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Terje Hanssen (born 20 September 1948 in
Kabelvåg , , or is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Kabelvåg lies about to the southwest of the town of Svolvær, the administrat ...
,
Lofoten Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. T ...
) is a former 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 ...
. At the
1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...
in
Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...
, he finished fifth with the Norwegian relay team. He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974
Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...
, together with
Kjell Hovda Kjell Hovda (born 27 October 1945) is a former Norwegian biathlon, biathlete. His achievements include winning silver and bronze medals in relays at the Biathlon World Championships. Career Born in Veggli on 27 October 1945, Hovda participated ...
,
Kåre Hovda Kåre Hovda (24 January 1944 – 13 February 1999) was a Norwegian biathlete. His achievements include a world championship bronze medal, and participation in the Olympics. Career Hovda represented Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics, ...
and Tor Svendsberget.


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* 1948 births Living people People from Vågan Norwegian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Norway Biathletes at the 1976 Winter Olympics Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Nordland 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-biathlon-bio-stub