Ellen_Sofie_Olsvik

Ellen Sofie Olsvik

Ellen Sofie Olsvik

Norwegian orienteer (born 1962)

Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the relay event, and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering.

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Career

Olsvik won a gold medal in the relay event at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Brit Volden.[1] She received a silver medal in 1985.[2]

Olsvik won the first overall Orienteering World Cup in 1986, with a total score of 112 points, before Jorunn Teigen (108 points) and Karin Rabe (101 points).[3]

She received a gold medal in relay at the 1986 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Batak, Bulgaria, together with Toril Hallan and Ragnhild Bratberg.[4] She also competed in cross-country skiing, with a silver medal in the 20 km race at the national championships.[5]

She represented the clubs Nydalens SK, Bækkelagets SK, NTHI, Orkanger IF and Byåsen IL.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 18 June 2008)
  2. [2]
    "World Orienteering Championships 1985". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    World Cup 1986 Archived 2007-06-17 at archive.today – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 18 June 2008)
  4. [4]
    "World Ski Orienteering Championships 1986". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Ellen Sofie Olsvik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 October 2011.


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