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(Redirected from Ellen-Sofie Olsvik) Norwegian orienteer (born 1962)

Ellen Sofie Olsvik
Personal information
Born (1962-07-07) 7 July 1962 (age 62)
Sport
Sport
  • Orienteering
  • Ski orienteering
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Women's orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Gérardmer Relay
Silver medal – second place 1985 Bendigo Relay
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1986 WC Overall
Women's ski-orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Batak, Bulgaria Relay

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.

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. She received a silver medal in 1985.

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).

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

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

References

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