Marianne Andersen (born 26 March 1980 in

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) is a

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. 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 medal in the middle distance after seven years without a medal (mainly due to injury).

World and European championships

Andersen won one gold medal, six silver medals and two bronze medals in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

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 ...

.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on 26 January 2008) She received further medals at the 2010 World Championships in her home country of Norway. In the European Championships, she achieved a

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in the 2004

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with the Norwegian

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, and two individual silver medals in the 2006 European Championships (Sprint and Middle distance). Andersen was then effectively away from the sport from 2011 to 2015, struggling with injury. She made a big comeback in 2016 her reward being a WOC silver medal at Middle Distance. She now (as of 2017) has 14 WOC medals (1 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze) - all but the new one from before 2011! She placed 10th in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, and won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team.

World cup

Andersen obtained one victory (''middle distance'', Auvergne, 2006), eleven second places and four third places in the World cup events, during the seasons 2005–2009. She finished second in the overall world cup in 2006, and second in 2009."Profile: Marianne Andersen"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 17 June 2008)

National championships

Andersen has won nine

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medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals in the National championships, and was awarded the ''King's cup'' in 2004 and 2007. She has represented the clubs

Nydalens SK Nydalens Skiklub is a Norwegian sports club from Nydalen, Oslo. It was founded in , and has sections for orienteering, Nordic skiing and ski orienteering. The club organized national ski jumping competitions regularly from 1891 to 1953, and had its ...

NTNUI Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitets Idrettsforening, NTNUI, is the largest sports club in Norway with more than 10,000 members and a variety of participators on all levels of skills in more than 50 different sports. The athletic assoc ...

and

Konnerud IL Konnerud Idrettslag (Konnerud Sports Club) is a Norwegian sports club from Drammen, Buskerud. It has sections for association football, team handball, volleyball, bandy, Nordic skiing, cycling, and orienteering. It was founded in 1927 as a skiin ...

. In 2019, she won the Jukola Relay with Fredrikstad SK.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Marianne 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Drammen Norwegian female orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists