Emil Hegle Svendsen: biography. Biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen

There are many successful and charismatic athletes who are loved all over the world. Emil Hegle Svendsen is one of them. This young Norwegian world-famous biathlete has many awards, which he won in a variety of competitions.

Emil Hegle Svendsen

Biography of this biathlete, born in Trondheim (Norway) on July 12, 1985, is firmly connected with the sport. From the very childhood the boy was carried away by skis. A couple of years after the start of training Emil Hegle Svendsen preferred biathlon. From one interview with him it became known that for a year he devotes more than 800 hours to intensified physical training. Such dedication and perseverance allowed the young guy to quickly take his place among the most outstanding biathlonists of the world. Every year his achievements only grow.

The beginning of Emil's sports career

Still quite young boy Emil Hegle Svendsen took part in major international competitions. In 2002, he spoke at the World Junior Championships, held in Ridnaun. A year later at the same competitions, but already in the Polish city of Kostelisko, he managed to win 2 medals at once. In 2004-2005, at the world junior championships, the guy became a four-time winner. He won gold in the pursuit race in the French Haute Marienne. Also in his piggy bank appeared a bronze medal for participating in ski races in Finnish Rovaniemi. In the team event he received gold in the relay race. Emile's debut in the European Cup took place only in 2005. Then, in the first 10 km race in free style, he took the prize-winning 3 place. Due to this, the athlete was in the main part of the Norwegian team, with which he won silver in the relay race. Hegle Svendsen became the world champion in the sprint and in the individual competition in the competitions held in Kontiolahti (Finland). At the same competitions, he received a silver award in pursuit.

The development of Hegle Svendsen's career

In the talent of a young athlete, no one has ever doubted. Proof of this are his constant performances in the top ten of the strongest biathlonists at the World Cup stages. Thanks to hard work, he got the right to play in the mass start with the Norwegian team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. In this competition, he took 6th place, losing to the championship of more experienced athletes. Emil Hegle Svendsen (biathlon) took the 17th place in the overall standings of the 2006-2007 World Cups, which for his young age was a very good indicator. In the biathlon championship in the Italian town of Antholz in 2007, he was 5 in pursuit, and 7 in the sprint. As part of the national team for the mixed relay, Emil won a bronze medal. This award was the first in his adult world championships. All fans of biathlon celebrated for themselves its high speed qualities and fairly accurate shooting, which only improved every year.

Peak of Hegle Svendsen's sports career

His first race on December 13, 2007 in the World Cup, he won in Pokljuka. These 20 km of the route he passed with incredible speed. Two gold medals, Emil won at the 2008 World Championships, which was held in Ostersund. At the same time, he became the winner in the individual race and in the mass start. At the same competitions, the guy became a silver medalist in the relay race. In total for the season 2007/2008 Emil Svendsen won 6 gold medals, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. At the end of the World Cup in the overall standings, he was in third place.

In the 2008/2009 season he won 3 wins in the World Cup. Christmas holidays Emil met in the yellow T-shirt leader. In early 2009, he again won. In this season, he was another five times winner of various competitions. In the relay race in the World Cup, Emil again took the gold. At the end of the season Emil Hegle took the 3rd place in the overall standings.

At the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, the biathlete received 2 gold and 1 silver medals. For the season of the World Cup Hegle Svendsen took 5 first, 3 second and 1 third place.

In the season of 2010-2011 he managed to win 2 more gold medals and 1 silver medal. The season 2011-2012 brought the Norwegian athlete 4 first, 4 second and 4 third places. In 2012-2013, Emil all expected victory in the fight for the World Cup, but he preferred participation in the World Cup. There he won gold in the first relay race. A day later, Emil again won the sprint. In the pursuit that takes place in Nowe-Place, the biathlete got his 10th gold in the world championship. Emil became the winner in the relay race. He also received bronze in the mass start. In the cup competition, the biathlete took 2nd place, losing to Martan Fourcade. This is due to the fact that he missed several stages of the championship due to illness.

At the Olympics in 2014, Emil managed to win 2 gold awards: one for the mass start, the second in the mixed relay.

Emile Awards

During his whole sports career, biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen has won many awards. He is the eleven-time world champion. Emil won gold four times in the Olympic Games (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014). He is the six-time champion of Norway and the owner of the Crystal Globe. In total, the biathlete won 36 victories at different stages of the World Cup.

Personal life of Emil

Many fans of biathlon know perfectly well who Emil Hegle Svendsen is. This slim (weight - 75 kg, height - 185 cm) and a smiling guy is the idol of many girls. Despite his discipline in sports, Emil Hegle Svendsen, whose photo on the net is not always connected with biathlon, has a reputation as a real bully. That there is only talk about the fact that he and his friend (Tarja Bo) tried to steal a car from a Russian girl from Khanty-Mansiysk, arranged drunken debauch with striptease and various provocations for veterans of sports. So for the fact that at the competitions in Pokljuka the athletes arbitrarily left the city, drank alcohol, swam in the wrong place, and then lowered the tires from the cars of service teams and various teams, hooligans overtook the disciplinary sanctions of the Association of Norwegian Biathlonists. Written warnings were sent to them and a fine of 100 thousand kroons was withheld.

To date, the heart of a handsome biathlete is not employed. He spends all his free time on entertainment and hobbies (cycling, rest in the circle of friends).