Øystein Halvorsen is a
Norwegian orienteering
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competitor
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who competed in the 1970s. He won bronze medals at the Norwegian Championships in 1973 and in 1976, and a silver medal in 1977.
He won a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1976
World Orienteering Championships
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in
Aviemore
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together with
Jan Fjærestad,
Svein Jacobsen and
Egil Johansen, and placed tenth in the individual course.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Norwegian orienteers
Male orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
20th-century Norwegian people
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