Jon Istad

Jon Istad (29 July 1937 – 17 May 2012) was a Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter.

He was born in Voss Municipality and represented the club Voss IL. He was the father of Sverre Istad and uncle of Gro Marit Istad, both Olympians.

He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, and all three times finished eleventh in the 20 kilometres. In 1968 he also won a silver medal with the Norwegian relay team.

Istad was also a national champion, European Championships bronze medalist and World Championships silver medalist (in the team competition) in sport shooting. He died in May 2012.

Olympic Games 1 medal (1 silver) EventIndividualRelay 1960 Squaw Valley 11th 1964 Innsbruck 11th 1968 Grenoble 11th Silver The relay was added as an event in 1968.

World Championships 7 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) EventIndividualRelay 1961 Umeå 21st — 1962 Hämeenlinna 6th Bronze 1963 Seefeld 5th Bronze 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gold Gold 1967 Altenberg Bronze Gold 1969 Zakopane 9th Silver During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.