Personal Background
Tora Berger was born in Ringerike but grew up in the mountainous municipality of Lesja, in Oppland county, and lives in Meråker, Nord-Trøndelag. Her sports club is Dombås IL of Dombås, Oppland. She is the younger sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger.
Berger married in 2010, having met her husband at high school. They have two dogs Tussi (Eeyore in English) and Tarzan - Tarzan often joins her on training runs. Whilst away from home during the biathlon season she enjoys knitting and reading (especially books about crime). Outside biathlon she enjoys hunting and fishing. She has consistently said that she will continue with her biathlon career until the 2013/14 season and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but then she intends to retire.
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