Kine Hallan Steiwer (born 23 May 1988) is a

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and junior world champion. She won a

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in the ''

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'' at the 2007

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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, together with

Silje Ekroll Jahren Silje Ekroll Jahren (born 10 May 1988) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion. Sports career Jahren won a gold medal in the ''relay'' at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia, together wi ...

and Siri Ulvestad, in a close race with the

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team.Junior World Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 2, 2008)
(Retrieved on July 2, 2008) She also received a

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in the ''long course''. At the 2008

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Steiwer, together with Annette Baklid and Mariann Ulvestad, ran for second team of

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and brought home a

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in the relay. She is an older sister of

Gaute Hallan Steiwer Gaute Hallan Steiwer (born 31 January 1990) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He was born in Oslo. He won gold medals in the middle distance and in the relay at the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Aalborg. He won a gold ...

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* * Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian foot orienteers 1988 births Living people Norwegian female orienteers 21st-century Norwegian women Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub