Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, recognized by the International Orienteering Federation, ...

competitor and world champion. He has received four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze 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 ...

, from 1986 to 1996. He won the overall

World Cup in Ski Orienteering The World Cup in Ski Orienteering is a series of ski-orienteering competitions organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first official World Cup was held in 1989, then every second year up to 1999, and then in 2000, 2001, 2003, ...

in 1989 and 1993. After retiring from elite ski-orienteering, he has been an active organizer of events as well as promoter of the sports of

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 ...

and

. In 2004, he was awarded a prize for his voluntary efforts by Oslo's regional sports administration.Vidar Benjaminsen kåret til årets ildsjel
(In Norwegian, Retrieved on June 11, 2012) His club is

Lillomarka Orienteering Team Lillomarka is an area located to the northeast of Oslo, Norway. It is a part of Oslomarka and serves as a popular recreational area. Lillomarka is bordered by Maridalen and Nordmarka in the west, Nittedal and Gjelleråsen in the east, the suburb ...

. He has been an active member since its formation in 1985. He is married to

Anne Benjaminsen Anne Benjaminsen (; born 25 March 1964) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion. She participated at the 1988 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, and won a gold medal in the ''relay'' with the Finnish team, w ...

, and they are parents of

Andrine Benjaminsen Andrine Benjaminsen (born 23 August 1995) is a Norwegian Orienteering, orienteer and ski orienteering, ski orienteer. Career Benjaminsen represented Norway at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, where her best result was ...

and

Juni Marie Benjaminsen Juni Marie Benjaminsen (born 21 March 1999) is a Norwegian former competitive figure skater. In 2015, she became the first Norwegian ladies' skater in 16 years to advance to the free skate at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World J ...

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1962 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub