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{{Short description|Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier}}
{{Skier infobox|name= Lars Berger
{{Infobox biathlete <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biathlon -->
| image = [[Image:ME biatlon muzi08.jpg|300px]]
| fullname = Lars Berger
| name = Lars Berger
| image = Lars Berger.JPG
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| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1979|5|1}}
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| cityofbirth = [[Levanger]]
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| countryofbirth = [[Norway]]
| fullname = Lars Berger
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|5|1}}
| height = 189 cm
| birth_place = [[Levanger Municipality]], [[Norway]]
| club = Byåsen (cross country) and Dombås (biathlon)
| death_date =
| skis = [[Madshus]]
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| seasons = 2001
| wins = 3
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| additionalpodiums = 7
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| totalpodiums = 10
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| disciplines = '''[[Biathlon]]'''<br />[[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]]
| club = '''Dombås IL'''<br />[[Byåsen IL]]
| skis =
| rifle =
| wcdebut = '''4 January 2001'''<br />22 November 2003
| retired = 27 April 2015
| olympicteams = '''1''' ([[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]])<br />1 ([[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]])
| olympicmedals = '''0'''<br />1 (0 gold)
| olympicgolds =
| worldsteams = '''7''' ([[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]], [[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]])<br />2 ([[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005|2005]], [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|2007]])
| worldsmedals = '''5''' (1 gold)<br />3 (3 gold)
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| wcseasons = '''14''' (2000/01–2013/14)
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| wcwins = {{unbulleted list | '''7''' (biathlon) | 0 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcrelayswins = {{unbulleted list | '''11''' (biathlon) | 1 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcpodiums = {{unbulleted list | '''16''' (biathlon) | 1 (cross-country skiing)}}
| wcrelayspodiums = {{unbulleted list | '''27''' (biathlon) | 2 (cross-country skiing)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[biathlon]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NOR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Biathlon World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Oberhof|15 km mass start}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Oberhof|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz-Anterselva]]|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]|10 km sprint}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NOR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|4 × 10 km relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2005 Oberstdorf]]|4 × 10 km relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|15 km]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|4 × 10 km relay]]}}
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'''Lars Berger''' (born 1 May 1979) is a former [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[biathlon|biathlete]] and [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]].
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalWorldChampionships}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[cross country skiing]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2005 Oberstdorf]] | 4 x 10 km}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|15 km]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|2007 Sapporo]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|4 x 10 km]]}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[biathlon]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Oberhof | 15 km mass start}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Oberhof | 4 x 7.5 km}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz]] | 4 x 7.5 km}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Lars Berger''' (born [[May 1]], [[1979]], in [[Levanger]], [[Norway]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[biathlon|biathlete]] and [[cross country skier]]. Berger's family moved to [[Lesja]], [[Oppland]] in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started [[cross-country skiing]], but during his teens he decided to try out the [[biathlon]].


==Life and career==
Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001. During the 2004 [[Biathlon World Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], he won silver medals in the 15 km mass start and the 4 x 7.5 km relay. Berger also won two gold medals in the military world championships that same year (cross country and patrol). Berger finished fifth in the 2004 overall World Cup, and won several gold medals from the Norwegian Biathlon Championships. At the [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Biathlon World Championships]] in [[Rasen-Antholz]], [[Italy]], Berger was part of the Norwegian team that won silver in the 4 x 7.5 km relay.
Fellow former biathlete [[Tora Berger]] is his sister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/other/tora-berger-wins-biathlon-sprint-in-germany-day-after-brother-lars-wins-race-113778654.html |title=Tora Berger wins biathlon sprint in Germany, day after brother Lars wins race|agency=Associated Press |date=15 January 2011|publisher=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|access-date=25 February 2011}}</ref> Berger's family moved to [[Lesja Municipality]] in [[Oppland]] county in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started cross-country skiing, but during his teens he decided to try out biathlon.


Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001. During the 2004 [[Biathlon World Championships]] in [[Oberhof, Germany]], he won silver medals in the 15&nbsp;km mass start and the 4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay. Berger also won two gold medals in the military world championships that same year (cross-country and patrol). Berger finished fifth in the 2004 overall World Cup, and won several gold medals from the Norwegian Biathlon Championships. At the [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Biathlon World Championships]] in [[Rasen-Antholz]], [[Italy]], Berger was part of the Norwegian team that won silver in the 4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay. After several disappointing races, mainly due to unstable shooting, Berger was thrown off the Norwegian national team ahead of the 2008/2009 season. He revenged this by retrieving two world cup victories in sprint events, a silver in the World Championship sprint, and contributed to the gold in the men's relay. He was regarded as perhaps the fastest skier on the biathlon tour, but his lack of shooting accuracy often prevented him from producing consistent and winning results.
Berger has also been competing in cross country since 2002. He also won the 30 km and relay at the 2003 Norwegian Cross-country Championships in [[Molde]]. Berger won a gold in the 4 x 10 km at the [[2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Oberstdorf]] and finished 4th in the 15 km in those same championships. Berger won the gold medal in the at 15 km at the [[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Sapporo]] in 2007. He is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in [[biathlon]] and [[Nordic skiing]] in the same year.

