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As of the end of February 2004, Bjørndalen has won five Olympic gold medals, two World Championship gold medals, and a record high of 43 Biathlon World Cup races (the most of any biathlete to date), as well as being the total World Cup winner once (the 2002/03 season). He is the only biathlete ever to win all four biathlon events in a single Winter Olympics (2002 Salt Lake City Games). This encompasses the Sprint, Pursuit, Individual, and Relay events, the latter together with three other participants.