Sturla Holm Lægreid

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Sturla Holm Lægreid

Lægreid in 2024

Personal information

Nationality

Norwegian

Born

20 February 1997 (age 27)
Bærum, Norway

Height

1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Professional information

Sport

Biathlon

Club

Bærums SK

World Cup debut

6 March 2020

Olympic Games

Teams

1 (2022)

Medals

1 (1 gold)

World Championships

Teams

3 (2021–2024)

Medals

12 (6 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

Individual races

105

All races

132

Individual victories

All victories

Individual podiums

All podiums

Discipline titles

2:
1 Individual (2020–21)
1 Pursuit (2020–21)

Medal record

Men's biathlon

Representing

Norway

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Olympic Games	1	0	0
World Championships	6	5	1
Total	7	5	1

2021 Pokljuka

2021 Pokljuka

2021 Pokljuka

2023 Oberhof

2023 Oberhof

2023 Oberhof

2024 Nové Město

2024 Nové Město

2023 Oberhof

Junior World Championships

2018 Otepää

15 km individual

2018 Otepää

4 × 7.5 km relay

Updated on 19 December 2024

Sturla Holm Lægreid (born 20 February 1997) is a Norwegian biathlete. In the season opener of the 2020–2021 season, he earned his first World Cup win at the 20 km Individual.^[1]

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2022 Beijing	15th	7th	24th	6th	Gold	—

World Championships

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12 medals (6 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2021 Pokljuka	Gold	7th	6th	Gold	Gold	Gold	−
2023 Oberhof	Silver	Bronze	Silver	4th	Silver	Gold	−
2024 Nové Mĕsto	18th	Gold	Silver	17th	Silver	–	–

*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

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Season	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
Season	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2019–20	115	43rd	–	–	59	37th	30	41st	26	34th
2020–21	1039	2nd	120	1st	319	2nd	306	1st	161	4th
2021–22	736	2nd	100	2nd	284	3rd	199	7th	153	4th
2022–23	1098	2nd	90	8th	375	2nd	425	2nd	208	3rd
2023–24	862	4th	135	4th	302	3rd	294	5th	131	8th
2024–25	354	2nd	65	3rd	159	3rd	65	3rd	65	3rd

† – season in progress

Individual victories

13 victories (4 In, 3 Sp, 4 Pu, 2 Ms)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1	2020-21	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Biathlon World Cup
2		17 December 2020	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup
3		19 December 2020	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
4		9 January 2021	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
5		17 February 2021	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Biathlon World Championship
6		21 February 2021	Pokljuka	15 km Mass start	Biathlon World Championship
7		20 March 2021	Ostersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
8	2021-22	27 November 2021	Ostersund	20 km Individual	Biathlon World Cup
9	2021-22	18 March 2022	Oslo	10 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup
10	2022-23	17 December 2022	Annecy	12.5 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
11	2023-24	10 February 2024	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Biathlon World Championship
12		1 March 2024	Oslo	20 km Individual	Biathlon World Cup
13		2 March 2024	Oslo	15 km Mass start	Biathlon World Cup

References

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^ "Sturla Holm Laegreid Stuns with Kontiolahti 20 km Victory". International Biathlon Union – IBU. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sturla Holm Lægreid.

Sturla Lægreid at IBU
Sturla Lægreid at FIS (cross-country)
Sturla Lægreid at Olympics.com
Sturla Lægreid at Olympedia
Sturla Holm Lægreid at Team Norway (in Norwegian)

Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km relay

1968: Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
1972: Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov, Viktor Mamatov (URS)
1976: Aleksandr Elizarov, Ivan Biakov, Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Kruglov (URS)
1980: Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnashov, Anatoly Alyabyev (URS)
1984: Dmitry Vasilyev, Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna, Sergei Bulygin (URS)
1988: Dmitry Vasilyev, Sergei Tchepikov, Alexandr Popov, Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)
1992: Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner, Fritz Fischer (GER)
1994: Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner, Sven Fischer (GER)
1998: Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck (GER)
2002: Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2006: Ricco Groß, Michael Rösch, Sven Fischer, Michael Greis (GER)
2010: Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2014: vacant
2018: Peppe Femling, Jesper Nelin, Sebastian Samuelsson, Fredrik Lindström (SWE)
2022: Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)

World champions in men's biathlon – 10 km sprint

World champions in men's biathlon – 15 km mass start

World champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual

World champions in men's biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km relay

1966: (Ivar Nordkild, Olav Jordet, Jon Istad, Ragnar Tveiten)
1967: (Ola Wærhaug, Olav Jordet, Jon Istad, Ragnar Tveiten)
1969: (Alexander Tikhonov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev, Rinnat Safin)
1970: (Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Alexander Ushakov, Viktor Mamatov)
1971: (Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Muzhytov, Rinnat Safin, Viktor Mamatov)
1973: (Gennady Kovalyev, Rinnat Safin, Juri Kolmakov, Alexander Tikhonov)
1974: (Alexander Ushakov, Alexander Tikhonov, Juri Kolmakov, Nikolay Kruglov)
1975: (Henrik Flöjt, Simo Halonen, Juhani Suutarinen, Heikki Ikola)
1977: (Aleksandr Elizarov, Alexander Ushakov, Nikolay Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov)
1978: (Manfred Beer, Klaus Siebert, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
1979: (Manfred Beer, Klaus Siebert, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
1981: (Mathias Jung, Matthias Jacob, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
1982: (Mathias Jung, Matthias Jacob, Frank Ullrich, Bernd Hellmich)
1983: (Sergei Bulygin, Algimantas Šalna, Juri Kashkarov, Petr Miloradov)
1985: (Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna, Andrei Zenkov, Sergei Bulygin)
1986: (Dmitry Vasilyev, Juri Kashkarov, Valeriy Medvedtsev, Sergei Bulygin)
1987: (Jürgen Wirth, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Matthias Jacob, André Sehmisch)
1989: (Frank Luck, André Sehmisch, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Birk Anders)
1990: (Pieralberto Carrara, Wilfried Pallhuber, Johann Passler, Andreas Zingerle)
1991: (Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner, Fritz Fischer)
1993: (Wilfried Pallhuber, Johann Passler, Pieralberto Carrara, Andreas Zingerle)
1995: (Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner, Frank Luck, Sven Fischer)
1996: (Viktor Maigourov, Vladimir Drachev, Sergei Tarasov, Aleksey Kobelev)
1997: (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck)
1999: (Alexei Aidarov, Petr Ivashko, Vadim Sashurin, Oleg Ryzhenkov)
2000: (Viktor Maigourov, Sergei Rozhkov, Vladimir Drachev, Pavel Rostovtsev)
2001: (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée)
2003: (Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Ricco Groß, Frank Luck)
2004: (Frank Luck, Ricco Groß, Sven Fischer, Michael Greis)
2005: (Halvard Hanevold, Stian Eckhoff, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
2007: (Ivan Tcherezov, Maxim Chudov, Dmitri Yaroshenko, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.)
2008: (Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr., Dmitri Yaroshenko, Maxim Chudov)
2009: (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Lars Berger, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
2011: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Alexander Os, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tarjei Bø)
2012: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Rune Brattsveen, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
2013: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Henrik L'Abée-Lund, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
2015: (Erik Lesser, Daniel Böhm, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp)
2016: (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
2017: (Alexey Volkov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov, Anton Shipulin)
2019: (Lars Helge Birkeland, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø)
2020: (Émilien Jacquelin, Martin Fourcade, Simon Desthieux, Quentin Fillon Maillet)
2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
2023: (Antonin Guigonnat, Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon Maillet)
2024: (Viktor Brandt, Jesper Nelin, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson)

v t e World champions in biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km mixed relay
4 × 7.5 km	2005: (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2006: (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Sergei Tchepikov, Irina Malgina, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.) 2021: (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km	2007: (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman) 2008: (Sabrina Buchholz, Magdalena Neuner, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis) 2009: (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade) 2010: (Simone Hauswald, Magdalena Neuner, Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer) 2011: (Tora Berger, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø) 2012: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2013: (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen) 2015: (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Michal Šlesingr, Ondřej Moravec) 2016: (Anaïs Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade) 2017: (Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp) 2019: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
4 × 6 km	2020: (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø) 2023: (Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø) 2024: (Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon)