Sochi 2014: Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen becomes greatest Winter Olympics athlete ever
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen, who along with Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser was elected to the International Olympic Committee recently, now has 13 career Winter Olympics medals, including eight gold.
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen has won two gold medals in Sochi to become the most decorated athlete in Winter Games history with 13 career medals, including eight gold.
Bjorndalen and Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser have also been elected to the International Olympic Committee.
Bjorndalen and Wickenheiser were voted in by their peers Thursday for an eight-year term as representatives of the IOC athletes' commission.
Wickenheiser is the captain of the Canadian women's hockey team.
The two athletes replace Rebecca Scott and Saku Koivu, whose terms on the IOC commission expired.
The IOC says 80.87 percent of the athletes in Sochi voted in the election, a new record.
Bjorndalen and Wickenheiser will be sworn in during Sunday's closing ceremony.