Name: Bjorn Westervelt
Sport: Biathlon
Classification: Junior Team
Height: 5-10
Weight: 155 lbs.
DOB: 10/28/2001
Birthplace: Burlington, Vt.
Hometown: Stowe, Vt.
College: University of Vermont (majoring in Mechanical Engineering)
Team/Club: USBA Junior National Team / UVM Ski Team / Craftsbury Nordic / Algis Biathlon
World Championship Experience
- 2023 Junior World Championships (Shchuchinsk, KAZ): 28th in individual / 4th in men's relay / 18th in sprint / 24th in pursuit
- 2022 IBU Junior World Championships (Soldier Hollow, Utah): 69th in individual / 30th in sprint / 18th in pursuit / 7th in junior men's relay (w/ Maxime Germain, Wes Campbell & Vincent Bonacci)
- 2021 IBU Youth/Junior World Championships (Obertilliach, Austria) - 92nd in junior individual / 61st in junior sprint / 8th in junior relay
- 2020 IBU Youth/Junior World Championships (Lenzerheide, Switzerland) - 32nd in youth individual / 13th in youth relay / 9th in youth sprint / 27th in youth pursuit
- 2019 Youth World Championships (Osrblie, Slovakia) - 76th in individual / 15th in relay / 54th in sprint / 47th in pursuit
Other Career Highlights
- 2023 FISU World University Games (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - 1st in pursuit / 2nd in sprint / 8th in mass start
- 2020 US Biathlon Youth/Junior World Championship Team Trials (Jericho, VT) - 1st in youth sprint / 2nd in youth pursuit / 1st in youth sprint
- 2019 US Biathlon National Championships (Park City, Utah) - 1st in youth sprint / 2nd in youth pursuit / 1st in youth mass start
- 2019 IBU Open Junior European Championships (SJusjoen, NOR) - 104th in individual / 18th in relay / 91st in sprint
- 2019 IBU Junior Cup (Sjusjoen, NOR) - 73rd & 86th in sprints
- 2018 US Biathlon National Championships (Soldier Hollow, Utah) - 1st in youth sprint / 2nd in youth pursuit
- 2017 Liatoppen Biathlon Festival (Al, Norway) - 13th in sprint
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