Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 7 December 1990) is a former Norwegian biathlete and 3 time Winter Olympic gold medalist. In addition, she won two Olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. Her world championships achievements include winning two gold medals and eleven relay victories. She won the overall Biathlon World Cup in 2022.
Personal life Olsbu Røiseland was born on 7 December 1990. She is married to Sverre Olsbu Røiseland. They have a son Tobias, born on 19 November 2023.
She resides in Froland Municipality, Norway.
Career Olsbu Røiseland has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since the 2012–13 World Cup season and has represented Norway at several Biathlon World Championships. During the Biathlon World Championships 2016 in Oslo, she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay and raced the final leg when Norway won the gold in the relay. At the Biathlon World Championships 2020 in Antholz, she became the first biathlete to win seven medals at a World Championship with her five gold medals and two bronze medals.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she won two silver medals in 7.5 kilometres sprint, and in the mixed relay. She placed fourth in 10 kilometres pursuit and eighth in the 12.5 kilometres mass start, and fourth in the women's relay with the Norwegian team.
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she won three gold and two bronze medals, becoming the second biathlete to win a medal in all four individual events at a single Olympics, matching fellow Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjørndalen.
In the season 2021–22, she won the World Cup overall title. She also won the discipline title in sprint and pursuit.
In March 2023, Olsbu Røiseland announced her retirement from active biathlon career after the end of the season 2022–23.
Awards She won the award L'Équipe Champion of Champions in 2020. She is the first and only biathlete and the first and only Norwegian athlete to win this award.
She was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2022. She also received the Fearnley award in 2022.
Biathlete of the Year 2022 by Forum Nordicum, the organization of journalists covering winter sports
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) Year Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay 2018 Pyeongchang 71st Silver 4th 8th 4th Silver 2022 Beijing Bronze Gold Gold Bronze 4th Gold
World Championships 17 medals (13 gold, 4 bronze) Year Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay 2015 Kontiolahti – 31st 42nd – 5th – rowspan="3" 2016 Oslo 42nd 11th 16th 7th Gold Bronze 2017 Hochfilzen 58th 54th 16th 29th 11th 8th 2019 Östersund 23rd 25th 4th 7th Gold Gold Gold 2020 Antholz-Anterselva Bronze Gold Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold 2021 Pokljuka 20th 6th 9th 4th Gold Gold − 2023 Oberhof – 4th Bronze 17th 6th Gold Gold *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
World Cup Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2012–13 22 13 81st 13 51st 0 – 0 – 0 —2013–14 23 110 53rd 0 – 47 53rd 63 42nd 0 —2014–15 24 143 44th 0 – 70 44th 73 29th 0 —2015–16 25 352 22nd 8 56th 139 22nd 141 19th 64 25th2016–17 26 551 12th 37 29th 172 14th 236 7th 106 16th2017–18 27 450 14th 46 14th 115 21st 131 14th 158 8th2018–19 28 855 4th 67 12th 326 3rd 312 2nd 161 4th2019–20 29 597 5th 99 6th 248 4th 104 8th 146 8th2020–21 30 963 2nd 28 31 319 2nd 319 2nd 175 4th2021–22 31 957 1st 31 21 412 1st 380 1st 134 4th2022–23 32 502 15th 34 24th 174 14th 169 11th 125 9th
Individual victories 19 victories (8 Sp, 9 Pu, 2 MS) No. Season Date Location Discipline Level 1 2018–19 21 December 2018 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 2 22 December 2018 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup 3 14 February 2019 Soldier Hollow, United States 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 4 2019–20 9 January 2020 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 5 14 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 7.5 km Sprint World Championships 6 23 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy 12.5 km Mass Start World Championships 7 2020–21 13 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup 8 21 December 2020 Hochfilzen, Austria 12.5 km Mass Start World Cup 9 20 March 2021 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup 10 2021–22 4 December 2021 Östersund, Sweden 10 km Pursuit World Cup 11 12 December 2021 Hochfilzen, Austria 10 km Pursuit World Cup 12 16 December 2021 Le Grand-Bornand, France 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 13 7 January 2022 Oberhof, Germany 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 14 9 January 2022 Oberhof, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup 15 16 January 2022 Ruhpolding, Germany 10 km Pursuit World Cup 16 11 February 2022 Beijing, China 7.5 km Sprint Winter Olympic Games 17 13 February 2022 Beijing, China 10 km Pursuit Winter Olympic Games 18 2022–23 3 March 2023 Nové Město, Czech Republic 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 19 4 March 2023 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Pursuit World Cup
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