Emil Svendsen personal life. Hegle Svensen's fiancée: “After finishing his career, Emil became a lighter version of himself. - Why?

Two-time Olympic champion, eleven-time world champion and winner Biathlon World Cup Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen on direct questions with readers of the magazine "Skiing".

Emil, do you read books? Which is your favorite?
- I love to read, but at the moment I don’t have much free time to read.

What do you like to do in free time besides biathlon?
- Go to parties. I'm always happy to spend time with my friends, go somewhere with them, have fun.

Do you listen to a lot of music and what kind? What do you like and what don't?
- I listen to a wide variety of music, but I especially love when songs contain vocals. In general, music always promotes a good mood. I can’t name a specific song that gives me a boost of energy, but it should be something fast and rhythmic.

What is better in stressful situations: training or alcohol, or maybe sex?
- All three points together, without any preference in one direction. And all in one day.

How do you treat your fans? If you have loyal fans in Russia and do you remember them?
- I don’t keep in touch with fans, but I’m sure that Russia I have a lot of fans and I really appreciate it.

Qualities that you value most in a woman?
- A girl with a beautiful white smile will always attract my attention.

What qualities should a future wife have? Would you like a Russian girl/wife?
- She must be one of the best tennis players in the world. And if so, then this is Maria Sharapova.

Emil, how many children do you plan to have in the future? Who would you like more: a boy or a girl?
- I don't know. Now I don’t even have a girlfriend, so it’s difficult to answer this question.

Is it possible to do the same thing as in Khanty at the stage in Norway, knowing that their king is present there?
- Yes, sure. But I would try to hide from the cameras. In Khanty, we also did not intend to be captured by the cameras; being exposed was not at all part of our plans. And we thought we had found a place where there were no cameras, but someone was still there with a camera.

What will you do with your newly discovered talent as a porn actor?
- In that episode in Khanty there were 5-6 of us, not just me. After some time, the Norwegian federation actually asked us not to repeat anything like that again. Maybe next time we should do it in a hotel room instead of on the track. But, you know, in Norway they reacted completely differently: people laughed and everything was fine. Moreover, a special survey was conducted in the largest Norwegian newspaper about how people saw our joke, and only about 10 percent of readers said that this was not very good behavior on our part, while the rest simply laughed.

Are the weird things you usually do planned in advance, or does it all happen spontaneously?
- Basically, everything happens spontaneously, because I like to be spontaneous, it gives me great pleasure. It's great that I have thoughts like this and they can be so fun to put into practice. Biathlon is a serious sport, and it is very nice to have a little fun sometimes. So in my free time I have as much fun as I can.

How are athletes selected? national team Norway? And is everyone happy with the existing selection system?- The selection is based on the results shown, for this we have designated several so-called control starts. Of course, every time there is a selection for the national team, there are those who are not satisfied with the results, but there are also those who were lucky enough to be selected for the national team, and these are completely different feelings. I think that everyone who was on the team last season deservedly made it there. And even though I am friends with all the athletes who failed to qualify, I believe that for the team as a whole this was the right decision on the part of the coaches. Let's say the story of Petter Northug not making the team in 2006, despite qualifying, is absolutely unique. She caused a big scandal then, which happened for the first time in Norway. Nothing like this has ever happened in biathlon.

How does the Norwegian Biathlon Federation help you, how strong is its support, how is your relationship with it?
- We receive a certain salary plan from the Norwegian Federation. This is not a very large amount, but if the athlete shows good results, then he receives various bonuses from the Federation, which are also expressed in monetary terms. That is, a lot depends on what results the biathlete demonstrates: the higher they are, the higher the athlete’s income.

Do you ever have disagreements with the Head Coach, are you satisfied with him and his training process?
- Regarding the training process, basically, I completely agree with the coaching recommendations. But, if we have any disagreements, we will always find the most effective solution. Due to the fact that I spend a lot of time independent training, I have great experience and I know mine well functionality, so the coach always listens to my wishes. There is no such thing that I unconditionally carry out what the coach told me - we always work out the training plan together. My coach and I have never had any conflicts regarding training work; there have not even been any heated conversations. We decide everything mutually, and everything training plans we approve together. This approach gives me confidence in my own strengths and capabilities. Overall, in training process Each of us has a lot in common, but there are also individual accents on moments in which we need to place special emphasis. Let's say I need to work on standing shooting, Tarjei needs to work on technique ski run, Ole also has his own tasks. Each of us always has a component that we need to work on to a greater extent in order to be able to improve. But in general, the training picture is approximately the same for everyone. We develop the training plan itself together with the coaches; in addition, this process also includes individual meetings with each coach, where the athlete dwells in more detail on his personal preferences regarding training work in a given preparatory period. In Norway we train a lot individually between team training camps. For example, in Russia, I know that biathletes have much more official training than we do. Norwegian athletes are very independent in this regard, and for us individual preparatory work is just as important as team training. During the period between official training camps, we train a lot while at home.

How many kilometers do you run during a training session? season? Roller skis + cross + bike?
- I can’t say how many kilometers I run, because in Norway we count the hours of training. If we talk in hours, then this is about 800 hours of physical training per year.

What is the salary for a beginner? children's trainer in Norway? At what age do young skiers and biathletes begin serious training?
- Basically, this is work on a charitable basis, because this is how the entire Norwegian sport was originally built. And to this day, everything related to training children’s groups or holding local competitions is all a person’s personal endeavors. After all, every adult in Norway wants their children to be healthy, so this is not about money, and such charitable work is a tradition in our country. Let's say, if I want to become a children's biathlon coach, then I will not receive any salary. But I will help children develop. Such a job can easily be chosen by a person who has a permanent income in any other type of activity and, most often, has children who train in the same group. Therefore, such an adult can easily become a coach of the entire group, especially if he has the appropriate knowledge about this sport. Let's say, if I have a child who plays football, and at the same time I understand something about football, I can easily help and start training the entire children's group. This is exactly how the children's sports system works in our country. And from the age of 16-17, when a child begins to play sports more professionally, he will also have a more professional mentor, who will already receive money for his work. As a child I did different types sports: played a lot of football, tried hockey, also skated and cycled. It seems to me that I have tried almost all sports. And when I turned 15, I wanted to be more focused on biathlon. Now this is the sport on which I spend all my time and energy. But of course, in my free time I continue to play football for fun.

Is there permanent payment for athletes from the federation or the ministry of sports? Or the main income from sponsors and prize money?
- The main income is, of course, sponsorship money. And this is certainly an interesting question, because best athletes earn really good money. But those who underperform, or are on team B, or even more so on team A, or don't make the podium, aren't making a lot of money. Therefore, there is a big difference in the income of top athletes and those who show lower results. Let's say me, Ole and Tarjei earn good money, but for others the situation is much more complicated.

If you could live one year of your life over and over again, which year would you choose?
- Maybe 2010. It was a good year, Olympic Games.

Is it available in Norwegian national team full-time psychologist?
- Yes, we work with a psychologist, and this is a very useful experience, I think. Especially in our sport, where success often depends on the psychological readiness and resilience of the athlete. Our specialist works with the team on a volunteer basis, and each athlete can contact him for advice if desired. And those who believe that they do not need the advice of a specialist are not obliged to visit one. Sometimes a psychologist travels with us to the World Cup stages, but not always.

Emil, how do you feel about the fact that Martin Fourcade is going to move to live in Norway and train with the Norwegian national team?
- I think this is a great idea. For me personally, training with the best is the ideal option. During preparation for the last season, Tarja was ill, and he is the best in our team at the moment, so I did not have the opportunity to prepare in sparring with the strongest athlete of our team. I think it's a huge advantage to have a top athlete training side by side with you. If Marten decides to move to Norway, I will welcome him with open arms and would be happy if we can do some serious hard training together. Martin is a great person and undoubtedly an outstanding athlete. Last season he fully demonstrated his strength.

Arnd Peiffer always eats a banana before a race. I would like to know what you do before each race? :)
- Before the race, I usually listen to music in my room. Actually, this is how I prepare and tune in for the race.

Is there a medal plan at the main events of the World Cup or Olympic Games?
- We always have a goal to win the relay, and this goal remains the same from year to year. In addition, we always have a goal to win one individual medal in each race. This, one might say, is the medal plan for the Norwegian federation.

Attitude towards asthmatics in skiing and biathlon, isn't this doping?
- I don’t think that this is doping, because medications can only help an athlete rise to a normal level, which he is physically unable to reach without them. But medications do not provide an opportunity to rise to a higher level. So if an athlete is using medication to get to the same level as athletes who don't have asthma, that's fine, that's fair. But if someone wanted to use special drugs in order to rise from a normal level higher than others, then this is a completely different case. If you look at the situation with asthma in Norwegian biathlon, then I can say that there are much more athletes who do not have this disease than those who suffer from asthma. Although there are such athletes too, and therefore I do not see anything reprehensible in the fact that they use the medications they need in order to compete at the same level as other athletes.

From the quick survey it turned out that Emil prefers the following:

Black or white - both at the same time
beer or champagne - beer
long legs or long hair (long legs or long hair) - long hair
1 win and 3 podiums or 5 podiums and no wins (1 win and 3 podiums or 5 podiums and no wins) - one win and five podiums - I will answer in my own way
jeans or formal suit (jeans or suit) - suit
chocolate or chips - chips and hamburger
restaurant or homemade food - restaurant
Jessica Alba or Uma Turman - who is Uma Thurman? Jessica Alba
beach or museum - beach
extreme or relax - extreme
plane or car - airplane
rock or pop (rock or pop) - pop
Facebook or Twitter (facebook or twitter) - Instagram
wait or catch up - catch up
process or result - process
talent or hardworking - talent
20 years old woman or 30-year old - 20
earn or spend - spend
unknown or predictable - unknown
mind or feelings - feelings
Marit Bjorgen or Maria Sharapova - Maria Sharapova

Source: skisport.ru

What kind of nonsense are you writing? Emil does not have any asthma and does not take any illegal drugs. The man, with his talent and hard work, achieves high results and for many seasons has been among the top two biathletes on the planet. And to be the best in such competition, to put it mildly, is not easy, despite this, he has never been convicted of doping. And as for naked asses... then you need to take into account the mentality, ours and the Norwegian one. For them, it’s just a joke, perhaps a stupid one, but a joke, we, well, at least many of us, perceived it as something terrible, nightmarish, out of the ordinary and simply prohibitive... And about Sulemdal, then she did not have any asthma, just breathing problems that can be eliminated without taking illegal drugs. It is necessary to check the information you are referring to before blaming people who have achieved something in this life. Svendsen, in my opinion, deserves mention first of all of his achievements, of which he has many, and only then of his not always successful jokes. And as an example, the last race in Khanty, when, after illness, he missed two shocking events and took third place. Look what it cost him, and then, if you can, call him a poser, an upstart, or something else, but this will prevent our biathletes from giving so much effort at the distance and winning, despite injuries, illnesses and N-number of days without a clean shooting, with the only exception of Vanya Tcherezov, who, unfortunately, will not rise to the heights of Emil Hegle Svendsen.

Boris, based on your last comment, I completely agree with you.

Al, so he probably doesn’t have “sports” asthma and he uses some mild anti-asthmatic drugs, and not like the Norwegians, containing EPO.

Julia, the Norwegian lobby is very strong in skiing and biathlon, so the IBU and FIS follow their lead. As far as I understand, almost the entire Norwegian women's ski team is asthmatic, everyone knows this, but only Kovalchik is indignant, the rest are afraid, if you open your mouth, you will quickly get disqualified. Notice how arrogantly they behave Norwegian skiers both on the track and after the race.
Probably, Kovalchik has already been warned, I see that this year she has already become silent, she even kisses Bjergen.

Boris, I don’t know whether Sulemdal is really sick, but I am aware that asthmatics are going to give her a certificate, but I have always been and will be against athletes with asthma competing with healthy ones. I don’t understand at all why there are so many asthmatic athletes in Norway, my husband’s cousin, before the collapse of the Union, received a higher education as a meteorologist and did an internship in Norway for two years, there is a wonderful climate and clean air, why are almost all of them asthmatics? Do they live in a polluted sewer? What nonsense is all this asthmatic stuff? And Volkov, yes, he has asthma due to an allergy to flowering - this is a completely different case. Maybe in Norway something blooms wildly all year round, why is their asthma so rampant? :))

Boris, what you have no doubt about is disputed by scientists. It was published. And Volkov’s speed did not become more decent after he received a certificate of asthma.

Julia, the fact that “anti-asthmatic” drugs improve results, in my opinion, is beyond doubt, but regarding the fact that all Norgs are asthmatics, this is clearly overkill.
I think that there they prepare certificates for some athletes after they turn 23-24 years old, and until that time they are monitored. Most likely, the winners of the Junior World Championships who do not show the proper results in adult competitions at the World Cup come into view.
Moreover, I got the impression that Norwegian women (skiers and biathletes) suffer more from asthma than men.
Sulemdal's certificate is now being issued. Is she really sick or is she just preparing for Berger's shift?

Andrey, thank you for telling us how charity training for children takes place in Norway, otherwise they hang noodles on our ears, but we believe. I am against asthmatics competing with healthy athletes, and what Svendsen said about asthmatic drugs, they say they don’t give an advantage - all this is nonsense, and the fact that they have very few asthmatics on their team, all of them are asthmatics - I’ve read about this more than once on different sites from different sources, if anyone wants links, I didn’t collect them, I’ve just been interested in biathlon for a long time and read a lot of different information. Emilka protects the Norwegian team and that’s it.

IGOR, “can I give you a link to something that was squeezed out, and even successful and for some reason sold” - so his whole “business” is like that, through E :-)

Sponsorship is an investment of money with the aim of making a profit. Patronage is the investment of money in the implementation of some project free of charge. Feel the difference, how it heats up...
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Bagheera, can you provide a link to a squeezed out one, which is also successful and for some reason sold.

business is, first of all, business, entrepreneurship. The point is clear, non-profit or loss-making businesses are not normal businesses.

Patronage is not even sponsorship. simple distribution of freebies without any reporting requirements. It’s also good if it’s for worthy people (or organizations).

Arct, thanks for the clarification.

DimaN1951
The Western Church is ready to close its eyes to anything. There would be money.
In general, Emil is a typical Westerner, he didn’t say anything new. Martin is much more interesting in this regard, despite his pride.
And regarding free children’s sports, Emil is being disingenuous. If we discard charity (usually one-time actions) and isolated cases (usually from top or successful athletes in business - again in the form of shares for short time), then children's sports in Norway are paid. It’s just that the state does not participate in this until a certain point. And the coach receives money from parents in any acceptable form - sponsorship in money, services, equipment, rent, etc. But as soon as the graduates of this coach begin to show results, changes immediately occur. And here there are usually two ways. Closed professional school with sponsors or scholarships from the relevant federation. Well, the burden falls on parents to provide equipment of the appropriate level.
My sister’s son in Kongsvinger studies with just such a coach. That former skier, who showed nothing in the international arena, even won something in the domestic arena. So, my sister’s husband provides the group with transportation when traveling to domestic competitions.

“I don’t think that this is doping, because medications can only help an athlete rise to a normal level, which he is physically unable to reach without them. But medications don’t make it possible to rise to a higher level.”
Much higher if the “normal level” (according to Svendsen) is the level of an Olympic and/or World Cup champion. Stop filling it up, because even in an internal combustion engine, a significant increase in power is easy
provided by turbocharging.

I wonder how Norwegians feel about religion? After all, the church does not really approve of free morals.

Boris, what prevented him from being asthmatic in the juniors? And why did the doping controllers not take samples from him for more than 7 months, including after his numerous victories at the World Cup?

Bagheera, I don’t believe that Emil is asthmatic. Why should he spoil his health with doping? I think that he just has good natural abilities, he tore everyone apart even in juniors.

Boris, who among the successful biathletes or skiers among the Norgs is not asthmatic?
And Sven himself wrote that doping controllers do not come to him for six months. What is the point of taking a sample from an asthmatic when it is known in advance that it contains prohibited drugs... but asthmatics can do things that others cannot. It's not like doping, but medicine...

IGOR, “business is creation” - business is making a profit. In the case of Prokhorov, getting at any cost. For example, at the cost of squeezing the juice out of a successful enterprise, bankrupting it, withdrawing assets and selling off everything that is possible. Is this creation?
In the case of philanthropy, the picture is the opposite, people. invests his hard-earned money for the benefit of society. This is creation, and not squeezing out juices for the sake of profit for your loved one.

Bagheera, this is the first time I’ve heard that Emil is asthmatic.

Rosa Rafailovna, not only Tcherezov was suspended due to elevated hemoglobin. Among our famous skiers, Lazutina, Vylegzhanin, and Pankratov were suspended. I remember on the FIS website Vylegzhanin actually had a red flag (suspension for doping), then they sorted out this issue. And not only ours, but also athletes from other countries are suspended.

Bagheera, it always seemed to me that business is creation. and patronage is lighting the stove with banknotes. something like this.

IBU Vice President for Medical Affairs Jim Carrabre said that Russia is one of the leaders in the fight against doping.

“The IBU carefully monitors the anti-doping work of all federations. If we see that a federation is not coping for various reasons, we ensure that athletes are tested at the international level. Of course, there are still biathlon federations that disappoint in this area, but the SBR is undoubtedly not one of the countries with problems in the fight against doping.

I am sure that Russian biathlon has nothing to hide, and the IBU does not have any concerns about doping in Russia. Now from outsiders in the fight against doping Russian biathlon turned into a leader. In terms of the quantity and quality of doping tests, Russia can compare with such long-known fighters with the use of prohibited substances in biathlon as Germany and Norway,” R-Sport quotes Carrabre as saying.

Warming up the fans again.))

I was very impressed by Emil in Khanty. Not by wearing pants, but by finishing in the fight for third place in the last race.

Leon.52, that’s the problem - there are so many disputes, copies have been broken, but things are still there (which means it’s all in the hands of someone) I think everything has been researched a long time ago. Otherwise, the norgs would not suddenly, suddenly, collectively become asthmatics (this is due to their ecology!) But in our country, remember how Vanya Tcherezov was removed - with a simple increase in hemoglobin.

Interesting, frank interview. And I think the same about asthmatics. Logically, if an athlete takes an anti-asthma drug and is not punished for it, then this is not DOPING. And if this drug is not DOPING, then all athletes without exception can take it. There should not be a rule where the same drug is a MEDICINE for some and a DOPING for others. This is called DISCRIMINATION. In my opinion, we just need to conduct a study on the effect of anti-asthma drugs on healthy people. Or maybe they already exist? But we don’t know about it.

“jeans or suit - suit.” There’s no need to “drive away” here, dear Emil...
“rock or pop - pop” - Guberniev, this is not our man...
In general, a poser...

Roza Rafailovna, they have a different standard of living. Incl. they can afford to work on a charitable basis. A different approach suits us, when people open sports clubs on a charitable basis, buy sports equipment, and pay wages. coaches and other employees, take children to competitions, etc. I have such examples before my eyes. If Prokhorov had followed this path, he would have had an electorate and the gratitude of many, many people, and would have done something useful for the nation and the country. But he chose a different path, not creation and philanthropy, but business and collapse :-(

Bagheera may be working as a children's trainer on a charitable basis. But I personally very much doubt this. After all, it seems to me that Norgs have a very professional attitude towards everything specialized, and retraining someone who has been trained by a “charity trainer” is then more difficult than teaching from scratch.

Rosa Rafailovna, thank you for the material. If we put aside the bare asses and attempts to justify the asthmatic drugs that he himself is on, then there are interesting moments in the view. For example, I was interested in how the children's sports system works in Norway.
“work on a charitable basis” and not only in children's sports, but the psychologist in the national team also works as a volunteer, i.e. for free.
And here it’s like a “black hole” for pouring in finances that don’t reach their intended destination and no one is responsible for anything..
Lisslinn roller on a nearby branch
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Like this: And give him our Masha, and not just anyone else, and a bare ass is in the order of things, and anti-asthmatic drugs turn out to be just vitamins to help the athlete rise to a normal level, which he is physically unable to reach without them. And we are all doping-doping...

There are many successful and charismatic athletes who are loved all over the world. This includes Emil Hegle Svendsen. This young Norwegian world-famous biathlete has many awards that he has won in a variety of competitions.

The biography of this biathlete, born in July 12, 1985, is firmly connected with sports. The boy became interested in skiing from childhood. A couple of years after the start of training, Emil Hegle Svendsen gave preference to biathlon. From one interview with him it became known that per year he devotes more than 800 hours to enhanced physical training. Such dedication and perseverance allowed the young guy to quickly take his place among the most outstanding biathletes in the world. Every year his achievements only grow.

The beginning of Emil's sports career

While still a very young boy, Emil Hegle Svendsen took part in major international competitions. In 2002, he competed at the World Junior Championships held in Ridnaun. A year later, at the same competitions, but in the Polish city of Kostelisko, he managed to win 2 medals at once. In 2004-2005, at the World Junior Championships, the guy became a four-time winner. He won gold in the pursuit race in the French Haute Marienne. Also in his collection appeared for participation in cross-country skiing in the Finnish Rovaniemi. In the team event, he received gold in the relay. Emil's debut in the European Cup occurred only in 2005. Then, in the very first 10 km freestyle race, he took 3rd place. Thanks to this, the athlete joined the main team of the Norwegian team, with which he won silver in the relay. Hegle Svendsen became the world champion in the sprint and individual race in competitions held in Kontiolahti (Finland). At the same competition he received a silver award in pursuit.

Hegle Svendsen's career development

No one ever doubted the talent of the young athlete. Proof of this is his constant performances in the top ten biathletes at the World Cup. Thanks to hard work, he earned the right to compete in the mass start with the Norwegian team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In this competition, he took 6th place, losing the championship to more experienced athletes. Emil Hegle Svendsen (biathlon) took 17th place in the overall standings of the 2006-2007 World Cups, which was a very good result for his young age. In the biathlon championship in the Italian city of Antholz in 2007, he was 5th in the pursuit and 7th in the sprint. As part of the mixed relay team, Emil won a bronze medal. This award was the first in his adult world championships. All biathlon fans noted his high speed qualities and fairly accurate shooting, which only improved every year.

The peak of Hegle Svendsen's sports career

He won his first race on December 13, 2007 in the World Cup in Pokljuka. He covered these 20 km of the route at incredible speed. Emil won two at the 2008 World Championships, which took place in Ostersund. At the same time, he won the individual race and the mass start. At the same competition, the guy became a silver medalist in the relay. In total, during the 2007/2008 season, Emil Svendsen won 6 gold awards, 1 silver and 4 bronze. According to the results of the World Cup, he took 3rd place in the overall standings.

In the 2008/2009 season he won 3 World Cup victories. Emil celebrated the Christmas holidays wearing the leader's yellow T-shirt. At the beginning of 2009, he became the winner again. This season he became the winner of various competitions 5 more times. In the relay race in the World Cup, Emil again took gold. At the end of the season, Emil Hegle took 3rd place in the overall standings.

At the 2010 Olympics (Vancouver), the biathlete received 2 gold and 1. During the World Cup season, Hegle Svendsen took 5 first, 3 second and 1 third place.

In the 2010-2011 season, he managed to win 2 more gold medals and 1 silver. The 2011-2012 season brought the Norwegian athlete 4 first, 4 second and 4 third places. In 2012-2013, everyone predicted Emil to win the World Cup, but he preferred to participate in the World Championship. There he won gold in the first relay race. A day later, Emil again became the winner in the sprint. In the pursuit held in Nove Mesto, the biathlete won his 10th gold in the World Championships. Emil became the winner in the relay race. He also received bronze in the mass start. In the overall cup standings, the biathlete took 2nd place, losing the championship to Martin Fourcade. This is due to the fact that he missed several stages of the championship due to illness.

At the 2014 Olympics, Emil managed to win 2 gold medals: one in the mass start, the second in the mixed relay.

Emil's awards

Throughout his entire sports career, biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen has won many awards. He is an eleven-time world champion. Emil won gold four times in the Olympic Games (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014). He is a six-time Norwegian champion and winner Crystal Globe. In total, the biathlete won 36 victories at different stages of the World Cup.

Emil's personal life

Many biathlon fans know very well who Emil Hegle Svendsen is. This slender (weight - 75 kg, height - 185 cm) and smiling guy is the idol of many girls. Despite his discipline in sports, Emil Hegle Svendsen, whose photos on the Internet are not always associated with biathlon, has a reputation as a real hooligan. Just look at the talk that he and his friend (Tarja Bo) tried to steal a car from a Russian girl from Khanty-Mansiysk, organized drunken brawls with striptease and various provocations for sports veterans. So, because at the competitions in Pokljuka the athletes left the city without permission, drank alcohol, swam in the wrong place, and then deflated the tires of the cars of service crews and various teams, the hooligans were overtaken by disciplinary sanctions from the Association of Norwegian Biathlonists. They were sent written warnings and were fined 100 thousand crowns.

Today, the heart of the handsome biathlete is not occupied. He spends all his free time on entertainment and hobbies (riding a bicycle, relaxing with friends).

Emil Svendsen is a famous Norwegian biathlete, who managed to achieve impressive heights in his sport. By the age of twenty-eight, our today's hero managed to become an eleven-time world champion and winner of four Olympic gold medals. In addition, the personal collection of the outstanding athlete includes the World Cup and some other prestigious awards. This is why talking about Emil Svendsen is incredibly interesting. After all, the story of his life is a story of victories.

Childhood and family of Emil Svendsen

Emil Hegle Svendsen (or rather Svennsen) was born on July 12, 1985 in the Norwegian town of Trondheim. Like some others famous biathletes, your way in professional sports our today's hero began with cross-country skiing. However, subsequently one of Emil’s trainers also advised the guy to pick up a rifle. From that moment on, Emil Hegle Svendsen began to engage in biathlon.

Emil Svendsen's first steps in sports

The young Norwegian began his journey in big-time sports in the 2003/2004 season. It was during this period that our today's hero won the world championship in junior age group, winning gold medals in the French city of Haute Marienne. Some time later on the same sports forum Emil Svendsen also took part in the team relay, in which, together with other Norwegian biathletes, he won his second gold.

The next season, everything turned out no less successfully for Emil. At the Junior World Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, the Norwegian competed in two disciplines at once - cross-country skiing and ski relay race. As a result, as a professional skier, he took a bronze medal in the 10-kilometer freestyle race, and then also climbed to the second step of the podium after the team relay.

Interview with Svendsen, biathlon with Guberniev

In the same year, Emil Svendsen again began to compete as a biathlete. That season, at the world championship in Kontiolahti, our today's hero managed to win silver in the pursuit race, and then confidently win in the sprint and individual start. After this success, Emil never returned to ski racing and focused all his attention on biathlon.

Emil Svendsen in big biathlon

In the 2005/2006 season, our today's hero performed for the first time in an “adult” group. At various stages of the World Cup, the talented Norwegian athlete managed to become fifth in the overall standings three times. As a result, already in the same year, Emil Svendsen received a call to the Norwegian national team, with which he managed to participate in his first Olympics. However, the Norwegian did not win any major awards that season. But sixth place in the mass start can still be confidently called a personal victory for the young biathlete.

The Norwegian athlete won his first medals at the adult level a year later. In the 2006/2007 season, our today's hero managed to win two bronzes and one silver at the World Cup. In addition, as part of the Norwegian national team, the biathlete also appeared at the World Championships in Antholz, Italy, where he took fifth place in the pursuit and seventh in the sprint. However, the most important success of that year was the bronze medal at the World Championships. This award was his first at the world championship in the adult category.

“Around Biathlon” 3rd edition (Emil Hegle Svendsen)

The first victories came to the “shooting skier” a little late. In December 2007, Emil Svendsen won his first individual World Cup race in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Three months later, competing at the World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden, the Norwegian won two more gold medals (in the individual race and mass start). It was at this moment that the young athlete was talked about as one of the brightest biathletes of our time, as well as a worthy heir to the great compatriot Ole Einar Björndalen.

The young guy began to justify the trust placed in him almost immediately. Emil won several more medals at various World Championships, and already in 2010 he added his first Olympic medal. It happened in Vancouver, Canada. As part of those Olympic Games, Emil Svendsen first came second in the ten-kilometer sprint. However, a few days later he managed to become Olympic champion in the 20 kilometer individual race. Subsequently, at the same Vancouver Olympics, our today’s hero won another gold. After this, victories rained down on the Scandinavian athlete one after another.

In total, at the beginning of 2014, Emil Svendsen managed to win eleven gold medals at the World Championships, as well as four sets of Olympic gold medals. Including two medals were won by the Norwegian at the Winter Games in Sochi.

Emil Svendsen today

Currently, Emil Svendsen is preparing for the next races and dreams of new bright victories. At the moment, the Norwegian biathlete is one of only four athletes in history winter species sports, who managed to win more than ten gold medals at the world biathlon championships. In addition, our today's hero is one of two athletes who managed to achieve victories in all disciplines of the Biathlon World Championships.

The personal life of Emil Svendsen and other interesting episodes

In ordinary life, Emil Svendsen is an ordinary guy. He likes to go to parties, sometimes treats himself to alcohol and confesses his love for beautiful girls. One of the biathlete’s favorite athletes is Maria Sharapova.

As for the most interesting episodes from the non-sports life of the Norwegian, in this regard, one cannot ignore the episode that happened during the women's biathlon race in the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk. On that day - March 19, 2013 - the Norwegian athlete unexpectedly took off his pants, demonstrating his manhood to passing girls and spectators. As it later turned out, other athletes later joined that performance. Emil himself called his act an ordinary eccentricity.

Emil Hegle Svendsen is a Norwegian biathlete who is considered a successor in his homeland. He became the champion of the Olympic Games four times, stood on the podium of the World Championship 12 times, and received the World Cup. Only he and Bjoerndalen were able to win medals in all disciplines of the World Championship. Svendsen is distinguished by high speed qualities and accurate shooting.

The future athlete was born in 1985 in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, where he spent his childhood and youth in the company of two brothers. Parents were kind to their children. At home, my mother marked Emil’s height with a pencil (now his height is 185 cm and his weight is 80 kg), and together with his father they attended competitions in which their son participated. Later, the whole family attended the Olympics, where Svendsen performed.

Emil Hegle Svendsen’s biography did not always include only biathlon. From the age of four he began attending the skiing section, and at the same time trained in a football team. Emil treated both sports exclusively as a hobby and did not plan to become a professional athlete. But at the age of 14, friends brought him to biathlon classes, and Svendsen, as they say, fell in love.

From the very beginning, Emil Hegle showed the qualities of a real fighter. The athlete's first competitions did not bring him success, and the young man began hard training in the basement own home. Success was not long in coming - the guy managed to become the winner at the national youth biathlon tournament. The victory inspired Emil.

At the age of 16, he moved to Lillihammer, where he entered the Faculty of Physical Education at the University. But training took up more and more time for the biathlete, because even then he set himself the goal of achieving world recognition. Therefore, Emil Hegle quits university and focuses on professional biathlon.

Biathlon

In terms of the number of biathlon titles, Emil Hegle Svendsen is one of the most successful modern athletes. His journey in adult sports began back in 2005, but only two years later the guy made himself known loudly, winning the individual race at the World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Emil did not stop there and three months later received two more gold medals. In total, he has 12 victories at the world championships, not counting silver and bronze awards.

Svendsen performs no less brilliantly at the Olympics. On the first winter games in Turin, still almost a beginner, he managed to become sixth in the mass start, and four years later in Vancouver, Emil Hegle was already the best in the 20-kilometer individual race and helped Norway win a gold medal in the men's relay. The victory ranked among Svendsen's best races.

