Ole Einar Bj�rndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete, often referred to by the nickname "The King of Biathlon". He is the most medaled Olympian in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, with 13 medals. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 39 medals, almost double that of any other biathlete. With 94 World Cup wins, Bj�rndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour, more than twice that of anyone else. He has won the Overall World Cup title six times, in 1997?98, in 2002?03, in 2004?05, in 2005?06, in 2007?08 and in 2008?09, more than any other male biathlete and the same as female record holder Magdalena Forsberg. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later in 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bj�rndalen made his Biathlon World Cup debut. His breakthrough came in 1994 when he featured on his first World Cup podium in a sprint race held in Bad Gastein, Austria. Bj�rndalen first competed in the Olympic Games at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics, held in his home country of Norway. 

January 27th, 1974 in Drammen (Age 50)