Jostein Nilsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who competed in the 1960s and 1970s, and represented Norway at three

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. Nilsen competed at the

1966 World Orienteering Championships The 1st World Orienteering Championships were held in the village of Fiskars, Finland, 1–2 October 1966. Participants from eleven nations competed in the championships: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, Great ...

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, Finland, where he placed 14th in the individual contest. At the

1968 World Orienteering Championships The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course had 18 cont ...

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, Sweden, he placed 7th in the individual course, and at the 1970 World Championships in

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, East Germany, he again placed 7th in the individual contest.

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