Nils Erik Ulset (born July 16, 1983 in Tingvoll)[2] is a Norwegian biathlete, cross-country skier, and three-time Paralympic champion.
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| Nickname | Nikkis[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 16, 1983 Tingvoll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon, cross-country skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editHe competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake, where he took two gold medals in cross-country skiing, one in 10 km, LW2-4 and one in 20 km, standing. In biathlon he placed 7th in the 7.5 km, standing.[3]
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino, he took two bronze medals in biathlon: The 12.5 km and 7.5 km, standing. In cross-country skiing he placed 9th in the men's 10 km, 14th in the 20 km and 9th in the 5 km, standing.[3]
He won silver at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, for 3km pursuit standing biathlon. He won gold at the 12.5 km standing biathlon. In cross-country skiing he took the silver medal in the men's 20 km, standing and bronze in the men's relay.[3]
References
edit- ^ Ulset tok VM-sølv Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (Norwegian), NRK, April 7, 2011
- ^ "Nils-Erik Ulset". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Nils Ulset". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
External links
edit- Nils Erik Ulset – Athlete of the month January 2009 – International Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-27)
- Nils-Erik Ulset at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nils-Erik Ulset at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)