Bjørnar_Valstad
Bjørnar Valstad
Norwegian orienteer (born 1967)
Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967)[1] is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.[2]
Valstad ran for[needs update] the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund.[2] He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering World Cup final round in Germany.[citation needed]
He is married to former orienteering athlete Hanne Staff. They are living in Nittedal with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009.[2]
Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
