Ola Wærhaug (24 December 1937 – 9 October 2025) was a Norwegian biathlete. He received a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He participated on the winning teams at the 1965 and at the 1967 Biathlon World Championships.
Life and career
Wærhaug competed for Norway at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he placed seventh in 20 km biathlon. At the 1964 Winter Olympics he also competed in 20 km biathlon, placing 22nd.
He won a team gold medal at the Biathlon World Championships 1965 in Elverum, along with Olav Jordet, Ragnar Tveiten, and Ivar Nordkild. He won a gold medal in the relay at the Biathlon World Championships 1967 in Altenberg, Saxony, along with Jordet, Jon Istad, and Tveiten.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics he won a silver medal in the biathlon relay (4 × 7.5 km) with the Norwegian team, along with Olav Jordet, Magnar Solberg and Jon Istad. The biathlon relay was a new Olympic discipline in 1968, and Norway placed second behind Soviet, ahead of Sweden.
After his active career, Wærhaug settled as farmer in Skedsmo.
Wærhaug died on 9 October 2025, at the age of 87."Ola Wærhaug". nittedal.vareminnesider.no. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 1 medal (1 silver) EventIndividualRelay 1960 Squaw Valley 7th 1964 Innsbruck 22nd 1968 Grenoble 13th Silver *The relay was added as an event in 1968.
World Championships 2 medals (2 gold) EventIndividualRelay 1962 Hämeenlinna 23rd — 1965 Elverum 4th Gold 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 23rd — 1967 Altenberg 5th Gold *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
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