Martin Nevland (born 16 June 2001) is a Norwegian
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
. He is a seven-time
youth and junior world champion.
Career
Martin Nevland was already successful in
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...
in 2018, finishing second among over 100 participants at the national junior championships. He made his international debut in biathlon at the
2019 Youth Olympic Festival, where he missed Top-10 finishes. The following year, he participated in the
2020 Junior World Championships in
Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein.
Th ...
and immediately achieved success. He secured 4th place in the sprint and won the individual, pursuit, and relay races convincingly with Martin Uldal and Morten Tørblad Sameien. Two years later, he returned to the
Junior World Championships and once again became a double world champion, winning gold in the sprint and pursuit. In the relay event, he missed another gold medal due to a penalty lap in the final shooting. At the beginning of the
2022/23 winter season, Nevland made his debut in the
IBU Cup
The IBU Cup in biathlon has been held since the winter seasons of 1982–83 and 1988–89, for women and men, respectively. Until the 2007–08 season this competition was called Biathlon European Cup. It is the second-rank competition in biathlo ...
and immediately finished 4th in the pursuit in Idre. Although he achieved two more fourth places in Ridnaun, he was removed from the team after the competitions in
Osrblie
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. At the
Junior World Championships in
Shchuchinsk
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,
Kazakhstan
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, he became a junior world champion again in the pursuit and relay events with Nevland, Trym Gerhardsen, Einar Hedegart, and
Isak Frey.
Nevland reached his first individual podium in the IBU Cup in November 2023 in the individual event in
Kontiolahti
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, finishing behind his compatriots
Johan-Olav Botn and
Mats Øverby. At the same location, he also won the single-mixed relay with
Karoline Erdal.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the city. It was rocked by a corruption ...
.
Youth and Junior World Championships
''8 medal (7 gold, 1 bronze)''
References
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2001 births
Living people
Norwegian male biathletes
People from Gjesdal
21st-century Norwegian sportsmen