Øystein Slettemark

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Øystein Slettemark
Born(1967-08-20)August 20, 1967
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Updated on February 28, 2013.

Øystein Slettemark (born in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 1967) is a Greenlandic biathlete. [1]

Rio de Janeiro Second-most populous municipality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

Career

Slettemark competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Denmark. His best performance was 86th in the sprint. He also finished 88th in the individual. [2]

2010 Winter Olympics 21st edition of Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver (Canada) in 2010

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The men's sprint competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 14, 2010.

The men's individual competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 18, 2010. Two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded.

At IBU events, Slettemark represents Greenland, which does not have its own National Olympic Committee. He is married to Uiloq Slettemark who is also a biathlete. Between the two of them they have competed about thirty times in the Arctic Circle Race winning a large number of medals. Uiloq said that she had 14 medals and she might have obtained 15 if she had not been seven months pregnant whilst competing. [3]

Uiloq Slettemark is a Greenlandic biathlete. She was born in Denmark and has lived in Norway.

As of February 2013, his best performance at the Biathlon World Championships, 77th, in the 2007 sprint. [1]

The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint BWCHs. In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters.

The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy from February 2 to February 11.

As of February 2013, his best Biathlon World Cup finish is 49th, in the individual at Fort Kent in 2003/04. [1]

The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans.

Fort Kent, Maine Town in Maine, United States

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The 2003−04 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The Biathlon World Championships 2004 were part of the Biathlon World Cup.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 IBU Profile
  2. ↑ Sports-Reference Profile
  3. ↑ Arctic Circle Race 2012 without the Slettemarks, press release, acr.gl, retrieved 11 February 2015


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