Ragnhild Bratberg (born 9 June 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall

Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then ever ...

in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the

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 2 ...

relays, winning medals in 1985, 1987 and 1991. In ski orienteering she won four individual gold medals at the

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance compe ...

, and once in the relay. She was awarded

Egebergs Ærespris The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigr ...

in 1988.

Personal life

Bratberg was born in

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the ...

on 9 June 1961.

Orienteering career

Bratberg is Relay World Champion in Orienteering from 1987 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 3, 2007) and also having silver medals from 1985 and 1991. At the

1981 World Orienteering Championships The 1981 World Orienteering Championships, the 9th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Thun, Switzerland, 3–5 September 1981. The championships had four events: individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. ...

she was part of the Norwegian team that placed fourth, and placed 10th in the individual contest. She won the Overall

in 1984 (unofficial cup) and in 1988, and finished second in 1990.

Ski orienteering career

Bratberg has won four individual

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Ski Orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skii ...

. She won gold medal in the individual competition in 1986. In 1988 she placed first in the short course and second in the long course. In 1990 she won both the long and short courses. She became Relay World Champion in 1986, along with

Toril Hallan Toril Hallan is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1982 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria, together with Ranveig Narbuvold and Sidsel Owren. At the 1986 World Champio ...

and

Ellen Sofie Olsvik Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the ''relay event'', and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering. Career Olsvik won a gold ...

. In 1988 the Norwegian team won silver medals, and in 1990 her team won bronze medals. She finished second in the

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1989.

Awards

Bratberg was awarded

in 1988.

References

1961 births Living people People from Ringsaker Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers Ski-orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub