Eirik Kvalfoss

Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.

He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In total Kvalfoss won 11 individual Olympic and World Championship medals between 1982–1991, as well as several relay medals. He was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje in 1983.

Kvalfosss did his higher education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1984 Sarajevo	Bronze	Gold	Silver
1988 Calgary	6th	20th	6th
1992 Albertville	27th	47th	5th

World Championships

13 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Team	Relay
1981 Lahti	17th	8th	N/A	4th
1982 Minsk	Silver	Gold	N/A	Silver
1983 Antholz-Anterselva	14th	Gold	N/A	Bronze
1985 Ruhpolding	26th	Silver	N/A	4th
1986 Oslo Holmenkollen	25th	12th	N/A	5th
1987 Lake Placid	17th	41st	N/A	4th
1989 Feistritz	Gold	Silver	—	Bronze
1990 Minsk	10th	Silver	—	4th
1991 Lahti	Bronze	Bronze	—	Bronze
1993 Borovets	4th	4th	—	9th

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

**Team was added as an event in 1989.

Individual victories

14 victories (4 In, 10 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
1980–81 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	22 January 1981	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
	4 April 1981	Hedenäset	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1981–82 1 victory (1 Sp)	13 February 1982	Minsk	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Championships
1982–83 2 victories (2 Sp)	28 January 1983	Ruhpolding	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	26 February 1983	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Championships
1983–84 3 victories (3 Sp)	14 January 1984	Pontresina	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	14 February 1984	Sarajevo	10 km sprint	Winter Olympic Games
	8 March 1984	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1987–88 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	15 March 1988	Keuruu	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	17 March 1988	Jyväskylä	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	7 February 1989	Feistritz	20 km individual	Biathlon World Championships
	4 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
1989–90 1 victory (1 In)	15 March 1990	Kontiolahti	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
1990–91 1 victory (1 Sp)	16 March 1991	Canmore	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.

• "Eirik Kvalfoss". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.