Per Fosser (born 1945) is a Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, ind ...

. He is Relay World Champion from

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

Ola Skarholt Ola Skarholt (30 November 1939 – 18 June 2017), was a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which also consisted of Stig Berge, Per Fosser and Åge Hadler. S ...

Stig Berge Stig Berge (born 28 March 1942 in Meldal) is a retired Norwegian orienteer, and Master of Science in engineering. Stig Berge won two gold at the World Orienteering Championships in 1970, one individually and one for the team relay.

, Fosser and

Åge Hadler Åge Hadler (born 14 August 1944) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual World Orienteering Championships, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968. Early life and career Hadler ...

. He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1968 World Championships, again with Skarholt, Berge and Hadler on the team.

Personal life

Fosser is grandfather of Kasper Fosser.

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* 1945 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub