Ellen Sofie Olsvik Explained

Ellen Sofie Olsvik
Birth Date:7 July 1962
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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

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
  2. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1985 . . 16 July 2017.
  3. http://orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/results/foot_orienteering/world_cup_s/world_cup_1986 World Cup 1986
  4. Web site: World Ski Orienteering Championships 1986. International Orienteering Federation. 4 March 2017.
  5. Encyclopedia: Ellen Sofie Olsvik. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 10 October 2011.