Øyvin Thon (born 25 March 1958) is a

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, and has seven gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005
(Retrieved on December 8, 2007)

International championships

Thon won gold medals at the 1979 and 1981 Individual

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,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 8, 2007) and finished second in 1983. He is also five times Relay champion, as a member of the Norwegian winning teams in 1981 (

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, Switzerland), 1983 (

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, Hungary), 1985 ( Bendigo, Australia), 1987 (

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, Sweden). He won the Overall World Cup in Orienteering in 1988, and finished second in 1986.

World Championships, 1979 in Tampere, Finland

Men

National championships

Thon is several times Norwegian champion. He won the ''classic distance'' in 1980, achieved bronze medals in 1981 and 1982, and silver medal in 1985. He won the relay with the club

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seven years in a row from 1979 to 1985. He won the ''long distance'' in 1981, 1983 and 1986. He received gold medals in ''night orienteering'' in 1981, 1982 and 1984.Berglia 1987: p. 324

References

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