Sigurd Dæhli (born 6 May 1953) 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. He became Relay World Champion in 1981, by participating on the Norwegian winning team in

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, Switzerland.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 31, 2007) He obtained bronze in the 1983 Individual World Orienteering Championships in

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Orienteering career

Dæhli made his debut in senior Norwegian Championships in 1973, and since then had more than 100 starts in the national championships."Det begynte i 1973"
''Orientering på nett – 30.09.2005'' (Retrieved on December 31, 2007) He was winner of the first official Norwegian Night Orienteering Championship in 1979, and has participated on the winning relay team seven times in the national championships. He won gold medal in the Nordic Championships in Finland in 1977, and has two relay gold medals in the Nordic Championships (from 1980 and 1982). At the 1981 World Orienteering Championships in

, Switzerland, he won a gold medal in the relay, along with

Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon (born 25 March 1958) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, and has seven gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8 ...

Harald Thon Harald Thon (1954 – 28 December 2019) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represented the club IF Sturla and the Norwegian national team. He was part of the Norwegian winning team in relay at the World Orienteering Championships in 1981 ...

and

Tore Sagvolden Tore Sagvolden (born 27 February 1959) 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 m ...

. He won an individual bronze medal at the

1983 World Orienteering Championships The 1983 World Orienteering Championships, the 10th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, 1–4 September 1983. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and ...

, behind Morten Berglia and Øyvin Thon. He has won WMOC (World Master Orienteering Championships) several times.

Ski orienteering

Dæhli also competed in ski orienteering, obtaining an individual bronze medal in the 1982 World Championships in Austria, a silver medal in the relay in 1982 (together with

Finn Kinneberg Finn Kinneberg is a Norwegian ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, ...

and Morten Berglia), and a relay gold medal in the 1986 World Championships in Bulgaria.

Family

Sigurd Dæhli is the father of international orienteer Magne Dæhli.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daehli, Sigurd 1953 births Living people People from Løten Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers Ski-orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Innlandet 20th-century Norwegian people