biathloner

English

Etymology

biathlon +‎ -er

Noun

biathloner (plural biathloners)

1. A biathlon competitor.
   • 1986, Bart Davis, Takeover, →ISBN, page 100:

     What did you tell me you used to call those other biathloners who tried to shoot without really aiming?

   • 1998 March-April, “Japan Redux”, in Skiing, volume 50, number 7:

     There 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.

   • 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN:

     As attractive and as personable as she is, she is a biathloner.

Translations

biathlete — see biathlete