Biography Halvar Hanvold

He was only after the shock that the biathlon world experienced, it makes sense to look at the life of Hanvold from a different angle. Both sports and the rest. It's not about how he died. Although the reasons are still unknown, and this is strange. I contacted the Norwegian colleague Ule-Cristian by a aspiration, columnist VG, he confirmed: the information was not published, although the Halvard family, according to the mean media data, was not against publicity.

Well, either the Norwegians already know everyone, or do not introduce ethically into someone else's death. Another thing is more interesting for us. Hanvold is a vivid example of how Western athletes build a career. I would even say a reverse example. The reverse of what is happening with us. Halvard was very titled by biathlon standards: six Olympic medals, 17 pedestals at the world championships, and in the era of Bjorndalen, who collected regalia buckets.

Hanvold represented the Norway national team for almost 20 years. But he was realized in sports and life independently, without the support of the state under which he performed. He earned fame and respect, and when he finished, he did not go to Storting - the Norwegian parliament. Opened in other areas. More precisely, he continued to open up, because he began, still speaking.

Of course, everyone has their own path. Lars Berger, for example, worked with athletes of limited opportunities for three years, refused to train the Russian team to train, now serves as an assistant manager in an ordinary grocery supermarket, a SPAR of a tiny commune lost in the center of the country. Look, this is informative. Berger's wife, by the way, is a professional carpenter.

At the funeral of Lars and Ule Ainar carried a coffin with the body of Halvard. But such a choice is personal, independent. Berger told the press: he thought a lot about what is more important - to live to work, or to work in order to live. I chose the second and does not regret it. He was not sheltered by the city or district administration, he was not appointed director of the ski school, they did not have to teach at the university or be the sports ambassador of Norway at all kinds of Balabol summits.

For this, there were more inclined and trained. And Berger preferred a step -free store not clearance for any Norwegian. Hanvold turned on a completely different level, on a different scale. Which one - below. But could we go any of these roads? Would you like to try on the script? And if they wanted, would you be able to? This is not about what is worse and which is better. The systems are completely different, but with all the prosperity of Norway, countries with the highest income of the population, its system is tougher.

She exhausts, but tempers. It makes you hope only for itself - and gives in return adaptation to an post -portal life, the ability to find yourself in society. And in sports too. For none of the great Norwegian champions was guided by the principle of "train me, coach." They sculpted themselves. Hanvold was born in the suburbs of Oslo, 25 kilometers from the ski Mecca, Holmeecollen.

He was not a representative of the hinterland, like Marit Bjorgen, but turned out to be a carrier of the same northern hardening and sourdough. He began to ski and sports orientation, only fifteen switched to Biathlon. And already in Trondheim, where he spent his youth, training side by side with a Bjurndalen. I had neither physical nor technical talent. But coach Trond Herberg continued to believe in me.

Sometimes it surprised. What did he find in me? It turned out that I am ready for anything to achieve the goal. I never give up, and this feature led me to the top. It is very important to have a mentor who sees the hidden advantages of his wards. Not only in sports - in general. Hanvold was modest. In addition to the coach, he had a bag of advantages. The talent was not listed among them, but there was the ability to work on themselves after defeats, to receive satisfaction from any results, to be curious and attentive to details.

In my drinking belt during training, there is always a notebook to record ideas and emotions. It is important to immediately express feelings in words, because when the lesson is over, you can miss something important. You should understand another simple thing: any competition is valuable training. Even if you have not won, you gained experience that will make you better. And if you won, all the more.

It was possible to go with him even to war. The Swede Bjorn Ferry, the Olympic champion of Vancouver, noted in an interview with Expressen the constant desire of Hinevold to be perfectly prepared and not compromise in detail. The Swedish biathletes also stood in the corridors of hotels in slippers and everyday pants, pretending to shoot on the board of ads. But not Hanevold.

He put on a running overalls, Bib with a number, got skiing, put sticks nearby. He stood in the corridor in this form and snapped a trigger. He believed that this made him as competitive as possible, because the racks were skiing and on the floor differed in the angle of inclination of the body by some degrees. In Estertsund, he somehow bought a ping-pong racket, removed the rubber from it and wrapped it up to the elbows so that it was more convenient to keep the weapon.

He had several options for the same model, not to mention differing.Before the start of Halvard, one could see with three pairs of ski sticks. He had a stock of everything and for all occasions. After the competition, Hanvold rode a bicycle to relax. We, the Swedes, walked around the neighborhood. He once told him: "It is better to walk, so you can ventilate your legs." Halvard thought.

Curiosity made him seriously treat everything that came in the field of view. Khanevold's sister recalled that he was standing and aiming in the living room, starting from the age of 14, until he began to get on the highway. The first of the Norwegian team began to use skis with idle simulators, since they change the balance of the body, as well as the tension of the feet and ankles.

The team laughed over the Hanvold, but he continued. He did not impose his method on anyone and at the same time made it clear how important it is to think in sports on his own. Over time, he managed to tighten the “physics”. In his youth, Bjurndalen brought him three kilometers in the race, although Hinevold had the highest oxygen indicators in the team. Later, the speeds were trimmed, despite the specific move of Hanvold, for which some called him crab, others with a cockroach.

The phrase of Halvard, who explains a lot. Gold in the relay. Changed the approach, increased volumes. It had fruit. In Turin, he lagged behind Swan Fisher for eight seconds, but I still consider that race the best in my career. ” The best - maybe. The main thing is hardly. This title was stuck behind the individual race in Nagano, before the last lifting, Hanevold lost to Italian Pieralberto Carrara 15 seconds.

At the finish, I won 5.4, becoming a champion. The competitor is exhausted, it happens. Only the matter is different. A year before the Olympics, Halvard visited Nagano and realized that this rise would be crucial. All 12 months he drove himself in any hill that met in the way. Pers up, counting on a chance that may fall in Japan. The chance has fallen.