Vetle Sjaastad CHRISTIANSEN

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Football, biking, music, stocks, entertaining his girlfriend

Athlete

Parents, Georg William Christiansen and Randi Sjaastad. Older brother Eirik Robert. Partner, Ingvil Ahlsand.

Norwegian, English, German

Geilo Idrettslag

National: Egil Kristiansen (NOR), Siegfried Mazet (FRA)

Grandfather Asle Sjaastad (Alpine skiing): Competed at the Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Olympic Winter Games.

Sister Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen (Freestyle skiing): Competed at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games (halfpipe silver), World Championships (2011, 2013), 2012 Junior World Championships (slopestyle silver).

Brother Eirik Robert Christiansen (Biathlon): Competed at the 2007 Youth World Championships.

Half-sister Pia Rivelsrud Christiansen (Alpine skiing): Competed in European Cup (2000-03). Works as a TV journalist.

Brother-in-law Hans-Petter Buraas (Alpine skiing): Two-time Norwegian Olympian (1998, 2006) and slalom gold medallist at Nagano 1998. Competed at four World Championships, and 1994 Junior World Championships (giant slalom bronze).

Partner Ingvil Ahlsand (Cross-country skiing, orienteering): Competed until 2018 on Norway's National Junior Cross-country Championships.

Cross-country skiing: Norwegian U17 sprint champion in 2009. Finished third (20km classic) at the 2012 National Junior Championships, after finishing fourth in 2010 (10km Free).

2009 IBU Cup in Idre Fjall (Sprint - 21st)
2012 World Cup in Oestersund (Sprint - 27th, Pursuit - 23rd)

January 2015: Contracted rhinovirus after the World Cup in Oberhof. Missed the remainder of the season and was unable to train for six months.

2012

Started cross-country skiing in 2001 and focused on biathlon in 2004. (IBU Biathlon Guide - 2020/21)

Winning relay gold at the 2021 World Championships in Pokljuka. "I was just happy with the experience of standing alone on the last shot. I made it a little more exciting than I needed to and got a little eager. It easily happens when you have such good control of a World Cup gold. I have always said that I am a man for the last leg and wanted to go it. It's a big dream I had and I was very happy." (aftonbladet.se, 20 Feb 2021)

Eight-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR). Met Bjoerndalen at age 11 while on a vacation in Italy with his parents. He used Bjoerndalen's book, 'Ten Days - Four Golds', as an early guide. Shared his first World Cup podium with Bjoerndalen, as part of Norway's relay victory at Hochfilzen in 2012. "For me, Ole has always been 'the one and only.'" (nrk.no, 28 Nov 2013)