Ola Skarholt (30 November 1939 – 18 June 2017), was 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 ...
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 ...
1970
Events
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as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which also consisted of
Stig Berge
Stig Berge (born 28 March 1942 in Meldal) is a retired Norwegian orienteer, and Master of Science in engineering.
Stig Berge won two gold at the World Orienteering Championships in 1970, one individually and one for the team relay.Per Fosser and
Åge Hadler
Åge Hadler (born 14 August 1944) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual World Orienteering Championships, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968.
Early life and career
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. Skarholt placed fourth in the individual contest.
He also won bronze medals in the relay in the
1966
Events January
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and
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 ...
.
Skarholt represented the clubs
SK Freidig
Sportsklubben Freidig is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim.
Background
Founded in 1903, the club has sections for association football, team handball, orienteering and Nordic skiing. In football, it won the League of Norway 1947–48, an ...
and
IL i BUL
Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag.
IL i BUL h ...
. His results at the include an individual gold medal in 1965.
Skarholt was educated at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...
, and worked as engineer in the
electric power industry
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. His last job before retirement was a fourteen-year stint as managing director of Lier Electricity Works. He died in
Asker
Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greate ...