Åge Hadler (born 14 August 1944) is a Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...

competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968.

Early life and career

Hadler was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

as the son of Aage Hadler and Ruth Karin Rosendahl. He married fellow orienteer Ingrid Thoresen in 1968. His first sports club was Bergens Turnforening. He studied at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

, and graduated as cand.real. degree in 1970.

Sports career

Hadler had his breakthrough in competitive

in 1966. He participated at the very first

, which were held in Fiskars, Finland, 2 and 3 October. Here he won the first individual World Champion title in men's Orienteering. The individual course had 11 controls over 14.1 kilometres. Hadler won the competition with a margin of 2 minutes and 45 seconds before Aimo Tepsell from Finland, who placed second. Anders Morelius from Sweden placed third in the individual race. Hadler participated on the Norwegian relay team together with

Dagfinn Olsen Dagfinn Olsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He won a bronze medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships in Fiskars together with Ola Skarholt, Åge Hadler and Stig Berge Stig Berge (born 28 March 19 ...

, Ola Skarholt and Stig Berge, and won a bronze medal behind Sweden and Finland. Hadler married fellow orienteer Ingrid Thoresen 17 August 1968. They both qualified for the World Championships, which were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28 and 29 September. Hadler won a bronze medal in the individual course, and also a bronze medal in the relay. His wife Ingrid won a silver medal in the women's individual contest, and a gold medal in the relay. Hadler became individual Nordic Champion in Orienteering in 1969. In 1970 the World Championships were held in Friedrichroda, in the Democratic Republic of Germany, from 27 to 29 September. Hadler placed 8th in the individual contest, which was won by Stig Berge. The relay was won by the Norwegian team, which consisted of Hadler and Ola Skarholt, Stig Berge and

Per Fosser Per Fosser (born 1945) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1970, as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which consisted of Ola Skarholt, Stig Berge, Fosser and Åge Hadler. He won a bronze medal in the rel ...

. His wife Ingrid won gold medal in the individual course at the women's World Championships. In 1970 Hadler published the book ''På tvers av stiene. Med giftering, kart og kompass'', as co-author along with his wife Ingrid Hadler. In 1971 he became individual Nordic Champion for the second time. The

1972 World Orienteering Championships The 4th World Orienteering Championships were held in Staré Splavy Staré Splavy (German ''Thammühl am See'') is a town and a former spa resort, a part of the Doksy municipality in the Česká Lípa district, Liberec region, North Bohemia. ...

were held in Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia, from 14 to 16 September. Hadler won the individual contest before Stig Berge, his second individual gold medal at the World Championships. Hadler won eight individual National Championships from 1966 to 1975. He is honorary member of the sports club IL i BUL.

Later career

Hadler was appointed as a research worker at the institution ''Fondet for markeds- og distribusjonsforskning'' in 1971, and served as manager from 1976 to 1986. He was appointed at the

Norwegian Mapping Authority The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) ( no, Statens kartverk ''or'' Kartverket, italic=invert) is Norway's national mapping agency, dealing with land surveying, geodesy, hydrographic surveying, cadastre and cartography. The current director is J ...

from 1986. He is currently serving as a communication advisor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hadler, Aage 1944 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian people