Frode Andresen


Frode Andresen is a former Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier.

Early life

Andresen was born in the Netherlands, and lived one year each in Cape Town, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya, because of his parents' careers. They settled in Norway when Frode was four, and a year later he learnt to cross-country ski, taking up biathlon when he was twelve.

Biathlon career

Andresen started competing in 1985 and has 15 World cup victories. In all Andresen had 47 podium finishes, 15 1st and one pursuit ), 15 2nd and 17 3rd places. On the January 22, 2006, Frode Andresen won the Golden Cup, which is a trophy awarded to the biathlete with the most points during the three world cup events after Christmas. Andresen is one of the fastest skiers in the field, but his shooting accuracy is questionable, his 03/04 season shooting statistics were 72% in the prone, and 67% standing, whilst the top biathletes are in the high 80% range.
On 14 February 2006 Andresen won the bronze medal in the 10 km sprint in the 2006 Winter Olympics in a time of 26:31.3, 19.7 seconds behind winner Sven Fischer of Germany, having missed one target out of ten. This gave him a complete set of medals in his olympic career.
Andresen's last competition at the World Cup level was the sprint in Hochfilzen 15 December 2011 in the 2011–12 season.
Andresen's last competition at the IBU Cup level was the sprint in Beitostølen 1 December 2012 in the 2012–13 season.

Cross-country career

A skilled and versatile skier, Andresen also participates in FIS cross-country skiing competitions. One of his best achievements in this sport is the first place in 20 km Freestyle race on 1999 Norwegian national championship which took place in Lillehammer.

Personal life

Frode lives with fellow biathlete Gunn Margit Andreassen, and they had a son together, David, who was born around Christmas 2004, but died January 1, 2018. They also have two younger sons, Nicolai and Elias. He has a degree in economics and lists monitoring the stock market as a hobby of his. Frode is an avid cyclist, coming 26th at the 2002 Norwegian Championships in road cycling. As a child he cracked several teeth while skateboarding.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

3 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
1998 Nagano19thSilver—
2002 Salt Lake City7th8th14thGold
2006 Turin15thBronze6th19th5th

World Championships

9 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay
—10thGold5th
1996 Ruhpolding—5th—4th
1997 Brezno-Osrblie—14th19th——
1998 Pokljuka8th—
1999 Kontiolahti53rdBronze27th6thBronze
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen21stGold6thDSQSilver
2001 Pokljuka—8th6th16thBronze
2002 Oslo HolmenkollenBronze
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk26th6th13th21st4th
2004 Oberhof—10th15th19th—
2005 Hochfilzen—35th35th———
2006 Pokljuka23rd
2007 Antholz-Anterselva4th——6thSilverBronze
2008 Östersund—57th42nd———

Individual victories

15 victories
SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
1997–98
1 victory
10 January 1998 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1998–99
1 victory
6 March 1999 Valcartier12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
8 December 1999 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
10 December 1999 Pokljuka12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
17 December 1999 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
11 February 2000 Östersund10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
13 February 2000 Östersund12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
1999–2000
6 victories
19 February 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships
2000–01
3 victories
7 March 2001 Lake Placid10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2000–01
3 victories
16 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2000–01
3 victories
17 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2002–03
1 victory
5 December 2002 Östersund10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2005–06
3 victories
10 December 2005 Hochfilzen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2005–06
3 victories
14 January 2006 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2005–06
3 victories
19 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums