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'''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]]. |
'''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]]. |
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| Full name | Lars Berger |
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Ski club | Dombås, Byåsen (cc) |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2001 |
| Indiv. podiums | 10 |
| Indiv. wins | 4 |
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| World Championships | ||
| Men's cross country skiing | ||
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2005 Oberstdorf | 4 x 10 km |
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2007 Sapporo | 15 km |
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2007 Sapporo | 4 x 10 km |
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2009 Pyeongchang | 4 x 7.5 km |
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2009 Pyeongchang | 10 km sprint |
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2007 Antholz | 4 x 7.5 km |
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2004 Oberhof | 15 km mass start |
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2004 Oberhof | 4 x 7.5 km |
Lars Berger (born May 1, 1979, in Levanger, Norway) is a Norwegian 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.
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 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.
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 15 km at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Sapporo in 2007. In that race Berger benefited from changing weather conditions that gave several of his strongest competitors worse gliding conditions[1].
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, in biathlon in 2009).
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