Martin Uldal
{{Short description|Norwegian biathlete (born 2001)}}
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| nationality = Norwegian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|05|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kristiansand, Norway
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| country = Norway
| sport = Biathlon
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| worldsteams = 1 (2025)
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| wcraces = 21
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{{MedalSport|Men's biathlon}}
{{MedalCountry| {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Osrblie|20 km individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Soldier Hollow|15 km individual}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Soldier Hollow|10 km sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Soldier Hollow|12.5 km pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Soldier Hollow|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Lenzerheide|3 × 7.5 km relay}}
| updated = 23 March 2025
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Martin Uldal (born 23 May 2001) is a Norwegian biathlete. He made his debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbiathlon.com/athletes.html?ibuId=BTNOR12305200101|title=Martin Uldal|website=www.realbiathlon.com}} Uldal is a bronze medallist at the 2024 European Championships in the individual race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ski-nordique.net/apres-un-podium-en-coupe-du-monde-il-soffre-lor-au-championnat-deurope.6644540-163002.html|title=Après un podium en coupe du monde, il s'offre l'or au championnat d'Europe - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon|date=January 24, 2024|website=www.ski-nordique.net}}
Career
Martin Uldal's first international championship was the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2019, where he did not achieve top-10 placements. The following year, he participated in the Youth World Championships in Lenzerheide, winning gold in the relay event but missing individual medals due to shooting misses.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbnett.no/5-102-220056|title=(+) Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse. Martin er dobbelt junior-verdensmester i skiskyting, og fortsatt gjenstår to løp|first=Eugen Hammer, Kirsten|last=Håland|date=January 28, 2020|website=Gjesdalbuen}} He made a strong comeback at the Junior World Championships in 2022, winning bronze medals in all disciplines, including the relay race, and becoming the most successful athlete of the championship.{{Cite web|url=https://skiskyting.no/ukategorisert/vellykket-junior-vm-i-soldier-hollow/|title=Vellykket Junior-VM i Soldier Hollow|website=Norges skiskytterforbund}} He earned his first World Cup points at the season finale in Oslo in 2022/23. Uldal was then included in the B-team of the national team for the 2022/23 season and competed in the IBU Cup, winning races in Idre and Ridnaun. He finished sixth overall in the IBU Cup standings. In the 2023/24 season at the IBU Cup, he won two races and finished runner-up on seven other occasions. At the end of the season he finished fourth in the overall standings.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
=World Championship=
0 medal
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| align=left |{{flagicon|SUI}} 2025 Lenzerheide
| 43th | 6th | 12th | 21st | — | — | — |
:*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
:**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
=World Cup=
==Season standings==
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| |2021–22 | 2/22 | 35 | 75th | — | — | 21 | 68th | 14 | 65th | — | — |
| |2024–25 | 15/21 | 599 | 11th | — | — | 284 | 4th | 192 | 10th | 123 | 15 |
==Individual podiums==
- 1 victories – (1 Sp)
- 1 podiums
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| align=center|1 | rowspan="1" align="center" |2024–25 | align=right| 19 December 2024 | align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand | | World Cup | Sprint | align=center bgcolor="gold"| 1st |
=Youth and Junior World Championships=
5 medals (1 gold, 4 bronze)
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| align=left |{{flagicon|SUI}} 2020 Lenzerheide
| 18 | 6th | 14th | 7rd | style="background:gold"| Gold |
| align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} 2022 Soldier Hollow
| 20 | style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze | style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze | style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze | style="background:#cfaa88;"|Bronze |
References
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External links
- {{IBU profile}}
- {{FIS cross-country skier}}
- {{Team Norway|skiskyting/martin-uldal}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Kristiansand