Jon Tvedt (29 June 1966 – 11 January 2009) was a Norwegian

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and athlete who specialized in

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. He died while still active in his sport.

Career

Orienteering

Tvedt originally competed in

. At the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in

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, Tvedt competed in three events. He finished fourth in the short distance, jointly with Steven Hale, and eleventh in the classic distance. In the

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he finished sixth together with teammates Rolf Vestre,

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, Tvedt finished eleventh in the short distance, sixth in the classic distance and fourth in the

together with teammates Petter Thoresen,

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. Finally, at the 1999

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, Tvedt finished eighth in the classic distance. His best placement in the

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was a fourteenth place overall, achieved in 1996.

Athletics

Tvedt later took up

. He competed internationally at the European Championships in 2005 and 2007. In 2005 he finished twentieth in the individual race, and thirteenth in the team competition. In 2007 he finished twenty-eighth in the individual race, and tenth in the team competition. In 1994 Tvedt won a bronze medal at the Norwegian championship in 12 kilometres cross-country running. In 1998 Tvedt won a silver medal at the Norwegian championship in 10 kilometres cross-country running, behind Karl Johan Rasmussen. He represented the club FIK BFG Fana. In 1999 he had changed club to IL Gular, and won a

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at the national championship, in a race won by Abderrahim Goumri. He won the inaugural Norwegian mountain running championships in 2005, ahead of

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and Hans Martin Gjedrem of winter sports fame. Tvedt then defended his title three times.

Death

Tvedt died in January 2009, during a training hike at Gullfjellet.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tvedt, Jon Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Bergen Mountaineering deaths Sport deaths in Norway 1966 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen