Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.
Life and career He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as well as several relay medals. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1983.
Kvalfoss did his higher education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintRelay 1984 Sarajevo Bronze Gold Silver 1988 Calgary 6th 20th 6th 1992 Albertville 27th 47th 5th
World Championships 13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze) EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay 1981 Lahti 17th 8th 4th 1982 Minsk Silver Gold Silver 1983 Antholz-Anterselva 14th Gold Bronze 1985 Ruhpolding 26th Silver 4th 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen 25th 12th 5th 1987 Lake Placid 17th 41st 4th 1989 Feistritz Gold Silver — Bronze 1990 Minsk 10th Silver — 4th 1991 Lahti Bronze Bronze — Bronze 1993 Borovets 4th 4th — 9th *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was added as an event in 1989.
Individual victories 14 victories (4 In, 10 Sp) Season Date Location Discipline Level 1980–81 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) 22 January 1981 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 4 April 1981 Hedenäset10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1981–82 1 victory (1 Sp) 13 February 1982 Minsk10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 1982–83 2 victories (2 Sp) 28 January 1983 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 26 February 1983 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 1983–84 3 victories (3 Sp) 14 January 1984 Pontresina10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 14 February 1984 Sarajevo10 km sprintWinter Olympic Games 8 March 1984 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1987–88 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) 15 March 1988 Keuruu10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 17 March 1988 Jyväskylä20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) 7 February 1989 Feistritz20 km individualBiathlon World Championships 4 March 1989 Hämeenlinna10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1989–90 1 victory (1 In) 15 March 1990 Kontiolahti20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 1990–91 1 victory (1 Sp) 16 March 1991 Canmore10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
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