Frode Andresen (born 9 September 1973) is a Norwegian former 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 learned to cross-country ski, taking up biathlon at the age of twelve.

Biathlon career Andresen started competing in 1985 and has 15 World cup victories. In all Andresen had 47 podium finishes, 15 1st (including three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with two sprint wins (2000, 2001) and one pursuit (2001)), 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 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 1998 Nagano 19th Silver — 2002 Salt Lake City 7th 8th 14th Gold 2006 Turin 15th Bronze 6th 19th 5th *Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

World Championships 9 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay — 10th Gold 5th 1996 Ruhpolding — 5th — 4th 1997 Brezno-Osrblie — 14th 19th — — 1998 Pokljuka 8th — 1999 Kontiolahti 53rd Bronze 27th 6th Bronze 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 21st Gold 6th DSQ Silver 2001 Pokljuka — 8th 6th 16th Bronze 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen Bronze 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 26th 6th 13th 21st 4th 2004 Oberhof — 10th 15th 19th — 2005 Hochfilzen — 35th 35th — — — 2006 Pokljuka 23rd 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 4th — — 6th Silver Bronze 2008 Östersund — 57th 42nd — — — *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

Individual victories 15 victories (11 Sp, 4 Pu) Season Date Location Discipline Level 1997–98 1 victory (1 Sp) 10 January 1998 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 1998–99 1 victory (1 Pu) 6 March 1999 Valcartier12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 1999–2000 6 victories (4 Sp, 2 Pu) 8 December 1999 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 10 December 1999 Pokljuka12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 17 December 1999 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 11 February 2000 Östersund10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 13 February 2000 Östersund12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 19 February 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 2000–01 3 victories (2 Sp, 1 Pu) 7 March 2001 Lake Placid10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 16 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 17 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2002–03 1 victory (1 Sp) 5 December 2002 Östersund10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 2005–06 3 victories (3 Sp) 10 December 2005 Hochfilzen10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 14 January 2006 Ruhpolding10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 19 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Cup Season standings  Season  Age Discipline standings Ski Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1999 25 108 71 — 2001 27 83 — 2004 30 110 71 — 2005 31 133 85 — 2008 34 90 56 — — — 2010 36 135 85 — — —

Team podiums 1 podium – (1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1  2003–04  23 November 2003 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Estil / Bjonviken / Bjørndalen

References

External links

Wintersport biography Holmenkollen biathlon information