Ola Skarholt (30 November 1939 – 18 June 2017), was a Norwegian

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competitor. He became Relay World Champion in

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as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which also consisted of

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and

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. Skarholt placed fourth in the individual contest. He also won bronze medals in the relay in the

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and 1968 World Orienteering Championships. Skarholt represented the clubs SK Freidig and

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. His results at the include an individual gold medal in 1965. Skarholt was educated at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

, and worked as engineer in the

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. His last job before retirement was a fourteen-year stint as managing director of Lier Electricity Works. He died in

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on 18 June 2017, 77 years old.

References

1939 births 2017 deaths Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Asker Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian engineers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub