Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien (born 19 May 1986) 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 and

cross-country skier 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 ...

. She received a bronze medal in the ''relay'' event at the 2007

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 20 ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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– World of O Runners (Retrieved on June 14, 2008) together with

Marianne Andersen Marianne Andersen (born 26 March 1980 in Drammen) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has won twelve individual medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships. In 2017 she won a silver meda ...

and

Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg (born 23 January 1976) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, World champion and European champion. She took the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup. World championships Hausken finished second in ''sprint'' ...

. She became Junior World Champion in ''sprint'' in

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in 2006. She represents the club IL Tyrving. She has a silver medal in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

at the 2008 Norwegian Championships, with the time 10:24.69 minutes, a personal best. Ingunn Hultgreen Welzien is daughter of orienteering world champion (in relay) and cross-country skier

Eystein Weltzien Eystein Weltzien (born 14 December 1949) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,Audun Weltzien Audun Hultgreen Weltzien (born 3 September 1983) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He competed at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 19th in the middle distance, and participated on the Norwegian relay ...

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* * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Bærum Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Norwegian female cross-country skiers Norwegian female long-distance runners Norwegian female steeplechase runners Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Norwegian women Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub