Gunn Margit Andreassen

Gunn Margit Aas Andreassen was born on 23 July 1973 in Kristiansand, Norway. She is a retired professional biathlete. Her first year in biathlon was 1986. During her career, Andreassen represented her country at 4 Winter Olympic Games from 1994 until 2006. Her best result from these events is winning 2 Olympic medals with the relay team - a silver in 2002 in Salt Lake City and a bronze in 1998 in Nagano. as for her individual performance, Andreassen was most successful in 2002 in Salt Lake City where finished 30th in the Individual and twice 16th in the sprint and the following pursuit. Gunn Margit Andreassen won 4 medals from World Championships over the years - one gold in Oberhof in 2004, one silver in 1997 in Brezno-Osrblie and one bronze in 1995 in Antholz-Anterselva, all with the relay. And one single bronze medal in the 15 km Individual to mark her accomplishment. Her performance in the World Cup shows 5 individual podiums. Unfortunately not for 1st place but she has been twice 2nd in the Individual and the pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva in 2001-2002. Also Andreassen placed 3rd three times in the sprint in Bad Gastein in 1993-1994, again in the sprint in Östersund in 1996-1997 and in the Individual in Khanty-Mansyisk in 2002-2003. Maybe not on the podium, however the other result show 7 times finishes in the Top 10 - twice 4th in the sprint in 2003-2004 and in the mass start in Brezno-Osrblie in 1999-2000; twice 5th in the mass start in Antholz-Anterselva and in the sprint in Brezno-Osrblie in 1996-1997. And last but not least 3 times Gunn Margit positioned 6th during her fantastic career - in the sprint and mass start in Antholz-Anterselva and in the sprint in Pokljuka in 2003-2004. All of this is prove for her twice placing at number 10 in the overall for the 1996-1997 and 2001-2002 seasons. After the end of 2005-2006 season, she announced her retirement. Gunn Margit Andreassen is the longtime partner of fellow teammate, the bronze Olympic medalist in the 10 km sprint in Turin, Frode Andresen. Together they reside in Birkeland with their three sons - David born in 2004, Nicolas born in 2008 and Elias born in 2010.