Erlend Slokvik (born 24 February 1962) is a Norwegian

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 sk ...

competitor, sports coach and sports executive. During his active career he won two bronze medals at the

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 ...

. His best world cup result is placing 5th overall in the 1989

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. He has been head coach for the Norwegian national teams in orienteering and biathlon, and sports executive in biathlon and athletics. Since 2018 he has been head of elite sport for the

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Personal life and education

Slokvik was born on 24 February 1962. He studied

natural sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

at the

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, and has a diploma in sports coaching from the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Mast ...

Career

Active career

Slokvik won a bronze medal in the relay at the

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in 1988, together with

Kjetil Ulven Kjetil Ulven (born 16 November 1967) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Val di Non in 1994, together with Lars Lys ...

, Lars Lystad, and

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, ...

. He won another bronze medal at the World Championships in

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in 1990, together with Ulven, Harald Svergja, and Benjaminsen. Individually, he placed 5th in the short distance at the World Ski Orienteering Championships 1990. Competing in the very first

in 1989, he placed 5th overall, while he placed 21st overall in the World Cup in 1991.

Coach and sports administrator

After his active career, Slokvik had a career as coach and sports administrator. He was head coach for the Norwegian national team in orienteering from 1997 to 2000, and for the national biathlon team from 2000 to 2002. He served as vice president for the

Norwegian Biathlon Association The Norwegian Biathlon Association () (NSSF) was founded 10 December 1983 and is a Norwegian association for biathlon, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports and the International Biathlon Uni ...

from 2008 to 2016, and as president from 2016 to 2018. In 2018 he was appointed head of elite sport () for the

. In October 2024 his contract with the Norwegian Athletics Association was extended until end og 2026. During his leadership of the Norwegian Athletics Association, Norwegian athletes succeeded winning medals in several international championships, including two gold medals and one silver medal at the

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, four gold medals in the next three

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, and three gold medals at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slokvik, Erlend 1962 births Living people Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian ski-orienteers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian orienteering coaches National team coaches