Eystein Weltzien (born 14 December 1949) 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 the ...

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. He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 3 December 2007) as well as having bronze medal from 1974. He also obtained bronze in the 1974 Individual World Championships. He won the long distance Norwegian Championships in 1972, 1974 and 1975. He also had a position as trainer for the Norwegian national orienteering team in the 1980s. Weltzien was awarded

Egebergs Ærespris The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigr ...

in 1975, for excel in both

and

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. His children Audun and

Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien (born 19 May 1986) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross-country skier. She received a bronze medal in the ''relay'' event at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv,

compete in orienteering on an international level. He has his education 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 educa ...

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1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers Norwegian ski-orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub