Jon Istad

{{short description|Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter}}

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{{MedalSilver|1968 Grenoble |4 × 7.5 km relay}}

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{{MedalSilver|1969 Zakopane|4 × 7.5 km relay}}

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

He was born in Voss and represented the club Voss IL. He was the father of Sverre Istad and uncle of Gro Marit Istad, both Olympians.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/jon-istad-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/jon-istad-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Jon Istad|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=26 May 2012}}

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. At the World Championships he won a gold medal in the 20 km event in 1966 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, becoming the second biathlon world champion in Norway's history. In addition, he won two gold medals in relay in 1966 and 1967 and a silver medal in 1969. He was Norwegian champion in the 20 kilometres five times, and once in the relay.{{cite news|title=Grunnleggjaren|last=Kvamsdal|first=Nils|date=19 May 2012|work=Hordaland|pages=24–25}}

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.