Bjoerndalen won the same prize with 12 years apart – Dagbladet.no

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is of Norwegian sports journalists voted the athlete’s name. It is the second time he has won the award.

40-year-old was in February-time Winter Olympian after he won two Olympic gold medals in biathlon in Sochi. He was also named to international winter Games’ best male performer.

In the voting among Norwegian sports journalists won Ole Einar Bjoerndalen narrowly ahead Alexander Kristoff (cycling) and Kjetil Jansrud (alpine). The three lay an equally notch ahead of the next two: Last year’s winner Magnus Carlsen and Marit Bjoergen.

Norwegian Sports Journalists’ Association (NSF) has named the Year sport name annually since 1948 and it has been many years since so many votes were distributed between five different practitioners. A total of 13 athletes or teams voices.

Bjoerndalen is the ninth athlete who wins the vote twice or more. He won the first time in 2002 after his four gold medals at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. Grete Waitz won Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year four times and thus tops the list.

Bjoerndalen Olympic debut at Lillehammer in 1994, where it went bad. Since then he has won Olympic medals in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. During Sochi Olympics he passed Bjørn Dæhlie as the most winning athlete in Winter Games.

The veteran continues his career and has a plan to quit World Championships in Oslo in 2016. Bjoerndalen is also elected to the International Olympic Committee athlete representative. He fills 41 years 27 January.

So ended the vote:

1) Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (biathlon) 65 points, 2) Alexander Kristoff (cycling) 60, 3) Kjetil Jansrud (alpine) 56, 4) Magnus Carlsen (chess) 42, 5) Marit Bjoergen (Cross Country) 40, 6) Mats Zuccarello (hockey) 24, 7) Martin Ødegaard (soccer) 12, 8) Cecilia Brækhus (boxing) 5, 9) Jørgen Graabak (combined) 3, 10) women’s national handball 2, 11) Carl Yngvar Christiansen (powerlifting), Therese Johaug (cross country) and Molde (football) 1.

The winners since 2000:

2014: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen ( Biathlon)

2013: Magnus Carlsen (chess)

2012: Tora Berger (biathlon)

2011: Alexander Dale Oen (swimming)

2010: Thor Hushovd (cycling)

2009: Petter Northug (cross country)

2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (athletics)

2007: Aksel Lund Svindal (alpine)

2006: Kjetil André Aamodt (alpine)

2005: Marit Bjoergen (cross country)

2004: Thorkildsen

2003: Petter Solberg (motorsport )

2002: Bjoerndalen

2001: Olaf Tufte (rowing)

2000: Trine Hattestad (athletics).

(NTB)