Bernt Bjørnsgaard (born 1973) is a Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

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and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 22 January 2008)

Biography

Bjørnsgaard won a gold medal in the relay at the

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with the Norwegian team, along with Tore Sandvik, Petter Thoresen and

Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals. Valstad ran for the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, ...

. He placed 7th in the classic distance, and 10th in the short distance. He won a silver medal in the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in

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. Bjørnsgaard won two individual national titles in orienteering, winning the middle distance in 1998 and 2001. He was awarded the

Kongepokal Kongepokalen (officially: Hans Majestet Kongens Pokal) is a Norwegian trophy awarded during Norwegian championships in a number of sports. In addition to Norwegian championships, it is also awarded in the World Cup-race in Nordic combined in Hol ...

(King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1998 and 2001. He represented Halden SK. He won the

Jukola relay The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between 13 and 19 June in sites around Finland. The northern ...

in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.

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* * 1973 births Living people Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian people Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub