Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals. Valstad ran for the Norwegian club

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the

Norges Orienteringsforbund The Norwegian Orienteering Federation ( no, Norges Orienteringsforbund, NOF) is the national Orienteering Association in Norway. It is recognized as the orienteering association for Norway by the International Orienteering Federation, of which ...

. He retired from international

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 s ...

at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the

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final round in Germany. He is married to former orienteering athlete

Hanne Staff Hanne Staff (born 3 February 1972) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals. She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world c ...

. They are living in Nittedal with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009. Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the

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Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at

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in Oslo.

Achievements

World Orienteering Championships * Gold, Long Distance, 2004

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* Gold, Relay Event, 2004

* Gold, Classic Distance, 1999 Great Britain * Gold, Relay Event, 1999 Great Britain * Silver, Middle Distance, 2003

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* Silver, Relay Event, 2001 Finland * Silver, Relay Event, 1991 Czechoslovakia * Bronze, Short Distance, 1997 Norway * Bronze, Relay Event, 1997 Norway * Bronze, Short Distance, 1995 Germany

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* Silver, Classic Distance, 2002 Hungary * Bronze, Classic Distance, 2000 Ukraine

* First, Overall Individual World Cup 2002 * Third, Overall Individual World Cup 1998 * Gold, Classic Distance, 2002

* Gold, Sprint Distance, 2002 Norway * Gold, Classic Distance, 1998 Ireland * Silver, Short Distance, 2002

* Silver, Classic Distance, 1998 Great Britain * Silver, Classic Distance, 1998 Estonia * Silver, Classic Distance, 1996

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* Bronze, Classic Event, 2002 Czech Republic * Bronze, Short Distance, 1998 Great Britain * Bronze, Classic Distance, 1998 Poland * Bronze, Short Distance, 1998 Finland World Games * Gold, Relay Event, 2001

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* 1967 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Norwegian orienteering coaches Norwegian sports executives and administrators Competitors at the 2001 World Games World Games gold medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub