Marit Økern Jensen (born 4 April 1938) 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 ...
competitor. She won six national titles in orienteering, and won a silver medal in the first European championships.
Biography
Born on 4 April 1938, Marit Økern is a daughter of
Harald Økern, a Nordic combined skier.
She competed in the first
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.
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in 1962, where she won a
silver medal
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in the individual event,
[ and also a ]silver medal
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in the unofficial relay
A relay
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event.[European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-]
(Retrieved on 4 June 2008)
National championships
Marit Økern won a total of six gold
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medals in the Norwegian championships.[ She received the '' King's Cup'' trophy in 1962, 1963 and 1965.]
References
1938 births
Living people
Norwegian female orienteers
Norwegian foot orienteers
20th-century Norwegian sportswomen
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