Gaute Hallan Steiwer (born 31 January 1990) is a Norwegian

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 was born in

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. He won gold medals in the middle distance and in the relay at the 2010

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

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. He won a gold medal in the relay at the

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in Latvia, together with

Eskil Kinneberg Eskil Kinneberg (born 17 May 1992) is a Norwegian orienteer. Career At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, he placed fifth in the long distance, eighth in the middle distance, and won a gold medal in the relay (with Olav ...

and

Magne Dæhli Magne Dæhli (born 24 April 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer, and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His b ...

. Steiwer was running the first leg of the relay, and came second to the first change-over, 18 seconds behind then leading Latvia. He is a younger brother of Kine Hallan Steiwer.

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Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Oslo 21st-century Norwegian people Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub