Erlend Slokvik (born 24 February 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor, sports coach and sports executive. He won two bronze medals at the world championships in ski orienteering. He has been head coach for the Norwegian national teams in orienteering and biathlon, and sports executive in biathlon and athletics.

Personal life and education

Slokvik was born on 24 February 1962. He studied

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and

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at the

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, and has a diploma in sports coaching from the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences ( no, Norges idrettshøgskole, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides educ ...

Career

Active career

Slokvik won a bronze medal in the relay at the

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 ...

in Kuopio in 1988, and another bronze medal at the World Championships in

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in 1990.

Coach and sports administrator

After his active career, Slokvik had a career as coach and sports administrator. He was head coach for the Norwegian national team in orienteering from 1997 to 2000, and for the national biathlon team from 2000 to 2002. He served as vice president for the

Norwegian Biathlon Association The Norwegian Biathlon Association ( no, Norges Skiskytterforbund) (NSSF) was founded 10 December 1983 and is a Norwegian association for biathlon, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports and th ...

from 2008 to 2016, and as president from 2016 to 2018. In 2018 he was appointed head of elite sport ( no, toppidretts-sjef) for the

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References

1962 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers 20th-century Norwegian people Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian orienteering coaches National team coaches {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub