Bjørn Daehlie biography
Bjørn Daehlie, (born June 19, 1967, Elverum, Norway), Norwegian cross-country skier who gained extra whole Olympic Games medals and gold medals than another cross-country skier. His Olympic success, mixed together with his document in World Cup competitors and world championships, marked him as arguably the best Nordic skier of all time.
Involved in lots of sports activities rising up, Daehlie was not severe about cross-country ski racing till his mid-teens and didn't compete on the world degree till 1987. Daehlie gained a complete of 12 Olympic medals—8 gold and 4 silver. His whole medal tally was a document for all Winter Olympians till it was damaged by his countryman Ole Einar Bjørndalen in 2014. Daehlie’s gold medals got here on the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France (mixed pursuit, 50-km race, and 4 × 10-km relay), the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway (10-km race and mixed pursuit), and the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan (10-km race, 50-km race, and 4 × 10-km relay). The silver medals have been earned on the identical Games; in 1992 he gained one silver medal (30-km occasion), in 1994 he gained two (30-km race and 4 × 10-km relay), and in 1998 he gained one (15-km race). Along together with his Olympic success, Daehlie dominated worldwide snowboarding between 1992 and 1999, piling up 6 total World Cup titles and 14 world-championship gold medals, incomes the nickname “Rocketman.”
A again harm compelled his retirement from aggressive snowboarding in March 2001.