Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian

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competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the

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. She also won the unofficial

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in 1983 and placed second overall in 1984 and 1988. Winning two Nordic titles and five individual national titles, she was awarded the King's Cup trophy two times.

Orienteering career

Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 9 December 2007) along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik. She also won a silver medal for Norway in the relay in

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, behind the Finnish relay team. She won individual silver medals at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships, behind

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, and in

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. She won the overall

in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988. She won five individual national titles and four national relay titles, and became Nordic champion in 1984 and 1986. She was awarded the

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(King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1983 and 1985. The King's Cup is awarded to the one female and one male athlete who obtains the assumed best result (among the various disciplines) during a senior national championship./ She represented the sports clubs Bækkelagets SK and

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Personal life

Born on 4 April 1960, Volden is married to orienteer

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. In 2005 they both climbed

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(8201 meters).The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005
(Retrieved on 9 December 2007) In 2011 she climbed

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(8,167 m), along with her husband Øyvin and Stian Voldmo, and these were the first three Norwegians to climb this mountain. After her sports career, Volden has worked as a

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. She has three children with her husband Øyvind Thon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volden, Brit 1960 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Kongsberg IF 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen 21st-century Norwegian women