他擅长冬季两项和越野滑雪，在奥运会、世锦赛和世界杯中都有过多项斩获，是冬季奥运会中最成功的运动员。2002年曾获挪威最佳运动员称号。
个人生活.Bjørndalen resides in the village ofObertilliach, Austria. He also used to live in Toblach, Italy, with Italian-Belgian biathlete Nathalie Santer. They started dating in