Bertil Nordqvist is a

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competitor and world champion.

Ski orienteering

He competed at the 1996

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in Lillehammer, where he won a gold medal in the ''relay event'', together with Per-Ove Bergqvist, Mikael Lindmark and Björn Lans. He has received one individual silver medal and two bronze medals in the world championships. At the

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in 2003 Nordqvist finished overall second, behind winner

Eduard Khrennikov Eduard Alexandrovich Khrennikov (russian: Эдуард Александрович Хренников; born 19 May 1973 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion, and three ti ...

. He finished overall third in 1997 and in 1999.

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