Andrine Benjaminsen (born 23 August 1995) is a Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer. Her acievements in ski orienteering include winning two bronze medals in the Junior World Championships. In foot orienteering, she has won medals at the

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and the European Orienteering Championships, both in the individual competitions, and with relay teams for Norway.

Career

Junior career

As a junior, Benjaminsen excelled in

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, and she won a bronze medal at the 2013 and 2015

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. In

foot orienteering Foot orienteering (usually referred to as simply Orienteering or FootO for short) is the oldest formal orienteering sport, and the one with the most "starts" per year. Usually, a FootO is a timed race in which participants start at staggered in ...

, Benjaminsen represented Norway at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in

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, Estonia, where her best result was ninth place in the long distance.

2021

At the 2021 European Orienteering Championships she won a bronze medal in the Knock-out sprint, and a bronze medal in the Sprint relay with the Norwegian team. At the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic, she placed 10th in the sprint. She won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, after a close fight with Swiss Elena Roos on the last leg. She also won a silver medal in the middle distance, behind winner Tove Alexandersson, and a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, along with Kamilla Steiwer and Marie Olaussen.

2022

In 2022, Benjaminsen won a bronze medal in the mixed sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. She also placed fourth in the sprint at the same championships. At the 2022 European Orienteering Championships, she won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team.

2023

She won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, and placed fifth in the middle distance.

2024

In May 2024 Benjaminsen won a national title in knockout sprint, which earned her the Kongepokal trophy. Competing at the

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in July 2024, she qualified for the sprint final, where she placed 23rd. Two days later Benjaminsen ran the last leg for Norway in the mixed sprint relay. The Norwegian team, which also included Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik and Kasper Fosser, won bronze medals in the relay. She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2024 European Orienteering Championships in Hungary, behind Simona Aebersold and Natalia Gemperle. The next day she won another bronze medal in the long distance at the championships, behind winner Tove Alexandersson and silver medalist Simona Aebersold. Benjaminsen was running the last leg in the relay at the 2024 European Championships, winning silver medal for Norway along with Kamilla Steiwer and Marie Olaussen.

Personal life

Benjaminsen's parents are Finnish orienteer

Anne Benjaminsen Anne Benjaminsen (; born 25 March 1964) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion. She participated at the 1988 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, and won a gold medal in the ''relay'' with the Finnish team, ...

and Norwegian orienteer

Vidar Benjaminsen Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norway, Norwegian ski-orienteering Competition, competitor and world champion. He has received four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, ...

. Figure skater Juni Marie Benjaminsen is her sister.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benjaminsen, Andrine 1995 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers Norwegian ski-orienteers Competitors at the 2017 World Games Norwegian people of Finnish descent 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen