Jorunn Horgen (born 6 December 1966) is a Norwegian

windsurfer Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gain ...

. She was born in

Hokksund Hokksund is a town in the counties of Norway, county of Buskerud in Eastern Norway. It is the largest population center and administrative center of the municipalities of Norway, municipality of Øvre Eiker. The town is located upstream of the ...

. She participated at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, where she placed 8th, and at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, where she placed fifth. She is the world champion from 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1992.

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* * * 1966 births Living people Norwegian windsurfers Female windsurfers Norwegian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sportspeople from Øvre Eiker 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub