Career
Berger"s family moved to Lesja, Oppland, in 1985. At the age of six, Berger started cross-country skiing, but during his teens he decided to try out biathlon. Berger joined the national biathlon team in 2001.
After several disappointing races, mainly due to unstable shooting, Berger was thrown off the Norwegian national team ahead of the 2008/2009 season.
He revenged this by retrieving two world cup victories in sprint events, a silver in the World Championship sprint, and contributed to the gold in the men"s relay. He was regarded as perhaps the fastest skier on the biathlon tour, but his lack of shooting accuracy often prevented him from producing consistent and winning results.
Berger also competed in cross-country skiing from 2002. On 27 April 2015, Berger announced his retirement from the sport.
He cited a "chronic knee injury" as his reason for retiring.
Though Berger only participated in the 2010 Olympics, in both cross-country skiing and biathlon, he did travel to the Olympic Games as a reserve athlete in biathlon in both 2002 and 2014. All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games
World Championships
5 medals (1 gold, 4 silver)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.
Overall record
*Results in all UIPMB and IBU World Cup races. Junior/Youth World Championships
Individual victories
7 victories (7 Sp).
