Andrine Benjaminsen (born 23 August 1995) is a Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer.

Career

Benjaminsen represented Norway at the

2017 World Orienteering Championships The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017. The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres Nokian Tyres plc ( fi, Nokian Re ...

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, Estonia, where her best result was ninth place in the long distance. In ski orienteering, she won a bronze medal at the 2013 and 2015 Junior World Championships. At the

2021 European Orienteering Championships The 2021 European Orienteering Championships was held from 13 to 16 May 2021 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed References External links Official website {{European championships in 2021 European Or ...

she won a bronze medal in the Knock-out sprint, and a bronze medal in the Sprint relay with the Norwegian team. At the

2021 World Orienteering Championships The 2021 World Orienteering Championships were held from 3 to 9 July 2021 in Doksy, Czech Republic. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed References External links Official website {{World championships in 2021 World Or ...

in the Czech Republic, she placed 10th in the sprint. She won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, after a close fight with Swiss Elena Roos on the last leg. She also won a silver medal in the middle distance, behind winner

Tove Alexandersson Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Swedish orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 17 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Ch ...

Personal life

Benjaminsen's parents are Finnish orienteer

Anne Benjaminsen Anne Benjaminsen (; born 25 March 1964) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion. She participated at the 1988 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, and won a gold medal in the ''relay'' with the Finnish team, w ...

and Norwegian orienteer

Vidar Benjaminsen Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He has received four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, from 1986 to 1996. ...

. Figure skater Juni Marie Benjaminsen is her sister.

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* * 1995 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Foot orienteers Ski-orienteers Competitors at the 2017 World Games Norwegian people of Finnish descent 20th-century Norwegian women 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub