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Helle Johansen
Helle Johansen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1985 World Orienteering Championships in Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ..., together with Ragnhild Bratberg, Hilde Tellesbø and Ellen-Sofie Olsvik. National championships Johansen became Norwegian champion (relay event) in 1986 with her club NTHI. She was Norwegian champion in ''night orienteering'' in 1984 and 1987. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find Control point (orienteering), control points. Originally a training exercise in Land navigation (military), land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. For the purposes of this article, foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but almost any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation with a map is a type of orienteering. Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including the World Games (see Orienteering at the World Games) and World Police and Fire Games. History The history of ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Orienteering Championships
The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considered to be the most prestigious competition in competitive orienteering. The races are contested between members of the IOF, which are each aligned to a National Olympic Committee. The first world championships in orienteering was held in Fiskars, Finland from 1–2 October 1966, with two medal events being contested. The championships were held biennially up to 2003, with the exception of the 1978 and 1979 editions. From 2003 to 2021, all medal competitions were held annually, before an alternating biennial system between two different championship formats was implemented starting at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. In 1966, there were only two medal events, with one individual event and one team relay event. The world champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 World Orienteering Championships
The 1985 World Orienteering Championships, the 11th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ..., Australia, 4–6 September 1985. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Results Men's individual Women's individual References {{World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships 1985 in Australian sport International sports competitions hosted by Australia September 1985 sports events in Australia Orienteering in Australia Sports competitions in Victoria (state) 1980s in Victoria (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc. The rivalry can be over attainment of any exclusive goal, including recognition. Competition occurs in nature, between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. Animals compete over water supplies, food, mates, and other biological resources. Humans usually compete for food and mates, though when these needs are met deep rivalries often arise over the pursuit of wealth, power, prestige, and fame when in a static, repetitive, or unchanging environment. Competition is a major tenet of market economies and business, often associated with business competition as companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group of customers. Competition inside a compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a population of 103,818 making it Australia's 19th-largest List of cities in Australia by population, city by population. Bendigo is the fourth-largest inland city in Australia and the fourth-most populous city in Victoria. Bendigo is administered by the City of Greater Bendigo, formerly the City of Bendigo. The council area encompasses roughly 3,000 square kilometres. The city is surrounded by smaller towns such as Castlemaine, Victoria, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Victoria, Heathcote, Kyneton, Maryborough, Victoria, Maryborough, Elmore, Victoria, Elmore, Rochester, Victoria, Rochester, Goornong and Axedale. The traditional owners of the area are the Dja Dja Wurrung (Djaara) people. The discovery of gold on Bendigo Creek in 1851 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnhild Bratberg
Ragnhild Bratberg (born 9 June 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the World Orienteering Championships relays, winning medals in 1985, 1987 and 1991. In ski orienteering she won four individual gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, and once in the relay. She was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1988. Personal life Bratberg was born in Ringsaker on 9 June 1961. Orienteering career Bratberg is Relay World Champion in Orienteering from 1987 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, together with Ragnhild Bente Andersen, Ellen Sofie Olsvik and Brit Volden.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Tellesbø
Hilde Tellesbø (born 1963) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1985 World Orienteering Championships in Bendigo, together with Ragnhild Bratberg, Helle Johansen Helle Johansen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1985 World Orienteering Championships in Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is ... and Ellen-Sofie Olsvik. References 1963 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen-Sofie Olsvik
Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the ''relay event'', and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering. Career Olsvik won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Brit Volden.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 18 June 2008) She received a silver medal in 1985. Olsvik won the first overall in 1986, with a total score of 112 points, before [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Orienteering Federation
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad Municipality, Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bike orienteering, ski orienteering, and trail orienteering. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Orienteering Federation suspended the membership of the Russian Orienteering Federation. The IOF also disallowed Russian orienteering athletes from participating in IOF events, even as neutral athletes, cancelled all organising rights for IOF events and activities in Russia, and suspended all Russian members appointed to IOF official bodies. History The IOF was founded on 21 May 1961 at a Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark by the orienteering national federations of Bulgarian Orienteering Federation, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Dansk Orienterings-Forbund (DOF), Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTNUI
Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitets Idrettsforening, NTNUI, is the largest sports club in Norway with more than 10,000 members and a variety of participators on all levels of skills in more than 50 different sports. The athletic association is formally connected to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology located in Trondheim. The club has facilities at Dragvoll, Gløshaugen, Moholt and Solsiden. The club was formed after the merge of several educational institutions in 1996, which resulted in the university NTNU. The largest of the merging sports clubs was NTHI. NTNUI's cross-country skiing group is the sports club with the highest number of participants in the Norwegian ski marathon Birkebeinerrennet (170 participants in 2010). Sports sections affiliated * Aikido * American football * Badminton * Ball game and exercise * Bandy * Baseball * Basketball * Capoeira * Climbing * Cross-country skiing * Cycling * Dancing * Diving * Fencing * Floorball (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
