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{{Short description|Norwegian biathlete (born 1998)}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[2023 IBU Open European Championships|2023 Lenzerheide]]|12.5 km pursuit}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Lenzerheide|Mixed relay}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2024 IBU Open European Championships|2024 Osrblie]]|20 km individual}}
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'''Vebjørn Sørum''' (born 11 August 1998) is a Norwegian [[Biathlon|biathlete]]. He has competed in the [[Biathlon World Cup]] since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbiathlon.com/athletes.html?ibuId=BTNOR11108199801|title=Athlete Statistics - real biathlon|website=www.realbiathlon.com}}</ref>
'''Vebjørn Sørum''' (born 11 August 1998) is a Norwegian [[Biathlon|biathlete]]. He has competed in the [[Biathlon World Cup]] since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realbiathlon.com/athletes.html?ibuId=BTNOR11108199801|title=Athlete Statistics - real biathlon|website=www.realbiathlon.com}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Vebjørn Sørum began his international career in 2017 at the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2017|Junior World Championships]] in [[Brezno]]. After finishing 39th in the individual event, 27th in the sprint, and making a remarkable comeback in the pursuit (8th place), he won the world title in the young men's relay, alongside Jorgen Krogsaeter and [[Sivert Guttorm Bakken]].<ref>https://biathlon23.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/brezno-2017-youth-world-champs/</ref>
Vebjørn Sørum began his international career in 2017 at the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2017|Junior World Championships]] in [[Brezno]]. After finishing 39th in the individual event, 27th in the sprint, and making a remarkable comeback in the pursuit (8th place), he won the world title in the young men's relay, alongside Jorgen Krogsaeter and [[Sivert Guttorm Bakken]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biathlon23.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/brezno-2017-youth-world-champs/|title=Brezno 2017: Youth World Champs!|date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>


He was absent from the international competition the following season and made his [[IBU Cup]] debut in 2018, finishing 40th in the sprint in Idre. A few weeks later, he stepped onto his first podium after the mixed relay (with [[Karoline Knotten]], Eline Grue, and Frederik Gjesbakk, securing third place).<ref>https://www.biathlon.com.ua/en/results/id-3260-brezno-osrbli-2018-2019-yuniori-gonka-presledovaniya-12.5-km</ref> He achieved a sprint-pursuit double at the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2019|2019 Junior World Championships]] and also earned two silver medals at the Junior European Championships in Sjusjøen (individual and relay).
He was absent from the international competition the following season and made his [[IBU Cup]] debut in 2018, finishing 40th in the sprint in Idre. A few weeks later, he stepped onto his first podium after the mixed relay (with [[Karoline Knotten]], Eline Grue, and Frederik Gjesbakk, securing third place).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biathlon.com.ua/en/results/id-3260-brezno-osrbli-2018-2019-yuniori-gonka-presledovaniya-12.5-km|title=Junior World Championships, Junior Men 12.5 km Pursuit, Brezno-Osrblie - 2018/2019 results|website=www.biathlon.com.ua}}</ref> He achieved a sprint-pursuit double at the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2019|2019 Junior World Championships]] and also earned two silver medals at the Junior European Championships in Sjusjøen (individual and relay).


In the subsequent season, Sørum returned to the IBU Cup competition after the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2020|2020 Junior World Championships]] in [[Lenzerheide]], winning new medals - silver in the individual and gold in the sprint.<ref>https://firstskisport.com/biathlon/results.php?id=2362</ref> He then claimed his first individual podium on the senior circuit (IBU Cup) by winning the super sprint in Martell, surpassing German biathlete [[Simon Schempp]].<ref>https://www.ski-nordique.net/martell-ibu-cup-lexploit-de-vebjoern-soerum.6285625-358825.html</ref>
In the subsequent season, Sørum returned to the IBU Cup competition after the [[Biathlon Junior World Championships 2020|2020 Junior World Championships]] in [[Lenzerheide]], winning new medals - silver in the individual and gold in the sprint.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://firstskisport.com/biathlon/results.php?id=2362|title=15 km Individual - Lenzerheide - 2019/20|website=firstskisport.com}}</ref> He then claimed his first individual podium on the senior circuit (IBU Cup) by winning the super sprint in Martell, surpassing German biathlete [[Simon Schempp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ski-nordique.net/martell-ibu-cup-lexploit-de-vebjoern-soerum.6285625-358825.html|title=Martell - IBU Cup - L'exploit de Vebjoern Soerum - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon|date=February 13, 2020|website=www.ski-nordique.net}}</ref>


After only two races in the IBU Cup during the [[2021–22 Biathlon IBU Cup|2021/2022]] winter season, he started the 2022/2023 season on the national team. However, he quickly regained his place in the Norwegian B team and returned to the IBU Cup in January 2023. In excellent form on skis and precise behind the rifle, he achieved 7 individual podiums, including 3 victories in just 12 races. At the [[2023 IBU Open European Championships|2023 European Championships]] in [[Lenzerheide]], he won silver in the sprint, gold in the pursuit, and gold in the mixed relay (with Maren Kirkeeide, Karoline Erdal, and Erlend Bjoentegaard).<ref>https://dicodusport.fr/blog/biathlon-championnats-d-europe-2023-vebjoern-soerum-or-poursuite-triple-norvegien/</ref><ref>https://www.nordicmag.info/biathlon-lenzerheide-la-norvege-championne-deurope-du-relais-mixte-pour-la-troisieme-fois-de-suite-les-bleus-septiemes-0129/</ref> He finished 3rd in the overall IBU Cup standings and, following the positive Covid-19 tests of [[Tarjei Bø]], [[Johannes Thingnes Bø]] and [[Sturla Holm Lægreid]], had the opportunity to make his [[Biathlon World Cup|World Cup]] debut in the last two stages of the 2022-2023 season in Östersund and Oslo.<ref>https://www.ski-nordique.net/sturla-holm-laegreid-egalement-absent.6588853-163002.html</ref>
After only two races in the IBU Cup during the [[2021–22 Biathlon IBU Cup|2021/2022]] winter season, he started the 2022/2023 season on the national team. However, he quickly regained his place in the Norwegian B team and returned to the IBU Cup in January 2023. In excellent form on skis and precise behind the rifle, he achieved 7 individual podiums, including 3 victories in just 12 races. At the [[2023 IBU Open European Championships|2023 European Championships]] in [[Lenzerheide]], he won silver in the sprint, gold in the pursuit, and gold in the mixed relay (with [[Maren Kirkeeide]], Karoline Erdal, and [[Erlend Bjøntegaard]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dicodusport.fr/blog/biathlon-championnats-d-europe-2023-vebjoern-soerum-or-poursuite-triple-norvegien/|title=Biathlon Championnats d’Europe 2023 : Vebjoern Soerum en or sur la poursuite, triplé norvégien|first=Sophie|last=Clapier|date=January 28, 2023|website=Dicodusport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordicmag.info/biathlon-lenzerheide-la-norvege-championne-deurope-du-relais-mixte-pour-la-troisieme-fois-de-suite-les-bleus-septiemes-0129/|title=Biathlon &#124; Lenzerheide : la Norvège championne d'Europe du relais mixte pour la troisième fois de suite, les Bleus septièmes &#124; Nordic Mag &#124; N°1 Biathlon &#124; Ski nordique|first=Florian|last=Burgaud|date=January 29, 2023|website=www.nordicmag.info}}</ref> He finished 3rd in the overall IBU Cup standings and, following the positive Covid-19 tests of [[Tarjei Bø]], [[Johannes Thingnes Bø]] and [[Sturla Holm Lægreid]], had the opportunity to make his [[Biathlon World Cup|World Cup]] debut in the last two stages of the 2022-2023 season in Östersund and Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ski-nordique.net/sturla-holm-laegreid-egalement-absent.6588853-163002.html|title=Sturla Holm Laegreid également absent - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon|date=March 6, 2023|website=www.ski-nordique.net}}</ref>

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After a 45th-place finish in the individual event, he had joining the Norwegian quartet for the relay. He securing victory with [[Endre Strømsheim]], [[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal]], and [[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]], stepping onto the World Cup podium for the first time in his debut stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports.fr/ski/biathlon-ski/ostersund-norvege-recue-cinq-cinq-700894.html|title=Östersund: La Norvège reçue cinq sur cinq|first=Mathieu|last=Warnier|date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>


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After a 45th-place finish in the individual event, he had joining the Norwegian quartet for the relay. He securing victory with [[Endre Strømsheim]], [[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal]], and [[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]], stepping onto the World Cup podium for the first time in his debut stage.<ref>https://www.sports.fr/ski/biathlon-ski/ostersund-norvege-recue-cinq-cinq-700894.html</ref>
==Biathlon results==
==Biathlon results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Biathlon Union]].
All results are sourced from the [[International Biathlon Union]].


===World Cup===
===World Cup===

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====Individual podiums====
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! colspan="1" rowspan="2" color:white; width:115px;"| Season
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| |[[2022-23 Biathlon World Cup|2022–23]]|| '''3/21''' || '''26''' || '''71st''' || — || — || 18 || 56th || 8 || 68th || — || —
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|-
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| [[2023–24 Biathlon World Cup|2023–24]] ||align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]] || Sprint ||bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
| |[[2023-24 Biathlon World Cup|2023–24]]|| '''13/21''' || '''295''' || '''26th''' || 17 || 46th || 98 || 25th || 74 || 29th || 106 || 15th
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|}

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====Individual podiums====

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| [[2023–24 Biathlon World Cup|2023–24]] ||align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antholz-Anterselva]], [[Italy]] || Mass Start||bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
| align=center|1 || rowspan="2" align="center" |'''&nbsp;[[2023–24 Biathlon World Cup|2023–24]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 2 December 2023|| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Östersund]] || | World Cup || Sprint || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
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| align=center|2|| align=right| 21 January 2024|| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antholz-Anterselva ]]|| World Cup || Mass Start || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|}
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====Relay podiums====
====Relay podiums====
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|-
|-
|1
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|[[2022–23 Biathlon World Cup|2022–23]] ||11 March 2023|| align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Östersund]] || World Cup || Relay ||align=center bgcolor="gold"| '''1st'''|| [[Endre Strømsheim|Strømsheim]], [[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal|Dale]], [[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen|Christiansen]]
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|2
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| [[2022–23 Biathlon World Cup|2022–23]] ||align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]] || Relay ||bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[2024–25 Biathlon World Cup|2024–25]] ||30 November 2024|| align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kontiolahti]] || World Cup || Mixed Relay ||align=center bgcolor="gold"| '''1st'''|| [[Karoline Offigstad Knotten|Knotten]], [[Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold|Tandrevold]], [[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal|Dale-Skjevdal]]
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Vebjørn Sørum
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 26)
Gjøvik, Norway
Sport
CountryNorway
SportBiathlon
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Norway
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lenzerheide 12.5 km pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lenzerheide Mixed relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Osrblie 20 km individual
Silver medal – second place 2023 Lenzerheide 10 km sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Osrblie Single mixed relay

Vebjørn Sørum (born 11 August 1998) is a Norwegian biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2023.[1]

Career

Vebjørn Sørum began his international career in 2017 at the Junior World Championships in Brezno. After finishing 39th in the individual event, 27th in the sprint, and making a remarkable comeback in the pursuit (8th place), he won the world title in the young men's relay, alongside Jorgen Krogsaeter and Sivert Guttorm Bakken.[2]

He was absent from the international competition the following season and made his IBU Cup debut in 2018, finishing 40th in the sprint in Idre. A few weeks later, he stepped onto his first podium after the mixed relay (with Karoline Knotten, Eline Grue, and Frederik Gjesbakk, securing third place).[3] He achieved a sprint-pursuit double at the 2019 Junior World Championships and also earned two silver medals at the Junior European Championships in Sjusjøen (individual and relay).

In the subsequent season, Sørum returned to the IBU Cup competition after the 2020 Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide, winning new medals - silver in the individual and gold in the sprint.[4] He then claimed his first individual podium on the senior circuit (IBU Cup) by winning the super sprint in Martell, surpassing German biathlete Simon Schempp.[5]

After only two races in the IBU Cup during the 2021/2022 winter season, he started the 2022/2023 season on the national team. However, he quickly regained his place in the Norwegian B team and returned to the IBU Cup in January 2023. In excellent form on skis and precise behind the rifle, he achieved 7 individual podiums, including 3 victories in just 12 races. At the 2023 European Championships in Lenzerheide, he won silver in the sprint, gold in the pursuit, and gold in the mixed relay (with Maren Kirkeeide, Karoline Erdal, and Erlend Bjøntegaard).[6][7] He finished 3rd in the overall IBU Cup standings and, following the positive Covid-19 tests of Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø and Sturla Holm Lægreid, had the opportunity to make his World Cup debut in the last two stages of the 2022-2023 season in Östersund and Oslo.[8]

After a 45th-place finish in the individual event, he had joining the Norwegian quartet for the relay. He securing victory with Endre Strømsheim, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, and Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, stepping onto the World Cup podium for the first time in his debut stage.[9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Cup

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Races Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2022–23 3/21 26 71st — — 18 56th 8 68th — —
2023–24 13/21 295 26th 17 46th 98 25th 74 29th 106 15th

Individual podiums

No. Season Date Location Level Race Place
1  2023–24  2 December 2023 Sweden Östersund World Cup Sprint 3rd
2 21 January 2024 Italy Antholz-Anterselva World Cup Mass Start 3rd

Relay podiums

No. Season Date Location Level Race Place Teammate(s)
1 2022–23 11 March 2023 Sweden Östersund World Cup Relay 1st Strømsheim, Dale, Christiansen
2 2024–25 30 November 2024 Finland Kontiolahti World Cup Mixed Relay 1st Knotten, Tandrevold, Dale-Skjevdal

Youth and Junior World Championships

5 medals (4 gold, 1 silver)

Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Slovakia 2017 Brezno-Osrblie 18 39th 27th 8th Gold
Slovakia 2019 Brezno-Osrblie 20 49th Gold Gold 4th
Switzerland 2020 Lenzerheide 21 Silver Gold 6th 4th

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Statistics - real biathlon". www.realbiathlon.com.
  2. ^ "Brezno 2017: Youth World Champs!". February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Junior World Championships, Junior Men 12.5 km Pursuit, Brezno-Osrblie - 2018/2019 results". www.biathlon.com.ua.
  4. ^ "15 km Individual - Lenzerheide - 2019/20". firstskisport.com.
  5. ^ "Martell - IBU Cup - L'exploit de Vebjoern Soerum - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon". www.ski-nordique.net. February 13, 2020.
  6. ^ Clapier, Sophie (January 28, 2023). "Biathlon Championnats d'Europe 2023 : Vebjoern Soerum en or sur la poursuite, triplé norvégien". Dicodusport.
  7. ^ Burgaud, Florian (January 29, 2023). "Biathlon | Lenzerheide : la Norvège championne d'Europe du relais mixte pour la troisième fois de suite, les Bleus septièmes | Nordic Mag | N°1 Biathlon | Ski nordique". www.nordicmag.info.
  8. ^ "Sturla Holm Laegreid également absent - Sports Infos - Ski - Biathlon". www.ski-nordique.net. March 6, 2023.
  9. ^ Warnier, Mathieu (March 11, 2023). "Östersund: La Norvège reçue cinq sur cinq".
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