Berger also competed in cross-country skiing from 2002. He won the 30&nbsp;km and relay at the 2003 Norwegian cross-country skiing championships in [[Molde]]. Berger won a gold in the 4 × 10&nbsp;km at the [[2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] in [[Oberstdorf]] and finished 4th in the 15&nbsp;km in those same championships. Berger won the gold medal in the 15&nbsp;km at the [[2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|Nordic Skiing World Championships]] in [[Sapporo]] in 2007.

Berger is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in [[biathlon]] and [[Nordic skiing]] in the same year. He is also the only athlete to win gold in relays in both World Championships (in Nordic skiing in 2005 and 2007, in biathlon in 2009).

In 2014, Berger won gold medal in the men's 15&nbsp;km cross county skiing in the military world championship in [[Sodankylä]], Finland.

On 27 April 2015, Berger announced his retirement from the sport. He cited a "chronic knee injury" as his reason for retiring.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tingve |first=Pål Marius |date=27 April 2015 |title=Lars Berger legger opp |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/04/27/sport/sportno/idrett/ski/skiskyting/38887833/ |newspaper=[[Dagbladet]] |access-date=27 April 2015 |language=no }}</ref>

Though Berger only participated in the 2010 Olympics, in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, he did travel to the Olympic Games as a reserve athlete in biathlon in both 2002 and 2014.

==Biathlon results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Biathlon Union]].<ref name="IBUprofile">{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR10105197901 |title=Lars Berger |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!style="width:70px;"|Individual
!style="width:70px;"|Sprint
!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit
!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}}
!style="width:70px;"|Relay
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]
| —
| 46th
| 23rd
| —
| —
|}

===World Championships===
''5 medals (1 gold, 4 silver)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!style="width:70px;"|Individual
!style="width:70px;"|Sprint
!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit
!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}}
!style="width:70px;"|Relay
!style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]]
| 24th
| 14th
| 11th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| {{n/a}}
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005 Hochfilzen]]
| —
| 44th
| 32nd
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006 Pokljuka]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 23rd
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007 Antholz-Anterselva]]
| 49th
| 14th
| 11th
| 17th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009 Pyeongchang]]
| 34th
| style="background:silver;"| '''Silver'''
| 5th
| 29th
| style="background:gold;"| '''Gold'''
| 4th
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| 65th
| 14th
| 19th
| 14th
| —
| —
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012 Ruhpolding]]
| —
| 32nd
| 40th
| —
| —
| —
|}
:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''
:''**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.''

===Overall record===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
! Result
! Individual
! Sprint
! Pursuit
! Mass start
! Relay
! Mixed relay
! Total
|- style="background:gold;"
| align=left | 1st place || – || 7 || – || – || 4 || – || '''11'''
|- style="background:silver;"
| align=left | 2nd place || – || 2 || 2 || 1 || 5 || – || '''10'''
|- style="background:#cfaa88;"
| align=left | 3rd place || – || 3 || 1 || – || 2 || – || '''6'''
|-
| align=left | 4–10 || 2 || 14 || 9 || 1 || 3 || 1 || '''30'''
|-
| align=left | 11–20 || – || 14 || 16 || 9 || 1 || 1 || '''41'''
|-
| align=left | 21–40 || 7 || 24 || 25 || 12 || – || 1 || '''69'''
|-
| align=left | 41–60 || 10 || 21 || 7 || – || – || – || '''38'''
|-
| align=left | Others || 4 || 4 || – || – || – || – || '''8'''
|-
| align=left | DNF || – || – || – || – || – || – || '''0'''
|-
| align=left | DSQ || – || – || – || – || 1 || – || '''1'''
|-
| align=left | '''Starts''' || '''23''' || '''89''' || '''60''' || '''23''' || '''16''' || '''3''' ||'''214'''
|}
:''*Results in all UIPMB and IBU World Cup races.<ref name="IBUprofile"/>''

===Junior/Youth World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- "
!Event
!style="width:70px;"|Individual
!style="width:70px;"|Sprint
!style="width:70px;"|Pursuit
!style="width:70px;"|Relay
|-
| align=left |{{flagicon|SLO}} 1999 [[Pokljuka]]
| 11th
| 9th
| 5th
| —
|}

===Individual victories===
''7 victories (7 Sp)''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
! Level
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2003–04 Biathlon World Cup|2003–04]]''' <br /> 3 victories <br /> (3 Sp) || 11 December 2003 ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 27 February 2004 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 11 March 2004 ||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Holmenkollen National Arena|Oslo Holmenkollen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2008–09 Biathlon World Cup|2008–09]]''' <br /> 2 victories <br /> (2 Sp) || 20 December 2008 ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| 13 March 2009 ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Whistler Olympic Park|Vancouver]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2010–11 Biathlon World Cup|2010–11]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Sp) || 14 January 2011 ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ruhpolding]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''[[2013–14 Biathlon World Cup|2013–14]]''' <br /> 1 victory <br /> (1 Sp) || 6 December 2013 ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hochfilzen]]||10&nbsp;km sprint||[[Biathlon World Cup]]
|}
:''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the [[Biathlon World Cup]], [[Biathlon World Championships]] and the [[Winter Olympic Games]].''

==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=73895&type=st-WC |title=BERGER Lars |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
* 1 medal – (1 silver)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;individual&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;skiathlon&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;mass&nbsp;start&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Sprint&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Team&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;sprint&nbsp;
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] || ''30'' || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|—]] || style="background:silver;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|'''Silver''']] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint|—]]
|-
|}
===World Championships===
* 3 medals – (3 gold)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;individual&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;skiathlon&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;mass&nbsp;start&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Sprint&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;Team&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;sprint&nbsp;
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] || ''25'' || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|4]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's sprint|—]] || style="background:gold;"| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|'''Gold''']] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Men's team sprint|—]]
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007|2007]] || ''27'' || style="background:gold;"| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|'''Gold''']] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 50 kilometre classical|—]] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's sprint|—]] || style="background:gold;"| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|'''Gold''']] || [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's team sprint|—]]
|-
|}
===World Cup===
====Season standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Season&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;" rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Age&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="3" |Discipline standings
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="3" |Ski Tour standings
|-
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Distance
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Nordic<br>Opening
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Tour de<br>Ski
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|World Cup<br>Final
|-
| [[2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2004]] || ''24'' ||81 || 54 || — || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2005]] || ''25'' || 93 || 59 || — || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2006]] || ''26'' || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} || — || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2007]] || ''27'' || 78 || 46 || — || {{n/a}} || — || {{n/a}}
|-
| [[2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2008]] || ''28'' ||144 || 85 || — || {{n/a}} || — || —
|-
| [[2009–10 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2010]] || ''30'' || 130 || 84 || — || {{n/a}} || — || —
|-
| [[2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2012]] || ''32'' || 107|| 67 || — || —|| — || —
|-
|}
====Team podiums====
* 1 victory – (1 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}})
* 2 podiums – (2 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}})
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| Teammates
|-
| align=center|1|| rowspan=1 align=center|[[2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2003–04]]|| align=right|23 November 2003 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Beitostølen]], Norway || 4 × 10 km Relay C/F || World Cup || 2nd || [[Jens Arne Svartedal|Svartedal]] / [[Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset|Hjelmeset]] / [[Tore Ruud Hofstad|Hofstad]]
|-
| align=center|2 ||rowspan=1 align=center|[[2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|2011–12]]|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 20 November 2011 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sjusjøen]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 10 km Relay C/F || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Eldar Rønning|Rønning]] / [[Finn Hågen Krogh|Krogh]] / [[Petter Northug|Northug]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IBU name|BTNOR10105197901}}
*[http://www.biathlonworld.com/eng/dynamic/archiv_redirect.asp?page=data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId= IBU Profile]
*{{FIS|S=CC|ID=73895}}
* {{FIS cross-country skier|73895}}


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Lars Berger
Personal information
Full nameLars Berger
Born (1979-05-01) 1 May 1979 (age 45)
Levanger Municipality, Norway
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
Cross-country skiing
ClubDombås IL
Byåsen IL
World Cup debut4 January 2001
22 November 2003
Retired27 April 2015
Olympic Games
Teams1 (2010)
1 (2010)
Medals0
1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
2 (2005, 2007)
Medals5 (1 gold)
3 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 (2000/01–2013/14)
Individual victories
  • 7 (biathlon)
  • 0 (cross-country skiing)
All victories
  • 11 (biathlon)
  • 1 (cross-country skiing)
Individual podiums
  • 16 (biathlon)
  • 1 (cross-country skiing)
All podiums
  • 27 (biathlon)
  • 2 (cross-country skiing)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pyeongchang 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2004 Oberhof 15 km mass start
Silver medal – second place 2004 Oberhof 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pyeongchang 10 km sprint
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo 15 km
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay

Lars Berger (born 1 May 1979) is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier.

Life and career

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Fellow former biathlete Tora Berger is his sister.[1] Berger's family moved to Lesja Municipality in Oppland county in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started cross-country skiing, but during his teens he decided to try out biathlon.

Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001. During the 2004 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, he won silver medals in the 15 km mass start and the 4 × 7.5 km relay. Berger also won two gold medals in the military world championships that same year (cross-country and patrol). Berger finished fifth in the 2004 overall World Cup, and won several gold medals from the Norwegian Biathlon Championships. At the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Rasen-Antholz, Italy, Berger was part of the Norwegian team that won silver in the 4 × 7.5 km relay. After several disappointing races, mainly due to unstable shooting, Berger was thrown off the Norwegian national team ahead of the 2008/2009 season. He revenged this by retrieving two world cup victories in sprint events, a silver in the World Championship sprint, and contributed to the gold in the men's relay. He was regarded as perhaps the fastest skier on the biathlon tour, but his lack of shooting accuracy often prevented him from producing consistent and winning results.

Berger also competed in cross-country skiing from 2002. He won the 30 km and relay at the 2003 Norwegian cross-country skiing championships in Molde. Berger won a gold in the 4 × 10 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 4th in the 15 km in those same championships. Berger won the gold medal in the 15 km at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Sapporo in 2007.

Berger is the first person to win medals at the World Championships in biathlon and Nordic skiing in the same year. He is also the only athlete to win gold in relays in both World Championships (in Nordic skiing in 2005 and 2007, in biathlon in 2009).

In 2014, Berger won gold medal in the men's 15 km cross county skiing in the military world championship in Sodankylä, Finland.

On 27 April 2015, Berger announced his retirement from the sport. He cited a "chronic knee injury" as his reason for retiring.[2]

Though Berger only participated in the 2010 Olympics, in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, he did travel to the Olympic Games as a reserve athlete in biathlon in both 2002 and 2014.

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]

Olympic Games

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver — 46th 23rd — —

World Championships

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5 medals (1 gold, 4 silver)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Germany 2004 Oberhof 24th 14th 11th Silver Silver —
Austria 2005 Hochfilzen — 44th 32nd — — —
Slovenia 2006 Pokljuka — — — — — 23rd
Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 49th 14th 11th 17th Silver —
South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang 34th Silver 5th 29th Gold 4th
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 65th 14th 19th 14th — —
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding — 32nd 40th — — —
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

Overall record

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Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Total
1st place – 7 – – 4 – 11
2nd place – 2 2 1 5 – 10
3rd place – 3 1 – 2 – 6
4–10 2 14 9 1 3 1 30
11–20 – 14 16 9 1 1 41
21–40 7 24 25 12 – 1 69
41–60 10 21 7 – – – 38
Others 4 4 – – – – 8
DNF – – – – – – 0
DSQ – – – – 1 – 1
Starts 23 89 60 23 16 3 214
*Results in all UIPMB and IBU World Cup races.[3]

Junior/Youth World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Slovenia 1999 Pokljuka 11th 9th 5th —

Individual victories

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7 victories (7 Sp)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2003–04
3 victories
(3 Sp)		 11 December 2003 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
27 February 2004 United States Lake Placid 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
11 March 2004 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2008–09
2 victories
(2 Sp)		 20 December 2008 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
13 March 2009 Canada Vancouver 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2010–11
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 14 January 2011 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2013–14
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 6 December 2013 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual  		 30 km 
 skiathlon  		 50 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2010 30 — — — — Silver —

World Championships

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  • 3 medals – (3 gold)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual  		 30 km 
 skiathlon  		 50 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2005 25 4 — — — Gold —
2007 27 Gold — — — Gold —

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
2004 24 81 54 — — — —
2005 25 93 59 — — — —
2006 26 NC NC — — — —
2007 27 78 46 — — — —
2008 28 144 85 — — — —
2010 30 130 84 — — — —
2012 32 107 67 — — — —

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 2 podiums – (2 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 2003–04 23 November 2003 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Svartedal / Hjelmeset / Hofstad
2 2011–12 20 November 2011 Norway Sjusjøen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Rønning / Krogh / Northug

References

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  1. ^ "Tora Berger wins biathlon sprint in Germany, day after brother Lars wins race". Winnipeg Free Press. Associated Press. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  2. ^ Tingve, Pål Marius (27 April 2015). "Lars Berger legger opp". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Lars Berger". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ^ "BERGER Lars". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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Awards
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