On Russian Olympics in Sochi, where Emil competed for Norway, he did not start very well, not even making it into the top five at the first tests. But in the mass start he overtook the French biathlete by a split second and won another olympic gold.

The Norwegian also performed brilliantly in the mixed relay, adding another medal to his collection of awards. highest quality. But in the men's relay, Svendsen could not cope with his nerves, made four shooting mistakes and left Norway without a podium.

Many athletes have their own rituals and customs that allow them to tune in to performances. For Emil Hegle, music became this way. In the room, he plays his favorite songs loudly and thus prepares for the race.

When preparing for competitions, Emil often uses medications intended for asthmatics. They help make breathing easier during long runs. But the athlete does not have any illness.

Personal life

Emil Hegle Svendsen is one of the most famous athletes in the world and, perhaps, the most eligible bachelor in Norway. He had many novels, most of them fleeting. The athlete has repeatedly said that his girlfriend must be absolutely crazy to live with him for a long time: he has such an unpredictable and chaotic character. By the way, Emil likes Russian girls, and he considers a Russian tennis player to be the ideal of beauty.

Of the long-term romantic relationships, it is worth noting his dates with his young compatriot Kaia Eckhoff, the sister of his teammate Stian Eckhoff, as well as a long affair with television journalist Samantha Skogrand, whom the biathlete met at the Olympics in Sochi.

Some fans even said that their idol would soon get married and the status of Emil Hegle Svendsen’s personal life would change. Moreover, it became known that the athlete and his girlfriend had already purchased a country house worth over €1 million. At the end of 2016, the lovers got engaged and planned to have their wedding a year later.

Soon, Emil's colleague Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, husband, made a statement that after him the next Norwegian athlete to become a father would be Svendsen. The media immediately started talking about the pregnancy of the athlete’s fiancee. But the information that Emil and Samantha Skogrand are expecting a child has not been confirmed.

And after a while, rumors appeared that the biathlete broke up with Samantha, because the declared celebration never took place.

In 2017, Svendsen reassured fans that the wedding with Samantha would still take place, but only after Olympic season. The athlete postponed the joyful event until after the 2018 Olympics. Proof of the ongoing relationship between Emil and Samantha was the girl’s interview, in which she spoke in detail about her plans for the future, as well as the appearance of joint photos of her lovers on the athlete’s personal profile in “ Instagram" As soon as Emil has free time, young people travel around the world and often take photographs for social networks.

Friendship occupies a special place in Emil’s life, because the athlete grew up in a boyish environment. Svendsen always knew how to get along with his peers and gather friendly groups around himself, which is why at the dawn sports career Rumors about his unconventional orientation appeared around the athlete’s name. The reason for this was a joint photograph of Petter Northug and Emil Hegle Svendsen, published on the photo hosting site Flickr.

Adding fuel to the fire was the information that the guy lives in the same room with another athlete of the Norwegian national team, Sondre Eylandiga. In fact, Emil only rented a room from a friend during training camp, and nothing more. As time has shown, both turned out to be great lovers of female society.

Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tarjei Boe dance

His best friend is a colleague on the national team. Together they spend a lot of free time and indulge in various eccentricities. Guys' jokes sometimes fall below the belt. And once - literally. During the women's mass start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Emil and Tarjei simultaneously took off their trousers on the track and appeared in front of passing girls dressed as Adam, without pants. Emil Hegle Svendsen later said that in this way they congratulated the Norwegian athletes on the end of the season. However, the Norwegian Biathlon Federation did not appreciate the initiative of the young people and warned that this would not happen again.

Emil Hegle Svendsen now

Today, Emil maintains his bachelor status; he still has not married, but there has been no official confirmation of his separation from Samantha.

In 2017, while finishing the sprint race at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, he fainted. Svendsen spent 10 minutes unconscious, then managed to get up. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, but the biathlete had already reached the car himself.

A year earlier, the athlete won bronze and gold medal, but in 2017 he was left without awards. The biathlete devoted the entire year to preparing for the Olympics, while twice becoming a gold medalist at the World Cup. In Korea, the athlete climbed to the podium three times. He took third place in the mass start and two second places in the relay and mixed relay.

In April 2018, Emil Hegle Svendsen made an official announcement that he was retiring from acting. The biathlete noted that he was not leaving at the peak of his capabilities, Last year became a difficult stage in my sports career. But the failures experienced do not prevent us from looking into the future with optimism.

Awards

• 2010 - two gold and silver medals at the Vancouver Olympics
• 2014 - two gold medals at the Olympics in Sochi
• 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 – twelve gold medals at the World Championships
• 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 – six silver medals at the World Championships

• 2018 – two silver and bronze medal at the Olympics in Pyeongchang

Samantha Skugrand talks about the challenges life presents to her after leaving big sport her fiance Emil Hegle Svensen, whether the former biathlete is happy with the life of a “pensioner” and how the couple’s plans for the wedding have changed.

Samantha Skugrand opens the door to the house in Oslo where she lives with her fiancé, former biathlete Emil Hegle Svensen. It's lunchtime, but Skugrand's workday ended several hours ago.

Previously, she worked in sports news at TV2 Sporten, and then was one of the four presenters of the Morning Club. In January, she began presenting mornings on Radio 1. This means that five days a week she has to go to bed at nine o'clock in the evening and get up before five in the morning.

– I have always had a tense relationship with sleep; I cannot fall asleep quickly. It’s a shame to go to bed when it’s light outside and when Emil can stay awake for a long time. But I forget about it at work, because it's a lot of fun.

Samantha was a reporter for God Morgen Norge last May. She enjoyed working with people and flexible work hours. At the same time, the nervous sensations of being in the constant spotlight in front of the camera returned to her.

- This is because all the focus is on you when you sit alone in the studio and read from a piece of paper. I do not like it. A little lonely, although, of course, sometimes it was a lot of fun. I had the feeling that at that time the significance of the journalistic profession was lost for me. “I’m very curious and I feel like I’m at my best when I’m interacting with people,” says Skugrand.

– Now I’ve finally found something of mine, and it’s great. I've often been told that I would love radio, and it's true. We `re the right combination.

– What is it about radio that attracts you so much?

– In addition to the fact that everything from planning to the final product goes very quickly, it is an opportunity to share information and contact with listeners. You don't have to be visible and you use your voice in a different way. And I really like it.

Skugrand describes herself as a very sociable person, but she is also comfortable on her own. She thinks it's great that her workday ends when most people in "regular" professions are just eating lunch.

– I like to go against the flow. Now Emil and I live the life of retirees. We can go for a walk in nature at 11-12 o'clock in the afternoon, and then cook lunch around four. We've done a lot of decorating in the house and on the deck during the daytime lately. “That’s very nice,” Samantha says with a laugh.

Up the stairs, through the sunroof, and you find yourself on a terrace overlooking Oslo. Samantha takes out pillows and places them on the gray corner sofa. The sun is high in the sky and steam flows from two cups of tea on the table.

After Swensen announced his retirement from sports in early April, the couple's life suddenly changed dramatically. At the press conference, Swensen tearfully thanked his friend for her support.

“It’s one thing to support someone you love when they’re having a bad day.” You do it instinctively. Then it's easy to be encouraging. But he had long periods of hardship and it wasn't easy. I made a point of telling him that there are other things in life, not just sports. In fact, you can find happiness in something else, says Samantha.

– Emil’s decision was not very unexpected for me. He had been close to quitting for four years now, so the thought was not foreign. But the fact that he did it changed our lives. Everything has turned upside down - now we will become an ordinary couple, and this is unusual.

- Why?

– The roles have changed a lot. I have turned into a person who lives according to a schedule, who has to get up very early, while Emil is still a “pensioner” and lives just such a life. Now he is the one who can stay up late and go to football in the middle of the week. In fact, I am a night owl, and he is used to following the regime. And now he lives like a hippie, which I never thought possible,” Samantha says with a laugh.

Skugrand says that she has never seen her groom happier than he is now.

- This new person. Thoughts of leaving had been in his head for a long time, and when he finally made the decision, he felt it was the right one, says Samantha.

She says that Svensen made up his mind as soon as he came home from the 2018 Olympics with three medals.

“We were sitting in the living room at home, and he simply said: “That’s it, I’m leaving.” I didn't have to ask much, he was so decisive and firm in his choice. The time has come, she says.

Afterwards, they went on holiday with friends to the US to relax.

“Watching him there was amazing.” He has become a lighter version of himself, although he weighs a couple of kilograms more purely physically. But these are just “kilograms of comfort,” as I like to call them.

Skugrand finds it strange to think that she is not familiar with the life of the girlfriend of an athlete who has given up sports. In the near future, she and Emil will try to find a common rhythm that works for them in their daily lives.

– For him, sport and career came first, and in that situation we achieved a great balance. But now everything is worse! We have no idea how to behave to look like a normal couple. Shall we spend all our days together? Will he find a regular job? We might have to go to hen or stag parties a little more often to take the breaks that people talk about,” she says jokingly.

According to the plan, they were supposed to get married this summer. They met in 2013, and Swensen proposed two days before Christmas in 2016. Then it was decided to postpone the wedding until 2019.

– We have set a date for the summer, but now we have decided to postpone it so that I can calmly prepare for Olympic Games, focusing 100 percent on it. Now everything has been postponed until 2019,” Emil Hegle Svensen told VG in November 2017.

At this time, Skugrad teamed up with friend Yamina Iversen, who was engaged to Stian Blipp (Norwegian dancer, comedian, musician and program host. - Note by M.A.), to create a purely wedding podcast. In it, they talk about wedding planning, dresses, expectations and anxieties surrounding the big day. In one of the episodes, Samantha talks about her vision for the upcoming wedding. The dress will have an open back and a train, and 110 guests will celebrate over several days at a castle in Sweden.

But now the plans have changed, and the thought of the dream wedding has become different.

– I have attended many weddings over the past two years. This is probably the best day for a couple, but at the same time I see how much stress there is. And it scared me a little. Now, after Emil finished his career, we often think about just going somewhere and getting married - the two of us, a couple of friends and parents,” she says.

– The wedding will not be so traditional that everyone will be squeezed. So we are thinking of arranging everything differently, not as we had previously planned. We don't want to get married in a typical wedding venue or go abroad. The ideal would be to conduct it in a place where careful planning is not required.

– We changed our minds and want to celebrate everything in an informal setting. It's important for us to focus on what's really fun, and that's a real celebration.

– It was really cool working on the podcast with one of my close friends, I learned so many new things. After talking with brides and experts, I realized that the most important thing is to worry as little as possible in order to be able to fully enjoy the day. This is exactly what we will do.

Translation from Norwegian