U.S. Olympic Team Biathlon

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  • Biathlon is the Winter Olympics sport which combines cross country skiing and rifle markmanship.http://biathlon.teamusa.org/pages/106. The U.S. Olympic Team Biathlon is selected following strict and open criteriahttp://minnesotabiathlon.com/. The 2010 US Olympics Biathlon team will consist of 5 men and 4 women.

  • Background

    Biathlon is mainly an international sport (as opposed to a domestic US sport). The world governing body is the International Biathlon Union (IBU) (founded 1993) and in the USA it's the US Biathlon Association, founded 1980. Biathlon has been an Olympic sport since 1960. The US Olympic Biathlon team has never won an Olympic medal (of any color) to date.http://www.nbcolympics.com/teamusa/meet-the-team/newsid=263256.html#shooting+medal

  • Timeline

    • 1861 - Trysil Rifle and Ski Club set-up in Norway
    • 1924 - Military Patrol (similar to Biathlon) contested at Olympics
    • 1948 - the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon (UIPMB) is founded
    • 1958 - First world Biathlon championships in Austria
    • 1960 - Biathlon becomes an Olympic Sport
    • 1980 - US Biathlon Association, national governing body established
    • 1980 - First US Womens National Biathlon Championshipshttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/pages/654
    • 1992 - Women's Biathlon an Olympic sport for first time at Albertsville Olympicshttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/pages/654
    • 1993 The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is created, subsection of (UIPMB)
    • 1998 - IBU becomes independent of UIPMB

  • Notable players

    • Lowell Baileyhttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1464
    • Tim Burkehttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1453
    • Russell Currierhttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1578
    • Jay Hakkinenhttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1475
    • Haley Johnsonhttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1579
    • Wynn Robertshttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1728
    • Jeremy Teelahttp://biathlon.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1474
    • Leif Nordgrenhttp://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2185/index.html

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