Sylfest Glimsdal

Sylfest Glimsdal
Personal information
Full name	Sylfest Glimsdal
Born	9 October 1966 (age 57); Fagernes, Oppland, Norway
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Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Nord-Aurdal SSL
World Cup debut	23 January 1988
Olympic Games
Teams	3 (1988, 1992, 1994)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	8 (1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 (1987/88–1999/2000)
Individual victories	3
Individual podiums	7
Discipline titles	1:; 1 Sprint (1991–92)
Men's biathlon
	Representing Norway
World Championships

Sylfest Glimsdal (born 9 October 1966) is a former Norwegian biathlete. In the 1991–92 season, Glimsdal came third in the overall World Cup standings, behind Jon Åge Tyldum and Mikael Löfgren. During his career he won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal at World Championships. In 2000, he ended his career as a biathlete.^[1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[2]

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1988 Calgary	39th	—	—
1992 Albertville	—	24th	—
1994 Lillehammer	9th	53rd	—

3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Team	Relay
1989 Feistritz	—	6th	N/A	N/A	11th	Bronze
1992 Novosibirsk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Silver	N/A
1993 Borovets	56th	13th	N/A	N/A	12th	9th
1994 Canmore	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4th	N/A
1995 Antholz-Anterselva	9th	68th	N/A	N/A	—	—
1997 Brezno-Osrblie	—	69th	—	N/A	—	—
1998 Pokljuka	N/A	N/A	—	N/A	Gold	N/A
1999 Kontiolahti	17th	17th	30th	13th	N/A	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.

3 victories (1 In, 2 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1993–94 1 victory (1 Sp)	19 March 1994	Canmore	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1994–95 1 victory (1 Sp)	16 December 1994	Bad Gastein	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1997–98 1 victory (1 In)	11 December 1997	Östersund	20 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.

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Sylfest Glimsdal at the International Biathlon Union
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v t e World champions in men's biathlon – Team event
4 × 20 km (time)	1958: Sweden (Adolf Wiklund, Olle Gunneriusson, Sture Ohlin, Sven Nilsson)
3 × 20 km (time)	1959: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1961: Finland (Kalevi Huuskonen, Paavo Repo, Antti Tyrväinen) 1962: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Valentin Pzhenitsyn, Nikolay Puzanov) 1963: Soviet Union (Vladimir Melanin, Nikolay Mezharyakov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) 1965: Norway (Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
4 × 20 km	1989: Soviet Union (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov) 1990: East Germany (Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck) 1991: Italy (Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, Simon Demetz, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1992: CIS (Eugeni Redkine, Alexander Tropnikov, Anatoly Zhdanovich, Alexandr Popov) 1993: Germany (Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
4 × 10 km	1994: Italy (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber) 1995: Norway (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum) 1996: Belarus (Petr Ivashko, Oleg Ryzhenkov, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1997: Belarus (Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) 1998: Norway (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)