt Lake City in 2002. He got 4 Golds at Salt Lake City, and 1, in the sprint at Nagano in 1998. Although he medaled at Turin, he did not get another gold. Bjoerndalen has 9 Olympic medals.

8. Which of the following Norwegians had never won a World Cup Race?

Answer: Alexander Os

Os' best was 7th in the Sprint in the Olympic Warm-up races in Cesana San Sicario.

9. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has won more World Cup Competitions (including biathlon and Cross-country) than Ingemar Stenmark did in Alpine Skiing?

Answer: False

Stenmark has 86 wins. Bjoerndalen had 74 in Biathlon and 1 in Cross-country.

10. Bjoerndalen was the first biathlete to have won a Cross-country skiing World Cup event?

Answer: Yes

It was a 15 km freestyle event. Bjoerndalen is a phenomenal athlete, and definitely my favourite biathlete. Lars Berger, also of Norway, won a Cross-country world championship, also a 15 km freestyle in Sapporo 2007.

Source: Author mash_freak

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