Audun Heimdal (8 February 1997 – 20 August 2022)
[Audun Heimdal (25) er død]
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 ...
and
ski orienteering
Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical ...
competitor.
Biography
Heimdal won a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2019
World Ski Orienteering Championships
The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance comp ...
. He also won a gold medal in pursuit and a silver medal in sprint at the
2021 World Ski Orienteering Championships.
Competing at the
2021 World Orienteering Championships, he won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay, along with
Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad
Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteer who competes internationally, and runs for the club Fossum IF.
Career
Bjørnstad represented Norway at the 2021 European Orienteering Championships, where she won a bronze meda ...
,
Kasper Fosser and
Andrine Benjaminsen
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 Wo ...
.
Heimdal was diagnosed with cancer in 2022 and died on 20 August, at the age of 25.
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1997 births
2022 deaths
21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
Norwegian male orienteers
Norwegian ski-orienteers
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Norway
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Norway
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Deaths from stomach cancer in Norway
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
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