Darya Domracheva's Husband Wiki: 5 Facts to Know About Ole Einar Bjorndalen

Ole Einar Bjørndalen was born in 1974. He is a Norwegian professional biathlete who is often referred to by the nickname "The King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he ranks second on the list of overall medalists behind Marit Bjørgen who has won 15 medals uptil now. He is also the most successful biathlete of all time at the Biathlon World Championships, having won 45 medals, which is more than double that of any other biathlete except Martin Fourcade. Bjørndalen is ranked first all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour with 95[4] World Cup Wins, which is more than twice that of anyone else but Fourcade. He has won the Overall World Cup title six times, in 1997–98, in 2002–03, in 2004–05, in 2005–06, in 2007–08 and in 2008–09, which is the same as Martin Fourcade and the female record holder Magdalena Forsberg. In 1992, Bjorndalen won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year after that in 1993, after winning three junior world championship titles, a medal haul which was only previously achieved by Sergei Tchepikov, Bjørndalen made his Biathlon World Cup debut. His major breakthrough came in 1994 when he appeared on his first World Cup podium in a sprint race event held in Bad Gastein, Austria. Bjørndalen first competed in the Olympic Games at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics, held in his own home country of Norway. He was good at it. He achieved his first major victory on 11 January 1996 in an individual competition which was held in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. On 20 February 2014, Bjørndalen was elected to an eight-year term at the International Olympic Committee's athlete commission. But he later resigned from this role in 2016 as he chose to continue his career.

In 2016, Bjorndalen announced that he will continue his career until the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Bjørndalen also confirmed that he was in a relationship with Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva, and that she was pregnant with the couple's first child. Ole Einar Bjorndalen and Darya Domracheva married in 2016 in Sjusjøen, Norway. Their daughter Xenia was born in October 2016. With 13 Olympic Games Medals, Ole Einar Bjorndalen is one of the highest paid Olympians in the World. Although currently his net worth is unavailable, he must have accumulated a noteworthy net worth owing to his victories and honors.

Ole Einar Bjorndalen has done his country proud with is achievements. He is right called The King of Biathlon. He also has some intriguing facts about him: 1. Awards and Accolades: Ole Einar Bjorndalen claimed the Aftenposten's gold medal in 1998. He was titled as the Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year in 2002 and 2014. For his achievements in biathlon and cross-country skiing, Bjorndalen got the Egebergs Erespris in 2002. Bjorndalen was also honored with the Fearnleys Olympic honorary award in 2002. He was voted as the Best Male Athlete of 2002 by International Sports Press Association. Bjorndalen was awarded the Fair Play Mecenante Award in Castiglion in Fiorentino in Italy in 2009. Bjordndalen had been awarded with many more such honors in his Olympic Career. 2. Other interests: Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the Beach Volleyball Championship at Laguna Beach in 2001. Bjørndalen has won the World Team Challenge biathlon exhibition event in Gelsenkirchen in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Ole Einar Bjørndalen placed second in the 2003 Dobbiaco-Cortina, a long-distance cross-country skiing event, (42 km) in Italy in the town of Cortina. In 2008, Bjørndalen won the biathlon exhibition event in Püttlingen and also at Blink Festival in Sandnes. In April 2016, Bjørndalen and Karin Oberhofer won the Champions Race in Tyumen, Russia. 3. Not selected in the recent 2018 Olympic Winter Games: What came as a surprise to all of his fans, in a recent announcement, it was revealed that the most successful Winter Olympian in history, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen, woould not be competing at Pyeongchang 2018. The 43-year-old, who has 13 Olympic medals, was not chosen by the Norwegian Biathlon Association for the Games. The reason was that he failed to meet the qualification standard, according to the head of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Tore Ovrebo. 4. First marriage: Bjorndalen currently resides in the village of Obertilliach in Austria. He also used to live in Toblach, Italy, with Italian-Belgian biathlete Nathalie Santer. They started dating in 1998 and married in 2006. In 2012, the couple filed for divorce by mutual consent. 5. In 2008, a nearly three meter tall bronze statue of Bjorndalen, created by sculptor Kirsten Kokkin, was erected in his hometown of Simostranda, Norway.

Ole Einar Bjorndalen has his own official Instagram page @oleeinarbjorndalen. He uploads his recent photos and photos from his competitions on his Instagram page frequently. He has a huge fan following and one can get access to his photos from his social media.