Magnar Solberg (born February 4, 1937 in Soknedal

Soknedal

Soknedal is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located...

) is a former Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 biathlete

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

 and police officer. He won a gold medal in the 20 km at the Winter Olympic Games 1968

1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...

 in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

, and he retained his gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games 1972

1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

 in Sapporo. In 1968 he was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje. Magnar Solberg was a member of Trondhjems Skytterlag.

Later, Solberg became a police officer. He became one of the officers responsible in the miscarriage of justice against Fritz Moen

Fritz Moen

Fritz Yngvar Moen was a Norwegian man wrongfully convicted for two distinct felony murders, serving a total of 18 years in prison...

 by adjusting a murder victims time of death in order to dismiss Moens alibi.

Achievements

• Olympic Games
• 1968 gold in the 20 km and silver on the relay
• 1972 gold in the 20 km

• World Championships
• 1969 bronze in the 20 km, silver in the relay
• 1970 silver in the relay
• 1971 bronze in the 20 km, silver in the relay