Petter Thoresen (born 10 March 1966)[2] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997.[3] He also has a bronze medal on the Classic distance from 1993.
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| Born | 10 March 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Ingrid Hadler (aunt)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Halden SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thoresen is two times Relay World Champion, from 1989 and 1999, as well as having a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997.
He represented Bækkelagets SK and Halden SK. He won the Jukola relay 5 times between 1988 and 2003, first with Bækkelaget in 1988, and then with Halden SK in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2003.[4]
Coaching career
editThoresen was coach for the French national orienteering team from 2004 to 2008, and head coach for the Norwegian national team from 2008 to 2013.[5]
References
edit- ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Ingrid Hadler". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Petter Thoresen". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 18 January 2005.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
- ^ "Jukolan viestin voittajat 1949-". jukola.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Petter Thoresen (orienteringsløper)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
External links
edit- Petter Thoresen at the International Orienteering Federation
- Petter Thoresen at World of O
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