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