Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg (born 23 January 1976) is a Norwegian

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, World champion and European champion. She took the overall victory in the 2008

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World championships

Hausken finished second in ''sprint'' at the 2005

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, behind

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.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on 22 December 2007) She received a silver medal in the ''relay event'' at the 2005 World Championships (with Marianne Andersen and Marianne Riddervold), and a bronze medal in 2007 (with Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien and Marianne Andersen). At the 2008 World Championships in

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she received a gold medal in the Sprint event, before Minna Kauppi and Helena Jansson. This was Hausken's first gold medal at the world championships. She finished third in the Overall

2005, and first in 2008.

European championships

Hausken had great success in the 2008

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, where she won two individual gold medals.European Orienteering Championships 2008 – Ventspils, Latvia, 25 May – 1 June
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 19 June 2008) In the ''sprint distance'' (2.5 km) she defeated Heli Jukkola by a margin of only 3 seconds. In the ''long distance'' (11 km) she finished first with Tatiana Ryabkina on second and Emma Engstrand third place. She has a bronze medal in ''sprint'' from the 2002 championships in

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World cup 2008

With the two victories from Ventspils, Hausken got a flying start in the

in 2008. In the next event, the ''middle distance'' at the ''O-festivalen'' in Siggerud, she again finished first.World Cup O-festivalen: Double Norway
(Retrieved on 23 June 2008) This was her first major win in the middle course. The next day's ''long distance'' was a pursuit race where she was passed by Minna Kauppi but finished second, only a few seconds behind Kauppi.World Cup O-festivalen: Double Finland
(Retrieved on 23 June 2008) With 417 points and victories in three of the first five races she was ranked first in the WC 2008.18:35 – Sunday, June 22 – World Cup standings: no change at the top
– IOF World Cup 2008 (Retrieved on 23 June 2008)IOF World Ranking – Anne Margrethe Hausken
(Retrieved on 23 June 2008) Further five wins secured her the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup, with a total of 917 points. Behind her came Minna Kauppi, second with 747 points, and Helena Jansson, overall third with 430 points.

Clubs and career

Hausken, grown up in

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, has represented her "home" club Torvastad IL, and later

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics ...

. After suffering from overtraining, she abandoned training for two years (1999 and 2000), but returned to the sport in 2001."Profile: Anne Margrethe Hausken"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 23 June 2008) She currently competes for

Nydalens SK Nydalens Skiklub is a Norwegian sports club from Nydalen, Oslo. It was founded in , and has sections for orienteering, Nordic skiing and ski orienteering. The club organized national ski jumping competitions regularly from 1891 to 1953, and had ...

Ski orienteering

Hausken was Junior world champion in

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in ''relay'' in 1996 together with Kristin Tolstad Uggen and

Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik (born 24 January 1976) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. She won four gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, in 2004 and 2005. She won the overall World Cup in Ski Orienteer ...

, and received an individual silver medal in the ''classic distance''.SKI-JWOC 1996 SVK – Slovakia, Banska Bystrica/Donovaly, 5-12 February 1996
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on 23 June 2008)

Academic career

In 2011 Hausken defended her doctorate thesis, ''Epidemiology of anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the general population in Norway''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hausken, Anne Margrethe 1976 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers Norwegian ski-orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Norwegian pharmacologists World Games silver medalists for Norway World Games medalists in orienteering People from Karmøy Medalists at the 2013 World Games