Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

, world champion in the ''relay event'', and winner of the first overall

Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then ever ...

. She is also world champion in

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, recognized by the International Orienteering Federation, ...

Career

Olsvik won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the

1987 World Orienteering Championships The 1987 World Orienteering Championships, the 12th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Gérardmer, France, 3–5 September 1987. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women ...

, together with

Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg (born 9 June 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the World Orienteering Champions ...

Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bente Andersen (born 31 March 1965) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal in relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Bratberg, Olsvik and Volden. She received a sil ...

and

Brit Volden Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay World Championship,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on June 18, 2008) She received a silver medal in 1985. Olsvik won the first overall

in 1986, with a total score of 112 points, before

Jorunn Teigen Jorunn Teigen (born 20 Mary 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She finished overall second in the first official Orienteering World Cup in 1986. World championships She participated at the 1983 World Orienteering Championships, where ...

(108 points) and

Karin Rabe Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,

(101 points).World Cup 1986
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on June 18, 2008) She received a gold medal in ''relay'' at the 1986

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance compe ...

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, together with

Toril Hallan Toril Hallan is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1982 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria, together with Ranveig Narbuvold and Sidsel Owren. At the 1986 World Champio ...

and

. She also competed in cross-country skiing, with a silver medal in the 20 km race at the national championships. She represented the clubs

Nydalens SK Nydalens Skiklub is a Norwegian sports club from Nydalen, Oslo. It was founded in , and has sections for orienteering, Nordic skiing and ski orienteering. The club organized national ski jumping competitions regularly from 1891 to 1953, and had its ...

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athle ...

, NTHI,

Orkanger IF Orkanger Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Orkanger, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, swimming, gymnastics, powerlifting and dancing. It was fo ...

and

Byåsen IL Byåsen Idrettslag is a multi-sport club from Trondheim, Norway. It has sections for association football (one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football), athletics, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), ori ...

References

1962 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Ski-orienteers Foot orienteers Norwegian female cross-country skiers Female orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian women {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub