Meanings
plural biathloners
- A biathlon competitor.
As attractive and as personable as she is, she is a biathloner.
2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN2 more examples
What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming?
1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100There was the case of the Finnish biathloner Yrjo Salpakari, who got so excited by the sight of an eight-point buck crossing the trail that he plugged it with a single shot.
1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7
Origin
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