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Hanne Sandstad (born 1970) 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 and World Champion.


Career

At the
1991 World Orienteering Championships The 1991 World Orienteering Championships, the 14th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; german: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It ...
she won a silver medal in the relay, together with
Heidi Arnesen Heidi Arnesen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Biography Arnesen received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1991 World Orienteering Championships in Mariánské Lázně, together with Hanne Sandstad, Ragnhild Bratberg and Ra ...
,
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 ...
and
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 ...
. At the
1997 World Orienteering Championships The 1997 World Orienteering Championships, the 17th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Grimstad Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center ...
she won silver medals in the short distance and the relay, and a bronze medal in the classic distance. She became World Champion in the relay in 1999, together with
Birgitte Husebye Birgitte N. Husebye (born 25 October 1973) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1999,Elisabeth Ingvaldsen and
Hanne Staff Hanne Staff (born 3 February 1972) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals. She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world c ...
. She was awarded the
Kongepokal Kongepokalen (officially: Hans Majestet Kongens Pokal) is a Norwegian trophy awarded during Norwegian championships in a number of sports. In addition to Norwegian championships, it is also awarded in the World Cup-race in Nordic combined in Holm ...
(King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1995 and 1997. She represented the sports club NTHI.


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* * 1970 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian women 20th-century Norwegian people 21st-century Norwegian women Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub