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{{Short description|Norwegian biathlete (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox biathlete
| name              = Ole Einar Bjørndalen
| image             = Bjoerndalen cutout.JPG
| image_size        = 
| alt               = 
| caption           = Bjørndalen in 2007
| nickname          = King of Biathlon<br />The Cannibal
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|1|27}}
| birth_place       = [[Drammen]], [[Norway]]
| height            = 1.79 m<ref name="IBUprofile">{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR12701197401 |title=Ole Einar Bjørndalen  |website=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |access-date=1 August 2015}}</ref>
| weight            = 
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage |[[Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen|Nathalie Santer]]|27 May 2006 |4 October 2012|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage |[[Darya Domracheva]]|16 July 2016}}
}}
| website           = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309231216/http://oleeinarbjorndalen.com/ oleeinarbjorndalen.com]
| disciplines       = '''[[Biathlon]]'''<br />[[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]]
| club              = '''Simostranda IL'''<ref name="IBUprofile"/><br />[[Byåsen IL]]<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?competitorid=5248&sector=CC&type=st-WC |title=Ole Einar Bjørndalen  |website=FIS |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=1 August 2015}}</ref>
| skis              = [[Madshus]]
| rifle             = [[J. G. Anschütz|Anschütz]]
| wcdebut           = '''18 March 1993'''<br />28 November 1998
| olympicteams      = '''6''' ([[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]], [[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]], [[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]], [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], [[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]], [[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]])<br />1 ([[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]])
| olympicmedals     = '''14'''
| olympicgolds      = 8
| worldsteams       = '''23''' ([[Biathlon World Championships 1994|1994]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2002|2002]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2010|2010]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]])<br />2 ([[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005|2005]], [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|2007]])
| worldsmedals      = '''45'''
| worldsgolds       = 20
| wcseasons         = '''26''' ([[1992–93 Biathlon World Cup|1993]] – [[2017–18 Biathlon World Cup|2018]])
| wcraces           = {{unbulleted list | '''478''' (biathlon) | 16 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcraceswithrelays = {{unbulleted list | '''582''' (biathlon) | 20 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcwins            = {{unbulleted list | '''95''' (biathlon) | 1 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcrelayswins      = {{unbulleted list | '''136''' (biathlon) | 1 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcpodiums         = {{unbulleted list | '''179''' (biathlon) | 3 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcrelayspodiums   = {{unbulleted list | '''259''' (biathlon) | 5 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcoveralls        = '''6''' (1997–98, 2002–03,<br />2004–05, 2005–06,<br />2007–08, 2008–09)
| wctitles          = '''20:'''<br />'''1 Individual''' (2004–05);<br />'''9 Sprint''' (1994–95,<br />1996–97, 1997–98,<br />1999–00, 2000–01,<br />2002–03, 2004–05,<br />2007–08, 2008–09);<br />'''5 Pursuit''' (1999–00,<br />2002–03, 2005–06,<br />2007–08, 2008–09);<br />'''5 Mass start''' (2002–03,<br />2004–05, 2005–06,<br />2006–07, 2007–08)
| show-medals       = no
| medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalCount
|[[Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]|8|4|2
|[[Biathlon World Championships|World Championships]]|20|14|11
|{{nowrap|[[Summer Biathlon World Championships|Summer World Championships]]}}|1|1|1
|[[Biathlon Junior World Championships|Junior/Youth World Championships]]|3|0|1
|'''Total (66 medals)'''|'''32'''|'''19'''|'''15'''
}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Biathlon at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]|[[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's individual|20&nbsp;km individual]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|[[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|[[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Mixed relay|Mixed relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]|[[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's individual|20&nbsp;km individual]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's individual|20&nbsp;km individual]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]] | [[Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Biathlon World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998#Team event|Team event]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003 Khanty-Mansiysk]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003#10&nbsp;km sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003 Khanty-Mansiysk]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003#15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005#10&nbsp;km sprint|{{nowrap|10&nbsp;km sprint}}]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005#15&nbsp;km mass start|{{nowrap|15&nbsp;km mass start}}]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|{{nowrap|2007 Antholz-Anterselva}}]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's Sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz-Anterselva]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's Pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009#Men's results|{{nowrap|20&nbsp;km individual}}]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009 – 10&nbsp;km Sprint Men|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009 – 12.5&nbsp;km Pursuit Men|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009#Men's results|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|{{nowrap|2011 Khanty-Mansiysk}}]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011 – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011 Khanty-Mansiysk]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011 – Mixed relay|Mixed relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012 Ruhpolding]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012 Ruhpolding]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Mixed relay|Mixed relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013 Nové Město]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013 – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016 Oslo]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Men's relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997 Brezno-Osrblie]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998 Pokljuka]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000 Lahti]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001 Pokljuka]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001#15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006 Pokljuka]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2006#2 × 6&nbsp;km + 2 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}}]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz-Anterselva]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's Relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008#20&nbsp;km individual|20&nbsp;km individual]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008#15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2010|2010 Khanty-Mansiysk]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2010#Mixed relay|Mixed relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015 Kontiolahti]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015 – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016 Oslo]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Men's sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016 Oslo]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Men's pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997 Brezno-Osrblie]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999 Oslo Holmenkollen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999#15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999 Kontiolahti]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000 Oslo Holmenkollen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000#15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001 Pokljuka]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001#4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004#20&nbsp;km individual|20&nbsp;km individual]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004#10&nbsp;km sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008#10&nbsp;km sprint|10&nbsp;km sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016 Oslo]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016##15&nbsp;km mass start|15&nbsp;km mass start]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017 Hochfilzen]]|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017#12.5&nbsp;km pursuit|12.5&nbsp;km pursuit]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Biathlon Junior World Championships|Junior World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Biathlon Junior World Championships 1992|1992 Canmore]]|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Ruhpolding|20 km individual}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Ruhpolding |10 km sprint}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Ruhpolding|4 × 7.5 km relay|}}
}}

'''Ole Einar Bjørndalen''' ({{IPA|no|ˈûːɽə ˈæ̂ɪnɑr ˈbjø̂ːɳˌɖɑːɫn̩}}; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional [[Biathlon|biathlete]] and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "'''King of Biathlon'''". With 14 [[Winter Olympic Games]] medals, he is second on the [[List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists|list of multiple medalists]] behind [[Marit Bjørgen]] who has won 15 medals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bjorndalen sets Winter Olympics medal record|url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2014/02/19/Bjorndalen-sets-Winter-Olympics-medal-record/UPI-41971392827332/|publisher=UPI|date=19 February 2014|access-date=19 February 2014}}</ref> He is also the [[Biathlon World Championships#Multiple medalists|most successful biathlete of all time]] at the [[Biathlon World Championships]], having won 45 medals. With 95<ref name="94wins">{{cite web|url=http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases/do/detail.html?presse=2622&vorschau=true|title=World Cup Biathlon Victories: How Many for Ole?|date=3 December 2015|publisher=IBU|access-date=3 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208050621/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases/do/detail.html?presse=2622&vorschau=true|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> World Cup wins, Bjørndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the [[Biathlon World Cup]] tour. He has won the Overall World Cup title six times, in 1997–98, in 2002–03, in 2004–05, in 2005–06, in 2007–08 and in 2008–09.

In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later in 1993, after winning three junior world championship titles, a medal haul only previously achieved by Sergei Tchepikov, Bjørndalen made his [[Biathlon World Cup]] debut. His breakthrough came in 1994 when he featured on his first World Cup podium in a sprint race held in [[Bad Gastein]], Austria. Bjørndalen first competed in the Olympic Games at the [[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics]], held in his home country of Norway. He obtained his first major victory on 11 January 1996 in an individual competition held in [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]], Italy. On 20 February 2014, Bjørndalen was elected to an eight-year term at the [[International Olympic Committee]]'s athlete commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/10487729/ole-einar-bjorndalen-hayley-wickenheiser-elected-ioc |title=Athletes select two IOC reps |date=20 February 2014 |access-date=21 February 2014 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref> He resigned from this role in 2016 as he elected to continue his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-statement-on-ole-einar-bjorndalen |title=IOC statement on Ole Einar Bjørndalen |date=5 April 2016 |access-date=23 January 2018 |publisher=IOC}}</ref>

==Career==
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At the age of 16 Bjørndalen left home to pursue his sporting career at a sports academy in [[Geilo]], where he initially trained in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, although after one year there he decided to focus on the latter.<ref name=britannica>{{cite encyclopedia |author=<!--Not stated-->|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |title=Ole Einar Bjørndalen |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ole-Einar-Bjorndalen |access-date=3 April 2018 |date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

In 1993, at the age of 19, Bjørndalen first came into focus by winning 3 out of 4 possible gold medals at the Junior Biathlon World Championships, which among other things led to him being chosen to represent Norway in the 1994 Olympics, at the cost of highly merited biathlete [[Eirik Kvalfoss]]. At those Games Bjørndalen's best finish was a 28th position in the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|sprint]].<ref name=britannica />

He has won the World Cup six times (1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, and 2008–09), finished second six times (1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, and 2006–07), and third once (2001–02). In his first season (1992–93) he finished 62nd, the season after, 30th and the season after that, fourth. In the 1995–96 season, he dropped down to ninth, but finished in the runner-up position in 1996–97.<ref name=britannica /> When winning the overall world cup in 1998, at the age of 24, he won titles at each of the three major championships in biathlon in one season – [[Biathlon World Championships 1998|a world championship gold medal]], [[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|an Olympic gold medal]] and the overall World Cup title. He finished second in the overall World Cup for the following three seasons and then third in [[2001–02 Biathlon World Cup|2001–02]].<ref name=britannica />

His World Cup podium record is 179 podium finishes, 95 1st places, 53 2nd places, and 31 3rd places in the individual events. Bjørndalen has 1 World Cup victory in the team event. In relay Bjørndalen has won 37 races, he has also 21 2nd places and 14 3rd.places. In total he has 72 podium finishes in the world cup, relay event. Bjørndalen has 259 World cup podium finishes, individual, team and relay races combined in Biathlon, and 5 podium finishes in cross-country skiing World cup. In total Ole Einar Bjørndalen has 257 World cup podium finishes. When he took his 87th World Cup race victory in February 2009, he overtook [[Ingemar Stenmark]] as the skier with the most World Cup wins in history.<ref name=britannica />

Bjørndalen has won the Sprint world cup nine times in the seasons: 1994–1995, 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08 and 2008–09. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen also came 2nd in the Sprint world cup in the seasons: 2003–04 and 2005–06. Ole Einar has won Pursuit world cup five times from 1999 to 1900, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08 and 2008–09. He has 2nd place in the seasons 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 and 3rd places in 1996–97, 1998–99 and 2001–02. Bjoerndalen has been winner of the Mass start world cup five times in: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08. He came 2nd in 2000–01, 2003–04 and 2008–09.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was number 3 in the Mass start world cup in the season 1998–99. He has also once won the Individual distance world cup. It was in 2004–05. Bjoerndalen has also finished number 2 in the 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2005–06 seasons.
Ole Einar also came 3rd in the 1997–98 season. He has won a total of 20 times, 13 times finished in second place and five times came in 3rd place. Overall, he has been on the podium 38 times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_all_wc_cg_men.html|title=Biathlon Crystal Globes Men|website=www.wintersport-charts.info}}</ref>

Bjørndalen has won the relay world cup 11 times in the seasons: 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16 and 2017–18. He has 6 times finished second in the world cup relay in: 1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2014–15.
Bjoerndalen also came in third place in 1998–99 and 2002–03. Altogether he has been on the podium 19 seasons in the world cup relay. Bjørndalen has won the mixed relay world cup 4 times. It happened in the seasons: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biathlonresults.com/?view=cups_cups|title=DATACENTER|website=biathlonresults.com}}</ref>
Bjørndalen has won (together with the Norwegian biathlon team) the nations cup ten times. It happened in the: 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 season. Bjørndalen has also achieved five-second places in the nations cup in the years: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06 and 2012–13. He has finished in third place in the nations cup 3 times, in the: 1996–97, 1997–98 and 2006–07 season. In total he has finished 18 times at the podium in the nations cup for men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_all_wc_nat.html|title=Biathlon World Cup Nations|website=www.wintersport-charts.info}}</ref>

He is the only biathlete ever to win all biathlon events in a single Winter Olympics ([[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City Games]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/10/ole-einar-bjoerndaln-biathlon-12-5k-pursuit/5361355/ | work = USA Today | title = Ole Einar Bjoerndalen's not the all-time winter medal king just yet | first = Chris | last = Strauss | date = 8 February 2014 | access-date = 21 February 2014}}</ref> This encompassed the sprint, pursuit, individual, and relay events, the latter together with three other participants. He was the most successful competitor at these Games.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.olympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002-winter-olympics | title = Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics | publisher = [[International Olympic Committee]] | access-date = 21 February 2014}}</ref> This also made him only the third Winter Olympian to win four golds at one Games, and he was also the first biathlete to win more than two gold medals at a single Games. In addition, he had won all three competitions staged at the Olympic test event in Salt Lake City the previous year.<ref name=britannica /> He also took a four gold medal haul at the [[Biathlon World Championships 2005]] in [[Hochfilzen]], Austria and at the [[Biathlon World Championships 2009]] in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], South Korea.<ref name="IBUprofile"/> Bjørndalen's 95 biathlon World Cup victories and one cross-country victory is two behind of [[Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann]]'s record of 98 World Cup victories for a winter sport athlete.<ref name="IBUprofile"/>

At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], Bjørndalen took three medals from five events, winning two silvers and a bronze.<ref name=britannica /> At the [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver 2010]] Winter Olympics, Bjørndalen became the most successful biathlete in Winter Olympic history by surpassing the previous record of nine career Olympic medals, which he shared with [[Uschi Disl]] of Germany. He then anchored Norway to gold in the [[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]]. This was the second time that Norway had won a title in this event, with the other being at the [[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics]] (also anchored by Bjørndalen). With this victory he became the [[List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists|second most decorated Winter Olympian of all time]] and one of only two athletes to win 11 medals at the Winter Olympics. With his gold medal in 10&nbsp;km sprint at the [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi 2014]] Winter Olympics, he tied fellow Norwegian [[Bjørn Dæhlie]] for most Winter Olympic medals, with 12 in total,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/ole-einar-bjoerndalen-wins-gold-mens-10km-sprint-matching-record-most-career-olympic-medals?ctx=golden-moments | publisher = NBC | title = Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins gold in men's 10&nbsp;km sprint, matching record for most career Olympic medals | date = 8 February 2014 | access-date = 21 February 2014 | archive-date = 18 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180118012455/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/ole-einar-bjoerndalen-wins-gold-mens-10km-sprint-matching-record-most-career-olympic-medals?ctx=golden-moments | url-status = dead }}</ref> before overtaking Dæhlie by winning his second gold of the Games as part of the Norwegian mixed relay team.<ref name=britannica />

[[File:Ole Einar Bjørndalen Kontiolahti 2012 09.jpg|thumbnail|left|Bjørndalen in [[Kontiolahti]], Finland, 12 February 2012, where he won the pursuit]]
Bjørndalen has won eight [[Winter Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals, four silver and a bronze.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/26068988 | title = Sochi 2014: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen makes Winter Olympic history | work = BBC Sport | date = 19 February 2014 | access-date = 21 February 2014}}</ref> He has also won 20 [[Biathlon World Championships|World Championship]] gold medals, 14 silver and 11 bronze (more than anybody in biathlon history), along with a record 95 World Cup victories in biathlon and 1 World Cup victory in cross-country skiing, 179 podium finishes in biathlon individual races and 3 in cross-country skiing. He also finished in the top three of the Overall World Cup rankings for a record thirteen successive seasons between the 1996–97 and [[2008–09 Biathlon World Cup|2008–09]] seasons.<ref name="IBUprofile"/> In total Ole Einar Bjørndalen has won 44 Norwegian Championship gold medals. He has won 30 gold medals in the Norwegian Championship, biathlon, winter event: 20 individual gold medals: individual (4), sprint (6), pursuit (6), mass start (4) and 10 gold medals in relay and the team event: relay (8) and team (2).<ref name="skiskyting.no">{{cite web |url=http://www.skiskyting.no/no/arrangement/resultater/resultathistorikk/nm_senior |title=NM senior |website=Norges Skiskytterforbund |access-date=1 August 2015 |language=no |trans-title=NC (Norwegian Championships) senior |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210204325/http://www.skiskyting.no/no/arrangement/resultater/resultathistorikk/nm_senior/ |archive-date=10 December 2015 |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|no}}</ref> Bjørndalen has also achieved 14 individual gold medals in the Norwegian Championship, biathlon, summer event: sprint (7) and pursuit (7).<ref>{{cite web|title=Adelskalender NM|url=http://www.skiskyting.no/no/arrangement/resultater/adelskalender_nm|website=skiskyting.no|access-date=14 August 2014|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219021958/http://www.skiskyting.no/no/arrangement/resultater/adelskalender_nm/|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2018 Arne Botnan, the sporting director for Norwegian biathlon, announced that Bjørndalen would not be selected for the 2018 Winter Olympics, after he failed to achieve the qualifying standard of a top six finish in a World Cup race before the [[Norwegian Biathlon Association]] was due to nominate its Olympic squad on the 15th of that month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.de/olympia/pyeongchang/2018/sigi-heinrich-blog-der-kannibale-ole-einar-bjorndalen-ist-zahnlos-geworden_sto6471446/story.shtml |title=Sigi-Heinrich-Blog: Der "Kannibale" Ole Einar Björndalen Ist Zahnlos Geworden |last= Heinrich|first= Sigi  |date=11 January 2018 |website=[[Eurosport]]|language=de |trans-title= Sigi Heinrich Blog: The "Cannibal" Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Has Become Toothless|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> However, he did travel to the Games after being accredited as part of the Belarusian Olympic delegation as a coach, in order to support Darya Domracheva.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.belta.by/sport/view/ioc-permits-ole-einar-bjoerndalen-to-join-belarus-olympic-delegation-108876-2018/ |title=IOC permits Ole Einar Bjoerndalen to join Belarus' Olympic delegation |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 January 2018 |website=[[Belarusian Telegraph Agency]] |access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> On 3 April 2018 Bjørndalen announced his retirement from competition, explaining that his form had been affected by [[heart murmur]]s several times during the previous season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/04/03/ole-einar-bjoerndalen-retire/ |title=Ole Einar Bjørndalen retires after six Olympics, 13 medals |last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |date=3 April 2018 |website=[[NBCSports.com]]|access-date=3 April 2018 }}</ref>

In September 2019, Bjørndalen and Domracheva were appointed as head coach and women's coach respectively of the Chinese biathlon team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ole-and-darya-coaching-the-chinese-team |title=Ole and Darya: Coaching the Chinese Team |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 November 2019 |website=[[International Biathlon Union]] |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

===2005–06 World Cup season===
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!colspan="9" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"|[[2005–06 Biathlon World Cup|2005–06 World Cup season]] results &nbsp;
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!  <small>No.</small>
!  <small>World Cup location</small>
| rowspan="11" style="border-bottom-width:2x; padding:0;" |
!  <small>Individual</small>
!  <small>Sprint</small>
!  <small>Pursuit</small>
!  <small>Mass start</small>
!  <small>Relay</small>
!  <small>Mixed relay</small>
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| 1 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Östersund|Östersund, Sweden]] || — || 4 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — 
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| 2 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Hochfilzen|Hochfilzen, Austria]] || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || 5 || — || — || 8 || — 
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| 3 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Osrblie|Osrblie, Slovakia]] || DNS || DNS || DNS || — || — || — 
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| 4 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Oberhof, Germany]] || — || DNS || — || DNS || DNS || — 
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ruhpolding|Ruhpolding, Germany]] || — || DNS || DNS || — || DNS || — 
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva, Italy]] || — || 5 || 5 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || — 
|-
| [[File:Olympic rings.svg|x16px|link=Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] || style="text-align:left;"| [[Turin|Turin, Italy]] || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || 11 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#f8e6c4;"| 3 || 5 || — 
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Pokljuka|Pokljuka, Slovenia]] || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || — || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Kontiolahti|Kontiolahti, Finland]] || — || 16 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f8e6c4;"| 3 || — || — 
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Oslo|Oslo, Norway]] || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || — 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"|  <small>''Key:"—" denotes discipline not held; DNS—Did not start.''</small><ref name="IBUprofile"/>
|}
Bjørndalen finished the 2005–06 [[International Biathlon Union]] [[Biathlon World Cup|World Cup]] season in first place, with Frenchman [[Raphaël Poirée]] in second place and German [[Sven Fischer]] in third. Bjørndalen lay in third place in the standings going into the last three races of the season in [[Holmenkollen ski arena|Holmenkollen]], with Poirée in first, and Fischer in second. However, Bjørndalen won all three races, giving him six victories in the last eight races, and clinching the crystal globe. He also won the pursuit, and the mass start title, and came second in the individual and the sprint. In the pursuit he finished ahead of Fischer by 54 points, and 29 points ahead of Poirée in the mass start. In the individual he finished 41 points behind [[Michael Greis]], and in the sprint he was 5 points behind [[Tomasz Sikora]]. Norway finished fourth in the relay.

Bjørndalen closed out the season by winning all three events (sprint, pursuit, and mass start) at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] biathlon competition. This put his career victories at the ski events to five, having won once both in 2003 (pursuit) and in 2004 (sprint).

===2006–07 World Cup season===
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!colspan="9" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"|[[2006–07 Biathlon World Cup|2006–07 World Cup season]] results &nbsp;
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!  <small>No.</small>
!  <small>World Cup location</small>
| rowspan="11" style="border-bottom-width:2x; padding:0;" |
!  <small>Individual</small>
!  <small>Sprint</small>
!  <small>Pursuit</small>
!  <small>Mass start</small>
!  <small>Relay</small>
!  <small>Mixed relay</small>
|-
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Östersund|Östersund, Sweden]] || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || — || — 
|-
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Hochfilzen|Hochfilzen, Austria]] || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || DNS || — 
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Hochfilzen|Hochfilzen, Austria]] || — || DNS* || — || — || DNS || —
|-
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Oberhof, Germany]] || — || 30 || 5 || — || DNS || —
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ruhpolding|Ruhpolding, Germany]] || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — 
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Pokljuka|Pokljuka, Slovenia]] || — || DNS || DNS || DNS || — || — 
|-
| [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|WCH]] || style="text-align:left;"| [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva, Italy]] || 32 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || 4 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || DNS
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Lahti|Lahti, Finland]]  || DNS || DNS || DNS || — || — || —
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Oslo|Oslo, Norway]]  || 4 || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || —
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Khanty-Mansiysk|Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia]] || — || 48 || 9 || 4 || — || —
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"|  <small>*Two sprints were held in Hochfilzen, Bjoerndalen did not enter either. <br /> ''Key:"—" denotes discipline not held; DNS—Did not start; WCH—World Championships''</small><ref name="IBUprofile"/>
|}
Bjørndalen made a perfect start to the season, winning all of the first five races in [[Östersund]] and [[Hochfilzen]].  In the fifth race of the season, the pursuit race in [[Hochfilzen]], he won with one of his largest margins ever, more than 2 minutes.  On 30 December 2006 Bjørndalen took part in the Biathlon World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen in the Veltins Arena. In front of about 51,000 people he won it for fourth time in a row. His partner for second consecutive time was [[Linda Grubben]]. They both left their rivals, the Robert family, more than one minute behind.<ref>[http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de/rueckblick/wtc-hall-of-fame/ WTC Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227200105/http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de/rueckblick/wtc-hall-of-fame/ |date=27 December 2013 }}. Retrieved 21 February 2014.</ref>

In [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]], coming down from training in the heights, Bjørndalen performed below standard for the season, and finishing only 30th and 5th in the individual competitions.
In Ruhpolding he led his teammates to victory in the relay event. He won the two following individual competitions.  After competing in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Sapporo 2007, he missed several [[Biathlon World Cup]] events; after missing eight competitions altogether Bjørndalen finished second in the overall standings, after German [[Michael Greis]].

===2008–09 World Cup season===
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!colspan="9" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"|[[2008–09 Biathlon World Cup|2008–09 World Cup season]] results &nbsp;
|-
!  <small>No.</small>
!  <small>World Cup location</small>
| rowspan="11" style="border-bottom-width:2x; padding:0;" |
!  <small>Individual</small>
!  <small>Sprint</small>
!  <small>Pursuit</small>
!  <small>Mass start</small>
!  <small>Relay</small>
!  <small>Mixed relay</small>
|-
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Östersund|Östersund, Sweden]] || 24 || 4 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || — || — || — 
|-
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Hochfilzen|Hochfilzen, Austria]]  || — || 12 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || — || DNS || —
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Hochfilzen|Hochfilzen, Austria]]  || 14 || DNS || — || — || DNS || —
|-
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Oberhof, Germany]] || — || 23 || — || style="background:#f8e6c4;"| 3 || style="background:#f8e6c4;"| 3 || —
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ruhpolding|Ruhpolding, Germany]]  || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || —
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva, Italy]] || — || DNS || DNS || 5 || — || —
|-
| [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|WCH]] || style="text-align:left;"| [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang, South Korea]] || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || 4 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || 4
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Vancouver|Vancouver, Canada]]  || 18 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || — || — || DNS || — 
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Trondheim|Trondheim, Norway]]  || — || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || — || —
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Khanty-Mansiysk|Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia]] || — || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || — || — 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"|  <small>''Key:"—" denotes discipline not held; DNS—Did not start; WCH—World Championships''</small><ref name="IBUprofile"/>
|}
Bjørndalen started off the season suffering from the effects of long-term illness, but still placed second in both of the pursuit events. He missed the Biathlon World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen, focusing on training instead. After the break, he returned with victories in both the sprint and pursuit events in Ruhpolding and a third place in the mass start in Oberhof.

At the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Pyeongchang, during the men's 12.5&nbsp;km pursuit, Bjørndalen with at least 15 other competitors accidentally skied the wrong way at the start of the first lap due to the bad marking. Just after leaving the start, the athletes skied over a bridge instead of skiing beside it, which was the right way. A jury meeting decided to give all these athletes a one-minute time penalty, following a complaint from the Russian team. However, another complaint by seven other member states led to the Appeal Jury reverting to the original result.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bjorndalen becomes triple biathlon world champion|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/sports/17iht-biathlon17.20246898.html|access-date=19 February 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 February 2009}}</ref> Along with Bjørndalen's first ever 20&nbsp;km individual World Championship title, he won four out of six possible gold medals (10&nbsp;km sprint, 12.5&nbsp;km pursuit, 20&nbsp;km individual and the 4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay).

After the World Championships Bjørndalen came second in the sprint in Vancouver, he took over the world cup overall lead. He followed up with a second place, and two victories at the events in Granåsen, Trondheim (the latter being a mass start where he shot clean).  He secured his sixth overall win in the last sprint of the season, in Khanty-Mansiysk where he placed second. In the following event (a pursuit), he was beaten at the finish line by teammate [[Emil Hegle Svendsen]], but won the pursuit cup.

==Personal life==
Bjørndalen grew up on a farm in {{ill|Simostranda|no}}, the fourth of five children: one of his siblings is fellow biathlete [[Dag Bjørndalen]]. Both brothers were part of the Norwegian team that took the silver medal in the [[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|men's relay]] at the 1998 Winter Olympics.<ref name=britannica />

Bjørndalen resides in the village of [[Obertilliach]], Austria. He also used to live in [[Toblach]], Italy, with Italian-Belgian biathlete [[Nathalie Santer]]. They started dating in 1998 and married on 27 May 2006. On 4 October 2012, they filed for divorce by mutual consent.

In April 2016, along with announcing that he will continue his career until the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in [[Pyeongchang]], Bjørndalen confirmed that he was in a relationship with Belarusian biathlete [[Darya Domracheva]], and that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2843 |title=No Retirement for Bjorndalen; Aiming for 2018 OWG  |date=5 April 2016 |website=[[International Biathlon Union]] |access-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424113539/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2843 |archive-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> On 7 July 2016, they married in [[Sjusjøen]], Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gd.no/skiskyting/sjusjoen/bryllup/giftet-seg-pa-sjusjoen/s/5-18-347934 | title = Giftet seg på Sjusjøen| date = 26 September 2016}}</ref> Their daughter Xenia was born on 1 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/skiskyting/ole-einar-bjoerndalen/bjoerndalen-og-domratsjeva-har-faatt-en-datter-vi-er-to-stolte-foreldre/a/23809003/ | title = Bjørndalen og Domratsjeva har fått en datter: – Vi er to stolte foreldre| date = October 2016}}</ref>

On 3 April 2018 Bjørndalen announced his retirement from biathlon. Bjørndalen ended his Olympic career after being left off Norway's 2018 team for PyeongChang, thus ending a bid for a seventh Winter Games.

==Endorsement==
His close to one hundred individual World Cup wins makes Ole Bjorndalen the most winning winter sports athlete of all time. He brings the same focused intensity and spirit of victory to the brands and products who sponsor him. Ole Bjorndalen cooperates with big and renowned brands. He has been [[Certina Kurth Frères|Certina]]'s loyal ambassador since 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.certina.com/en/ambassadors|title = Our partnerships in favour of the sport development &#124; Certina}}</ref> [[:ms:InstaForex|InstaForex]] brand ambassador since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instaforex.com/ole_einar_bjorndalen|title = Ole Einar Bjørndalen ─ Norwegian phenomenal biathlete}}</ref> Among sports equipment brands that he promotes are [[Madshus]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caldwellsport.com/madshus/|title = Caldwell Sport &#124; Madshus}}</ref> {{ill|Odlo|de}},<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Bt4qPtNtzHI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170618174309/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt4qPtNtzHI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt4qPtNtzHI| title = ODLO - Ole Einar Bjorndalen & Dario Cologna, Schnalstal (english) | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 17 June 2011 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and Casco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispo.com/en/people/ole-einar-bjorndalen-achievements-supporters-sponsors|title=This is Ole Einar Björndalen: Achievements, supporters, sponsors|website=www.ispo.com|accessdate=8 December 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the [[Aftenposten Gold Medal]] in 1998. He was named the [[Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year]] in 2002 and 2014. For his accomplishments in biathlon and [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]], Bjørndalen received the [[Egebergs Ærespris]] in 2002. Bjørndalen was also awarded with the [[Fearnleys olympic honorary award]] in 2002. He was voted Best Male Athlete of 2002 by International Sports Press Association. Ole Einar Bjørndalen was nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laureus.com/content/ole-einar-bjoermdalen?awardyear=2003&nomwin=n|title=Ole Einar Bjoermdalen – Laureus|website=www.laureus.com|access-date=4 January 2015|archive-date=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104185218/http://www.laureus.com/content/ole-einar-bjoermdalen?awardyear=2003&nomwin=n|url-status=dead}}</ref> He came second, only lost to [[Lance Armstrong]] that year, who was later rescinded. In 2008, a nearly three meter tall bronze statue of Bjørndalen, created by sculptor Kirsten Kokkin, was erected in his hometown of Simostranda, Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/58389949|title=Panoramio is no longer available|website=www.panoramio.com}}</ref> Bjørndalen was awarded the Fair Play Mecenante Award in Castiglion in Fiorentino in Italy in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiofairplay.com/edizioni-precedenti/BJOERNDALEN-Ole-Einar.html|title=BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar|website=www.premiofairplay.com|date=4 April 2023 }}</ref> Bjørndalen was elected Biathlon Athlete of the Year by AIPS Nordic Ski and Biathlon Commission in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.na-weekly.com/featured/bj%C3%B8rndalen-elected-biathlon-athlete-of-the-year/|title=Bjørndalen elected Biathlon Athlete of the year – The Norwegian American|date=19 May 2009|website=na-weekly.com}}</ref> In March 2011, he, [[Michael Greis]] and [[Andrea Henkel]] were awarded the [[Holmenkollen Medal]], the first biathletes to receive the medal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases/do/detail.html?presse=1285|publisher=[[International Biathlon Union|IBU]]|access-date=18 March 2011|title=Oslo Awards and Endings|date=18 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012032356/http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases/do/detail.html?presse=1285|archive-date=12 October 2014}}</ref> In February 2014, Bjørndalen was voted Best Male Athlete of the 2014 Winter Olympics by International Sports Press Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=13147&tp=n#.VxsUq0N8uSp|title=Norway's Bjoerndalen and Belarusian Domracheva voted best athletes of the Sochi Games|website=www.aipsmedia.com|access-date=23 April 2016|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423161317/http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=13147&tp=n#.VxsUq0N8uSp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2014, Bjørndalen was awarded Best Male Athlete of the 2014 Winter Olympics by the [[Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2291 |title=International Biathlon Union / "Best in Sochi 2014" Honor to Björndalen |access-date=2014-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201230752/http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2291 |archive-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

==Cross-country skiing==
Bjørndalen first participated in the [[FIS Cross-Country World Cup]] in [[Finland]] in the 10 kilometre freestyle event in a small town called [[Muonio]] in November 1998, finishing 23rd. His first podium place in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup came in [[Kuopio]] 25 November 2001, where he finished in 2nd place in the 10&nbsp;km freestyle event. One month later he once again came in 2nd place, this time losing out to [[Per Elofsson]] in the 30&nbsp;km freestyle mass-start event in [[Ramsau am Dachstein|Ramsau]], [[Austria]].

On 18 November 2006 Bjørndalen made history by becoming the first male biathlete to win a FIS Cross-Country World Cup event in the Swedish town [[Gällivare]]. Bjørndalen won the 15&nbsp;km freestyle event.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.nrk.no/sport/bjorndalen-vant_-ble-historisk-1.1345107| title= Bjørndalen vant, ble historisk | author= Kim Nystøl |date= 18 November 2006| publisher= Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> In 2007 his countryman, and fellow biathlete [[Lars Berger]] won the 15&nbsp;km cross-country event at the World Championship in 2007.
Bjørndalen has twice finished on the podium in cross-country world cup relays for Norway: first in Beitostølen in 2003, where his team finished third, and secondly in [[La Clusaz]] in France in 2006, where Norway came in 2nd place.<ref name="FISprofil">{{cite web|url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=5248&type=result|title=BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar – Biographie|website=data.fis-ski.com}}</ref> In total Bjørndalen has been on the podium 5 times in the Cross-Country World Cup.

In addition, Bjørndalen has won [[International Ski Federation|FIS]] events in cross-country twice. His first win was in 1997 in the 30 kilometre freestyle event in Valdres, Norway, and the second was in the 10&nbsp;km freestyle event in Beitostølen, Norway in 2006. He has also two 2nd places in a [[International Ski Federation|FIS]]-event: in the 15&nbsp;km freestyle event in [[Misurina]], Italy in 1998 and in the 10&nbsp;km freestyle event at Beitostølen in 2004. In addition to this, Bjørndalen has one third place in a FIS event, in the 10&nbsp;km freestyle at Beitostølen in 2001. Following his two Cross-Country World Cup podium finishes in the [[2001–02 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2001–02 season]], ahead of the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] he stated that he was hoping to become the first competitor to take Olympic medals in both biathlon and cross-country skiing,<ref name=britannica /> however Bjørndalen missed out on a cross-country medal, finishing 5th in the 30&nbsp;km freestyle cross-country race in Salt Lake City on 9 February 2002.<ref name="FISprofil"/> He won [[Skarverennet]] in 2006 and 2007, and came in 2nd after [[Petter Northug]] in 2008.

==Other victories==
Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the Beach Volleyball Championship at Laguna Beach in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsworldintel.com/super-athletes-ole-einar-bjoerndalen/|title=Super Athletes – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen – World Sports Intelligence|date=12 October 2012|website=sportsworldintel.com}}</ref> Bjørndalen has won the [[World Team Challenge]] biathlon exhibition event in [[Gelsenkirchen]] (held at the [[Veltins-Arena]], the home ground of football club [[Schalke 04]]) in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. He also won a bronze together with his wife [[Darya Domracheva]] in 2018<ref>[http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Ruhpolding/Halloffame.pdf Hall of Fame – Die bisherigen Sieger der Biathlon-WTC auf Schalke] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103137/http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Ruhpolding/Halloffame.pdf |date=6 October 2014 }} on www.biathlon-aufschalke.de</ref> Ole Einar Bjørndalen finished second in the 2003 Dobbiaco-Cortina, a long-distance cross-country skiing event, (42&nbsp;km) in Italy in the town of [[Cortina d'Ampezzo|Cortina]]. He took his second place in the 26th edition of this prestigious event,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiroll.it/news/2003/dobbiaco-cortina/classifica.htm|title=2 Febbraio 2003 26ª Edizione della Dobbiaco-Cortina|website=www.skiroll.it}}</ref> finishing behind Italy's Costantin Pierluigi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiroll.it/news/2003/dobbiaco-cortina/2003.htm|title=COSTANTIN E GENUIN FIRMANO LA DOBBIACO-CORTINA|website=www.skiroll.it}}</ref> and finishing half a second behind Pierluigi's winning time of 1 hour 43 minutes and 16.5 seconds. In 2008, Bjørndalen won the biathlon exhibition event in [[Püttlingen]] together with [[Kati Wilhelm]]. He also finished in second place in 2011 alongside [[Magdalena Neuner]]. Bjørndalen also got a bronze in this event in 2005 together with [[Nathalie Santer]] and in 2010 with [[Sabrina Buchholz]]. He won the Blink Festival in [[Sandnes]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=78 |title=International Biathlon Union / Wilhelm und Bjoerndalen win 4th Puettlingen City-Biathlon |access-date=2014-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216023033/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=78 |archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> In April 2016, Bjørndalen and Karin Oberhofer won the Champions Race in Tyumen, Russia.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Biathlon results==
[[File:Bjorndalen-Trondheim09.jpg|thumb|Bjørndalen in Trondheim, March 2009]]
All results are sourced from the [[International Biathlon Union]].<ref name="IBUprofile"/>

===Olympic Winter Games===
''14 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!Individual
!Sprint
!Pursuit
!Mass start
!Relay
!Mixed relay
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Norway}} [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]]
| 36th
| 28th
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
| 7th
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Japan}} [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]
| 7th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Winter Olympics 2002|2002 Salt Lake City]]
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Winter Olympics 2006|2006 Turin]]
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| 11th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| 5th
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Winter Olympics 2010|2010 Vancouver]]
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| 17th
| 7th
| 27th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Winter Olympics 2014|2014 Sochi]]
| 33rd
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 4th
| 22nd
|style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|}
:''*Pursuit was first added in 2002, mass start in 2006 and the mixed relay in 2014.''

===World Championships===

''45 medals (20 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!Individual
!Sprint
!Pursuit*
!{{nowrap|Mass start}}*
!Team*
!Relay
!{{nowrap|Mixed relay}}*
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1994|1994 Canmore]]
| —
| —
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
| 4th
| —
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995 Antholz-Anterselva]]
| 12th
| 4th
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
| —
| 5th
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996 Ruhpolding]]
| 19th
| 6th
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
| 4th
| 4th
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997 Brezno-Osrblie]]
| 6th
| 9th
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
| 4th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998 Pokljuka]]
| —
| —
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| —
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999 Kontiolahti]]
| 4th
| 19th
| 5th
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000 Oslo]]
| 20th
| 5th
| 4th
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001 Pokljuka]]
| 10th
| 19th
| 4th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2002|2002 Oslo]]
| —
| —
| —
| 7th
|{{n/a}}
| —
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| 30th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 8th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
| 4th
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| 7th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]
| 6th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006 Pokljuka]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|{{n/a}}
| —
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz-Anterselva]]
| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 32nd
| style="background:gold; width:70px;"|'''Gold'''
| style="background:gold; width:70px;"|'''Gold'''
| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| 4th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver; width:70px;"|'''Silver'''
| style="text-align:center; width:70px;"| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]]
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 4th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 4th
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2010|2010 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|{{n/a}}
| —
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| 6th
| 22nd
| 24th
| 6th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012 Ruhpolding]]
| 47th
| 20th
| 14th
| 8th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013 Nové Město]]
| 25th
| 4th
| 10th
| 24th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015 Kontiolahti]]
| 6th
| 19th
| 5th
| 4th
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver''' 
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016 Oslo]]
| 17th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver''' 
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver''' 
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
|{{n/a}}
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold''' 
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017 Hochfilzen]]
| 47th
| 8th
| style="background:#cfaa88;"| '''Bronze'''
| 23rd
|{{n/a}}
| 8th
| —
|}
:''*'''Team''' was removed as an event in 1998, and '''pursuit''' was added in 1997 with '''mass start''' being added in 1999 and the '''mixed relay''' was added in 2005.''

===Overall record===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
! Result
! Individual
! Sprint
! Pursuit
! Mass start
! Relay
! Mixed relay
! Team
! Total
|- style="background:gold;"
| align=left | 1st Place || 8 || 36 || 37 || 14 || 33 || 4 || 1 || '''133'''
|- style="background:silver;"
| align=left | 2nd Place || 9 || 24 || 14 || 6 || 19 || 2 || – || '''74''' 
|- style="background:#cfaa88;"
| align=left | 3rd Place || 2 || 12  || 8 || 9 || 13 || – || – || '''44''' 
|-
| align=left | Top 10 || 15 || 40 || 31 || 15 || 11 || 1 || – || '''113'''
|-
| align=left | 11–20 || 10 || 31 || 11 || 10 || 1 || – || – || '''63'''
|-
| align=left | 21–40 || 16 || 13 || 5 || 5 || – || – || – || '''39'''
|-
| align=left | 41–50 || 6 || 5 || – || – || – || – || – || '''11'''
|-
| align=left | Others || 8 || 4 || – || – || – || – || – || '''12'''
|-
| align=left | '''Starts''' || '''74''' || '''165''' || '''104''' || '''58''' || '''74''' || '''6''' || '''1''' ||'''483'''
|}
:''*Results in all IBU World Cup races.''

===Junior/Youth World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!Individual
!Sprint
!Relay
!Team
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|CAN}} 1992 [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]]
| 23rd
| 47th
| 6th
| style="background:#cfaa88;"|'''Bronze'''
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} 1993 [[Ruhpolding]]
| style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
| style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
| 8th
| style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
|}

===World Cup===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; width:70%;"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! rowspan="2" style="width:4%;"| Season
! rowspan="2" style="width:4%;"| Age
! colspan="2" | Overall
! colspan="2" | Individual
! colspan="2" | Sprint
! colspan="2" | Pursuit
! colspan="2" | Mass start
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Points</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Position</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Points</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Position</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Points</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Position</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Points</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Position</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Points</small>
! style="width:5%;"| <small>Position</small>
|-
| |[[1992–93 Biathlon World Cup|1992–93]]|| ''19'' || '''-''' || '''62nd''' || – || – || – || – || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1993–94 Biathlon World Cup|1993–94]]|| ''20'' || '''-''' || '''30th''' || – || – || – || – || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1994–95 Biathlon World Cup|1994–95]]|| ''21'' || '''178''' || '''4th''' || – || – || 115 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1995–96 Biathlon World Cup|1995–96]]|| ''22'' || '''141''' || '''9th''' || – || – || 104 || 6th || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1995–96 Biathlon World Cup|1996–97]]|| ''23'' || '''303''' || style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || 67 || 8th || 158 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || 78 || style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1997–98 Biathlon World Cup|1997–98]]|| ''24'' || '''289''' || style="background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 71 || style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd || 185 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || – || – || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| |[[1998–99 Biathlon World Cup|1998–99]]|| ''25'' || '''397''' || style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || 48 || style="background:silver;"| 2nd || 130 || 5th || 174 || style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd || 45 || style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd
|-
| |[[1999–00 Biathlon World Cup|1999–00]]|| ''26'' || '''448''' || style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || – || – || 161 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || 200 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || 51 || 9th
|-
| |[[2000–01 Biathlon World Cup|2000–01]]|| ''27'' || '''911''' || style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || 110 || style="background:silver;"| 2nd || 393 || style="background:gold;"| 1st || 272 || style="background:silver;"| 2nd || 136 || style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| |[[2001–02 Biathlon World Cup|2001–02]]|| ''28'' || '''692''' || style="background:#cfaa88;"|'''3rd''' || 108 || style="background:silver;"| 2nd || 219 || 5th || 315 || style="background:#cfaa88;"| 3rd || 50 || 17th
|-
| |[[2002–03 Biathlon World Cup|2002–03]]|| ''29'' || '''737''' || style=" background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 16 || 34th || 328 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 230 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 150 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st
|-
| |[[2003–04 Biathlon World Cup|2003–04]]|| ''30'' || '''901''' || style=" background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || 75 || 6th || 341 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd || 315 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd || 138 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| |[[2004–05 Biathlon World Cup|2004–05]]|| ''31'' || '''923''' || style=" background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 130 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 330 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 317 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd || 146 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st
|-
| |[[2005–06 Biathlon World Cup|2005–06]]|| ''32'' || '''814''' || style=" background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 92 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd || 253 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd || 283 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 186 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st
|-
| |[[2006–07 Biathlon World Cup|2006–07]]|| ''33'' || '''732''' || style=" background:silver;"|'''2nd''' || 90 || 6th || 201 || 10th || 265 || style=" background:silver;"|2nd || 180 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st
|-
| |[[2007–08 Biathlon World Cup|2007–08]]|| ''34'' || '''869''' || style=" background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 59 || 7th || 383 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 247 || style=" background:gold;"|1st || 180 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st
|-
| |[[2008–09 Biathlon World Cup|2008–09]]|| ''35'' || '''1080''' || style=" background:gold;"|'''1st''' || 110 || 4th || 372 || style=" background:gold;"| 1st || 342 || style=" background:gold;"|1st || 199 || style=" background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| |[[2009–10 Biathlon World Cup|2009–10]]|| ''36'' || '''593''' || '''10th''' || 54 || 25th || 265 || 7th || 108 || 16th || 152 || 7th
|-
| |[[2010–11 Biathlon World Cup|2010–11]]|| ''37'' || '''586''' || '''10th''' || 126 || 4th || 205 || 14th || 113 || 20th || 142 || 7th
|-
| |[[2011–12 Biathlon World Cup|2011–12]]|| ''38'' || '''548''' || '''16th''' || – || – || 199 || 18th || 239 || 5th || 110 || 17th
|-
| |[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup|2012–13]]|| ''39'' || '''463''' || '''22nd''' || 33 || 35th || 173 || 19th || 167 || 16th || 90 || 26th
|-
| |[[2013–14 Biathlon World Cup|2013–14]]|| ''40'' || '''556''' || '''6th''' || 10 || 44th || 260 || 4th || 194 || 9th || 92 || 8th
|-
| |[[2014–15 Biathlon World Cup|2014–15]]|| ''41'' || '''524''' || '''14th''' || 76 || 11th || 207 || 14th || 134 || 19th || 107 || 16th
|-
| |[[2015–16 Biathlon World Cup|2015–16]]|| ''42'' || '''577''' || '''13th''' || 84 || 7th || 199 || 12th || 167 || 14th || 127 || 11th
|-
| |[[2016–17 Biathlon World Cup|2016–17]]|| ''43'' || '''631''' || '''9th''' || 83 || 9th || 218 || 8th || 183 || 17th || 147 || 7th 
|-
| |[[2017–18 Biathlon World Cup|2017–18]]|| ''44'' || '''120''' || '''43rd''' || 23 || 32nd || 54 || 43rd || 37 || 46th || 6 || 43rd 
|}

:''*Pursuit was added as an event in the 1996–97 season, and mass start was added in the 1998–99 season.''

===Individual victories===
''95 victories (36 Sp, 37 Pu, 8 In, 14 MS)''; one victory at Winter Olympics 2014 isn't counted as a World Cup victory. <!--2 Des 2015-->
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
! Level
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1995–96 Biathlon World Cup|1995–96]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 In) || 11 January 1996 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
|  rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1996–97 Biathlon World Cup|1996–97]]''' <br /> 3 victories <br /> (2 Sp, 1 Pu) || 4 January 1997 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 5 January 1997 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 January 1997 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1997–98 Biathlon World Cup|1997–98]]''' <br /> 2 victories <br /> (2 Sp) || 17 January 1998 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 February 1998 ||{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano-Nozawa Onsen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[1998 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1998–99 Biathlon World Cup|1998–99]]''' <br /> 3 victories <br /> (1 Sp. 2 Pu) || 11 December 1998 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 9 January 1999 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 23 January 1999 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[1999–00 Biathlon World Cup|1999–2000]]''' <br /> 5 victories <br /> (1 Sp, 3 Pu, 1 In) || 2 December 1999 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 4 December 1999 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 6 January 2000 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 7 January 2000 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 22 January 2000 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2000–01 Biathlon World Cup|2000–01]]''' <br /> 8 victories <br /> (4 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 In, 1 MS) || 1 December 2000 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} {{Abbr | Antholz-Anterselva |Moved from Hochfilzen}}||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 17 December 2000 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} {{Abbr | Antholz-Anterselva |Moved from Brezno-Osrblie}}||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 12 January 2001 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 January 2001 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 21 January 2001 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 28 February 2001 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 2 March 2001 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 3 March 2001 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2001–02 Biathlon World Cup|2001–02]]''' <br /> 5 victories <br /> (2 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 In) || 6 December 2001 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 9 December 2001 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 February 2002 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[2002 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| 13 February 2002 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[2002 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| 16 February 2002 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Salt Lake City]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[2002 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2002–03 Biathlon World Cup|2002–03]]''' <br /> 11 victories <br /> (4 Sp, 4 Pu, 3 MS) || 8 December 2002 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 14 December 2002 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} {{Abbr | Östersund |Moved from Pokljuka}} ||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 15 December 2002 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} {{Abbr | Östersund |Moved from Pokljuka}} ||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 9 January 2003 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 12 January 2003 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 January 2003 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 19 January 2003 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 9 February 2003 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Lahti]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 16 February 2003 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 15 March 2003 ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Khanty-Mansiysk]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 23 March 2003 ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Khanty-Mansiysk]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2003–04 Biathlon World Cup|2003–04]]''' <br /> 5 victories <br /> (1 Sp, 4 Pu) || 4 December 2003 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kontiolahti]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 7 December 2003 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kontiolahti]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 14 December 2003 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 10 January 2004 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Pokljuka]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 January 2004 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2004–05 Biathlon World Cup|2004–05]]''' <br /> 12 victories <br /> (5 Sp, 4 Pu, 1 In, 2 MS) || 2 December 2004 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Beitostølen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 December 2004 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 15 January 2005 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 16 January 2005 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 19 January 2005 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 21 January 2005 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 23 January 2005 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 20 February 2005 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Pokljuka]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 5 March 2005 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 6 March 2005 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 13 March 2005 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 17 March 2005 ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Khanty-Mansiysk]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2005–06 Biathlon World Cup|2005–06]]''' <br /> 8 victories <br /> (2 Sp, 4 Pu, 2 MS) || 27 November 2005 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 22 January 2006 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 8 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Pokljuka]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Pokljuka]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kontiolahti]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 23 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 25 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 26 March 2006 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2006–07 Biathlon World Cup|2006–07]]''' <br /> 11 victories <br /> (4 Sp, 4 Pu, 1 In, 2 MS) || 30 November 2006 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 2 December 2006 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 3 December 2006 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 8 December 2006 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 9 December 2006 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 13 January 2007 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 14 January 2007 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 3 February 2007 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 4 February 2007 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 10 March 2007 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 March 2007 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2007–08 Biathlon World Cup|2007–08]]''' <br /> 7 victories <br /> (3 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 MS) || 1 December 2007 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kontiolahti]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 8 December 2007 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 15 December 2007 ||{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Pokljuka]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 6 January 2008 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 20 January 2008 ||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rasen-Antholz|Antholz-Anterselva]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 10 February 2008 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 6 March 2008 ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Khanty-Mansiysk]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2008–09 Biathlon World Cup|2008–09]]''' <br /> 7 victories <br /> (2 Sp, 3 Pu, 1 In, 1 MS) || 17 January 2009 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 18 January 2009 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ruhpolding]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 14 February 2009 ||{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 15 February 2009 ||{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 17 February 2009 ||{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Championships]]
|-
| 21 March 2009 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Trondheim]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 22 March 2009 ||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Trondheim]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2009–10 Biathlon World Cup|2009–10]]''' <br /> 3 victories <br /> (2 Sp, 1 MS) || 5 December 2009 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 December 2009 ||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 10 January 2010 ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oberhof, Germany|Oberhof]]||15&nbsp;km mass start||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2010–11 Biathlon World Cup|2010–11]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Pu) || 5 December 2010 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2011–12 Biathlon World Cup|2011–12]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Pu) || 12 February 2012 ||{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kontiolahti]]||12.5&nbsp;km pursuit||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2013–14 Biathlon World Cup|2013–14]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Sp) ||8 February 2014 ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sochi]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[2014 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2015–16 Biathlon World Cup|2015–16]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 In) || 2 December 2015 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Östersund]]||20&nbsp;km individual||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|}
:''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the [[Biathlon World Cup]], [[Biathlon World Championships]] and the [[Winter Olympic Games]].''

====Victories by year====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Ranking <br /> overall !! Number of <br /> victories
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2017–18||43 ||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2016–17||9 ||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2015–16||13 ||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2014–15||14 ||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2013–14||6 ||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2012–13||22 ||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2011–12||16 ||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2010–11||10 ||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2009–10||10 ||3
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2008–09||1||7
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2007–08||1||7
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2006–07||2||11  + 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2005–06||1||8
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2004–05||1||12
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2003–04||2||5
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2002–03||1||11
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2001–02||3||5
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2000–01||2||8
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1999–00||2||5
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1998–99||2||3
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1997–98||1||2
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1996–97||2||3
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1995–96||9||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1994–95||4||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1993–94||30||–
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1992–93||62||–
|-
!Total !! 6 victories !! 95 + 1
|}

==Shooting==
Bjørndalen is a solid shooter, but is generally outside the top twenty marksmen. Bjørndalen finished the 2005–06 season with a shooting percentage of 84%, hitting 292 out of 345 possible targets, that placed him in 36th position for shooting accuracy. His shooting record for both prone and standing were practically identical, 146/172 in the prone and 146/173 in the standing position. In the individual disciplines, he shot 92% in the individual, 89% in the sprint, 96% in the pursuit, 93% in the mass start and 96% in the relay.

In the 2004–05 season Bjørndalen was the 16th best shot with an 85% success rate, the second best Norwegian behind [[Egil Gjelland]]. He hit 331 targets out of a possible 364. His prone like most biathletes was much better than his standing shoot, he hit 169/180 (92%) in the prone and 163/184 (81%) in the standing. He had an average of 88% in the individual, sprint and relay, a 91% hit rate in the mass start but only 79% in the pursuit. During his career in 1999–00 he averaged 82%, in 2000–01 78%, 2001–02 74%, 2002–03 86% and in 2003–04 he hit 80% of the targets, however in those five years his standing shoot was the same or better than his prone shoot. In comparison, his greatest rival Raphaël Poirée averaged 87% in 2004–05 and 86% in 2005–06. Nikolay Kruglov was the best shot in 2004–05 with a 91% success rate, with [[Ricco Groß]] in second with 89%, and in 2005 [[Julien Robert]] was best with a 93% average and Groß again second with 91%.<ref name="IBUprofile"/>

===Shooting statistics===
Statistics sourced from the International Biathlon Union.<ref name="IBUprofile"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"|- " 
! Shooting
! 2004–05
! 2005–06
! 2006–07
! 2007–08
! 2008–09
! 2009–10
! 2010–11
! 2011–12
!2012–13
!2013–14
!2014–15
!2015–16
!2016–17
|-
| align=left | Overall || 85% || 84% || 84% || 83% || 85% || 83% || 86% || 80%
|
|
|85%
|84%
|85%
|-
| align=left | Prone position || 89% || 84% || 85% || 84% || 85% || 87% || 89% || 85%
|
|
|88%
|84%
|86%
|-
| align=left | Standing position || 81% || 84% || 84% || 82% || 86% || 80% || 83% || 75%
|
|
|82%
|84%
|84%
|}

and<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biathlon.com.ua/profile.php?lang=eng&id=19|title = BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar personal data, photos}}</ref>

==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile" />

===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Pursuit&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Sprint&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;relay&nbsp; 
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] || ''28'' || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical|—]]  || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit|—]] ||[[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start|5]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] ||   [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|—]]
|-
|}

===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;individual&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;skiathlon&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;mass&nbsp;start&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Sprint&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;relay&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Team&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;sprint&nbsp;
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] || ''31'' || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|11]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's sprint|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's team sprint|—]]
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|2007]] || ''33'' || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|13]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's sprint|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's team sprint|—]]
|-
|}

===World Cup===

====Season standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Season&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="4" |Discipline standings
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="3" |Ski Tour standings
|-
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Distance
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Long Distance
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Nordic<br />Opening
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Tour de<br />Ski
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|World Cup<br />Final
|-
| [[1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1999]] || ''25'' ||  63 || {{n/a}}  || 48   || 89|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2001–02 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2002]] || ''28'' ||29  || {{n/a}}  ||{{n/a}}  || —|| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2003]] || ''29'' || 100  || {{n/a}}  ||{{n/a}}  || — || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2004]] || ''30'' ||108  ||69 || {{n/a}}  ||— || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}  
|-
| [[2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2005]] || ''31'' ||64  || 39  ||{{n/a}}   || — || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2007]] || ''33'' ||46  ||25  ||{{n/a}}  ||  —|| {{n/a}} || — || {{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2008]] || ''34'' ||81  ||49  || {{n/a}}|| —  || {{n/a}} ||—  ||  —
|-
| [[2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2011]] || ''37'' || 153 || 97 ||  {{n/a}} || —  ||  —||—  || —
|-
|}

====Individual podiums====
* 1 victory – (1 {{Abbr|WC|World Cup}}) 
* 3 podiums – (3 {{Abbr|WC|World Cup}}) 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:160px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
|-
| align=center|1 || rowspan=2 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[2001–02 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2001–02]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 25 November 2001 || align=left|  {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kuopio]], Finland  || 10 km Individual F || World Cup || 2nd
|-
| align=center|2 || align=right| 22 December 2001 || align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ramsau am Dachstein|Ramsau]], Austria  || 30 km Mass Start F || World Cup || 2nd
|-
| align=center|3||rowspan=1 align=center|'''[[2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2006–07]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 18 November 2006 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gällivare]], Sweden || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|15&nbsp;km Individual F || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
|}

====Team podiums====

* 3 podiums – (3 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}})

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:190px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| Teammates
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| align=center|1 || rowspan=1 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1998–99]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 29 November 1998 || align=left|  {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Muonio]], Finland  || 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay F || World Cup || 2nd ||  [[Kristen Skjeldal|Skjeldal]] / [[Bjørn Dæhlie|Dæhlie]] / [[Tor Arne Hetland|Hetland]]
|-
| align=center|2 || rowspan=1 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2003–04]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 23 November 2003 || align=left|  {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Beitostølen]], Norway  ||4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay C/F || World Cup || 3rd || [[Frode Estil|Estil]] / [[Tore Bjonviken|Bjonviken]] / [[Frode Andresen|Andresen]]
|-
| align=center|3|| rowspan=1 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2006–07]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 17 December 2006 || align=left|  {{flagicon|FRA}} [[La Clusaz]], France  || 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay C/F || World Cup || 2nd || [[Tor Arne Hetland|Hetland]] / [[Eldar Rønning|Rønning]] / [[Petter Northug|Northug]]
|-
|}

==Equipment==
Bjørndalen uses [[Madshus]] skis, boots and poles.
He uses [[Rottefella]] NNN [[Ski binding|bindings]].
His gloves and base layer are from [[Odlo]], and he uses [[Casco (company)|Casco]] glasses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fasterskier.com/2015/12/biathlons-king-on-changes-an-interview-with-bjorndalen/|title=Biathlon's King on Changes: An Interview with Bjørndalen – FasterSkier.com|website=fasterskier.com|accessdate=8 December 2022}}</ref>

During the off-season in 2006 Bjørndalen was testing a new ski boot that had a high heel in the [[Torsby]] [[ski tunnel]] with boot manufacturers Madshus. The theory is that it forces the knee more forward for better position and it incorporates the large gluteal muscles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Prestvik|first=Johan|title=Will Bjorndalen Win Gold in High Heels|url=http://fasterskier.com/article/will-bjorndalen-win-gold-in-high-heels/|work=FasterSkier|access-date=19 February 2014|date=19 October 2006}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists]]
*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games]]

==References==
===General===
*All placings and results are sourced by the [[International Biathlon Union]]'s searchable results database: {{cite web|url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/Cups.aspx |title=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301193058/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Cups.aspx |archive-date= 1 March 2011 }}
*{{cite web | url = http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=cups_cups | publisher = International Biathlon Union | title = Biathlon World Cup results | access-date = 21 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180118011007/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=cups_cups | archive-date = 18 January 2018 | url-status = dead }} – searchable database of all World Cup race results
*{{cite web | url = http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=classiclive_main | publisher = International Biathlon Union | title = International Biathlon Union event results | access-date = 21 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064534/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=classiclive_main | archive-date = 18 January 2018 | url-status = dead }} – searchable database of all IBU races

===Specific===
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Ole Einar Bjørndalen}}
* {{IBU profile|btnor12701197401|Ole Einar Bjoerndalen}}
* {{FIS cross-country skier|5248|Ole Einar Bjoerndalen}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|ole-einar-bjorndalen|Ole Einar Bjørndalen}}
* {{Olympedia|84154|Ole Einar Bjørndalen}}

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