Ingrid Hadler (born Ingrid Thoresen; 12 February 1946) is a former

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competitor and cross-country skier from Norway. She is individual world champion in orienteering, as well as relay champion.

Career

Hadler had her breakthrough in orienteering in 1965, when she became Nordic champion. She competed for Norway at the very first World Orienteering Championships in 1966 in Fiskars, where she placed sixth in the individual race, and won a bronze medal with the Norwegian relay team. She won an individual silver medal at the 1968 World Orienteering Championships in

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, where she also won the gold medal in the relay, along with Astrid Rødmyr and Astrid Hansen. She won the

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Individual

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, as well as winning a bronze medal in the relay.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 14 December 2007) At the 1972 World Orienteering Championships she placed fifth in the individual contest, and seventh in the relay. She won the silver medal in the relay at the 1974 World Orienteering Championships with the Norwegian team. She is co-author of the book ''På tvers av stiene: Med giftering, kort og kompass'' (1970) with her husband Åge Hadler.

Personal life

Hadler was born in

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as Ingrid Thoresen on 12 February 1946, a daughter of Odd Thoresen and Solveig Henriksen. She married Åge Hadler in 1968. She is aunt of orienteering world champion Petter Thoresen.

References

1946 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub