Astrid Hansen (1933 – 2022) was a Norwegian

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 specia ...

competitor and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 22 January 2008)

Sports career

Hansen won a gold medal in the 1968

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 considere ...

with the Norwegian relay team ( Astrid Rødmyr, Hansen and Ingrid Hadler). She received a bronze medal in the relay in 1966. She was awarded the

Kongepokal Kongepokalen (officially: Hans Majestet Kongens Pokal) is a Norwegian trophy awarded during Norwegian championships in a number of sports. In addition to Norwegian championships, it is also awarded in the World Cup-race in Nordic combined in Hol ...

(King's Cup) trophy in 1966, winning the individual national title at the Norwegian orienteering championships in Hatlestrand. Hansen died on 21 August 2022, 89 years old.

References

1933 births 2022 deaths Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub