Gaute Hallan Steiwer (born 31 January 1990) is 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. He was born in

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. He won gold medals in the middle distance and in the relay at the 2010

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries mu ...

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. He won a gold medal in the relay at the

2018 World Orienteering Championships The 35th World Orienteering Championships were held in Latvia in August 2018. The hosts were Riga, Sigulda and Turaida. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT ...

in Latvia, together with

Eskil Kinneberg Eskil Kinneberg (born 17 May 1992) is a Norwegian orienteer. In addition to winning individual gold medal at the Orienteering World Championships and individual silver medal at the European championships, he has won eight medals with Norwegian ...

and

Magne Dæhli Magne Dæhli (born 24 April 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer, and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His be ...

. Steiwer was running the first leg of the relay, and came second to the first change-over, 18 seconds behind then leading Latvia. He is a younger brother of

Kine Hallan Steiwer Kine Hallan Steiwer (born 23 May 1988) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay'' at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, together with Silje Ekroll Jahren and ...

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Norwegian male orienteers 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Oslo 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub