Lars Skjeset (born 1 March 1983) is a Norwegian

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, and medal winner from

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and Junior World Championships. He represents the club Frol IL of Levanger.

Junior career

Skjeset participated at the

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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in 2003, where he won a

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in the ''

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'', together with Kristian Dalby and

Audun Weltzien Audun Hultgreen Weltzien (born 3 September 1983) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He competed at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 19th in the middle distance, and participated on the Norwegian relay ...

.Junior World Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 14 July 2008)
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 14 July 2008)

Senior career

Skjeset received a

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in ''

'' at the

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in 2006 in

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, together with

Carl Waaler Kaas Carl Waaler Kaas (born 28 July 1982About Carl Waaler Kaas at official site
) is a Norway, Norw ...

and

Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (born 7 July 1981) is a Norwegian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor.

.Regional Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 14 July 2008) At the 2008 European Championships in

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he finished 5th in the ''sprint''. He participated at the

in 2009, obtaining a bronze medal in the mixed relay.

References

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* 1983 births Living people Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Games bronze medalists for Norway World Games medalists in orienteering 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists Medalists at the 2009 World Games {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub