Ragnhild Bratberg (born 9 June 1961) is a Norwegian

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

competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall

Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then every ...

in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the

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relays, winning medals in 1985, 1987 and 1991. In ski orienteering she won four individual gold medals at the

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance comp ...

, and once in the relay. She was awarded

Egebergs Ærespris The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norway, Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnu ...

in 1988.

Personal life

Bratberg was born in

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on 9 June 1961.

Orienteering career

Bratberg is Relay World Champion in Orienteering from 1987 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, together with Ragnhild Bente Andersen, Ellen Sofie Olsvik and

Brit Volden Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. She also won the unofficial Or ...

.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 3, 2007) She won silver medals in the relay in the

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and

1991 World Orienteering Championships The 1991 World Orienteering Championships, the 14th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; ) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,0 ...

. At the 1981 World Orienteering Championships she was part of the Norwegian team that placed fourth, and placed 10th in the individual contest. She won the Overall

in 1984 (unofficial cup) and in 1988, and finished second in 1990. She won a total of 14 individual national titles in orienteering, and became Nordic champion in 1988.

Ski orienteering career

Bratberg has won four individual

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Ski Orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical ...

. She won gold medal in the individual competition in 1986. In 1988 she placed first in the short course and second in the long course. In 1990 she won both the long and short courses. She became Relay World Champion in 1986, along with

Toril Hallan Toril Hallan is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1982 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria, together with Ranveig Narbuvold and Sidsel Owren. At the 1986 World Champi ...

and Ellen Sofie Olsvik. In 1988 the Norwegian team won silver medals, and in 1990 her team won bronze medals. She finished second in the

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1989.

Cross country skiing

Starting her sports career with

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, Bratberg’s achievements include winning a gold medal in the relay, and a silver medal in 5 km at the 1980

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships is an annual nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Junior World Championships was started in 1977 and was first hosted in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. The Junior ...

. She won the women’s class in

Birkebeinerrennet Birkebeinerrennet (lit. The Birkebeiner race) is a long-distance Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It debuted in 1932 and has been a part of Worldloppet Ski Federation, Worldloppet since Worldlopp ...

in 1991.

Awards

Bratberg was awarded

in 1988, for her accomplishments in orienteering and skiing.

References

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