Frode Andresen

Skier infobox|name= Frode Andresen


fullname = Frode Andresen
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|9|9
cityofbirth = Rotterdam
countryofbirth = Netherlands
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 190 cm
club = Ringkollen Skiklubb
skis = Atomic
seasons = 1995-
wins = 15
additionalpodiums = 32
totalpodiums = 47

Frode Andresen is a Norwegian biathlete and a cross-country skier born in Rotterdam on September 9, 1973. He now resides in Hønefoss, and trains with the Ringkollen Skiklubb.

Early life

Andresen was born in the Netherlands, and lived one year each in Cape Town, South Africa; Laos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya, because of his parent's 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 (as of March 9, 2006). In all Andresen has 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 the 14th of 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 is currently 8th in the IBU World Cup standings, 236 points behind fellow countryman Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He is in 36th place in the individual standings, 117 points behind Michael Greis of Germany. He finished the sprint season in 7th place, 45 points behind Tomasz Sikora of Poland. He's sixth in the pursuit, 77 points behind Bjørndalen, and he's 9th in the mass start, 64 points behind Poirée. Norway was fourth in the relay. Biathletes are not awarded points for relays.

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.

Trivia

*Frode lives with fellow biathlete Gunn Margit Andreassen, and they have a son together, David, who was born around Christmas 2004.

*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.

External links

* [http://frodeandresen.com/ Frode's official website] no icon
* [http://www.wintersport.as/frode/ Wintersport biography]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5091887/detail.html NBC Olympics biography]
* [http://www.biathlon-holmenkollen.no/ Holmenkollen biathlon information]
*FIS|S=CC|ID=1259
* [http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTNOR10909197301 IBU Profile]

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list1 = 1968: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev•1972: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov & Viktor Mamatov•1976: Soviet Union Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Biakov & Nikolay K. Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov•1980: Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev•1984: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Yuri Kachkarov, Algimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin•1988: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergey Tchepikov, Alexander Popov & Valery Medvedtsev•1992: Germany Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner & Fritz Fischer• 1994: Germany Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner & Sven Fischer * 1998: Germany Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer & Frank Luck•2002: Norway Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland & Ole Einar Bjørndalen•2006: Germany Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Groß & Michael Rösch