Frode Andresen

Frode competing in the 20km Individual at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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.

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