Håvard Tveite (5 March 1962 – 30 May 2021) was 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 Relay World Champion from 1987 and 1989,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 22, 2007) and has a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997. He also obtained bronze in the individual course at the

1989 World Orienteering Championships The 1989 World Orienteering Championships, the 13th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Skövde, Sweden, 17–20 August 1989. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. M ...

. He was winner of the 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 ...

in 1990, and placed third in the overall cup in 1988. He represented the sports clubs Ås IL and NTHI. Tveite was also a regular contributor to the

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project, contributing to documentation and developing various plugins.

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* 1962 births 2021 deaths People from Ås, Akershus Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub