Hanne Sandstad (born 1970) 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 Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

and World Champion.

Career

At the

1991 World Orienteering Championships The 1991 World Orienteering Championships, the 14th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; ) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,0 ...

she won a silver medal in the relay, together with

Heidi Arnesen Heidi Arnesen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Biography Arnesen received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1991 World Orienteering Championships in Mariánské Lázně, together with Hanne Sandstad, Ragnhild Bratberg and ...

Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg (born 9 June 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the World Orienteering Champions ...

and

Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bente Andersen (born 31 March 1965) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal in relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Bratberg, Olsvik and Volden. She received a sil ...

. At the

1997 World Orienteering Championships The 1997 World Orienteering Championships, the 17th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Grimstad Grimstad () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It belongs to the geograp ...

she won silver medals in the short distance and the relay, and a bronze medal in the classic distance. She became World Champion in the relay in 1999, together with Birgitte Husebye, Elisabeth Ingvaldsen and

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

. She was awarded the

Kongepokal Kongepokalen (officially: Hans Majestet Kongens Pokal) is a Norwegian trophy awarded during Norwegian championships in a number of sports. In addition to Norwegian championships, it is also awarded in the World Cup-race in Nordic combined in Hol ...

(King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1995 and 1997. She represented the sports club NTHI.

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* * 1970 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian women 20th-century Norwegian people 21st-century Norwegian women Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub