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Øyvin Thon
Øyvin Thon (born 25 March 1958) is a Norway, Norwegian orienteering Competition, competitor, and has seven gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005 (Retrieved on 8 December 2007) He won the Jukola relay in 1988. International championships Thon won gold medals at the 1979 and 1981 Individual World Orienteering Championships,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brit Volden
Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. She also won the unofficial Orienteering World Cup, World Cup in 1983 and placed second overall in 1984 and 1988. Winning two Nordic titles and five individual national titles, she was awarded the Kongepokal, King's Cup trophy two times. Orienteering career Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 9 December 2007) along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik. She also won a silver medal for Norway in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thun
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World Orienteering Championships Medalists
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Norwegian Foot Orienteers
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1958 Births
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IF Sturla
Idrettsforeningen Sturla is a Norwegian sports club from Drammen, founded in 1923. It has sections for athletics, orienteering and skiing. The athletics uses Marienlyst stadion as their home field. Among its most prominent members are long-distance runner Per Halle, Paralympic long jumper Elin Holen, and orienteers Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon (born 25 March 1958) is a Norway, Norwegian orienteering Competition, competitor, and has seven gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both ..., Egil Iversen, Sigurd Dæhli and Harald Thon. In orienteering, IF Sturla became Norwegian champions in relay in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985. References External links Official site Athletics clubs in Norway Sport in Drammen Sports clubs and teams established in 1923 Orienteering clubs in Norway 1923 establishments in Norway {{Orienteering-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norges Orienteringsforbund
The Norwegian Orienteering Federation (, NOF) is the national Orienteering Association in Norway. It is recognized as the orienteering association for Norway by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member. The association was founded 1 October 1945, and is a member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports (NIF). Its first chairman was Kaare Thuesen. In 1946 NOF had 204 associated clubs, with just above 7,000 members. The number of clubs and associated members increased gradually through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and peaked in 1984 with 630 clubs and 34,000 members, and 35,000 members and 620 clubs in 1985. The next twenty years saw a decline in the number of clubs and members. As per December 2007 Norges Orienteringsforbund had 400 associated clubs and just above 24,000 members, distributed over eighteen districts. The federation publishes the magazine ''Veivalg''. Its current headquarters are at Ullevaal Stadion. History The orienteering sport in No ... [...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] |
Orienteering World Cup
The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004. From 2004 the World Cup has been held annually. Hosting nations Scoring Source: Individual The object of the World Cup is to collect points during the season. The total score for an individual is the sum of all points scored in each competition. The 40 best runners in each individual event are awarded points, where the winner is awarded 100 points. Any runner places below 40th is not awarded points. If a tie occurs, both runners are awarded the points as if they were placed in the highest of the tied positions. As of 2024, the current points distribution are as follows: *For example, 10th place gains 31 points (-10 + 41 = 31) Runners who are not placed in any given round are awarded points for last place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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