Team Norway for WOC 2010 in Trondheim, Norway with results, pictures and runner profiles 
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USA Team Norway WOC 2010 - 13 runners
Team Overview - Disciplines*
| Name | Sprint | Middle | Long | Relay | |
| 1. | Marianne Andersen |  medalQual: 2nd place | medal Qual: 1st place |  medalQual: 3rd place | medal |
| 2. | Elise Egseth | 5th place Qual: 4th place | medal | ||
| 3. | Mari Fasting | 9th place Qual: 3rd place | |||
| 4. | Line Hagman | 12nd place Qual: 13rd place | |||
| 5. | Anne Margrethe Hausken | 8th place Qual: 2nd place | 8th place Qual: 1st place | medal | |
| 6. | Carl Waaler Kaas |  medalQual: 1st place | medal | ||
| 7. | Olav Lundanes | medal Qual: 1st place | medal | ||
| 8. | Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen | 10th place Qual: 7th place | |||
| 9. | Anders Nordberg | 9th place Qual: 1st place | medal Qual: 4th place | ||
| 10. | Hans Gunnar Omdal | 9th place Qual: 6th place | |||
| 11. | Øystein Kvaal Østerbø | 4th place Qual: 3rd place | |||
| 12. | Lars Skjeset | 12nd place Qual: 4th place | |||
| 13. | Audun Weltzien | 9th place Qual: 8th place | 11st place Qual: 4th place | medal |
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Detailed Team information
Marianne Andersen
| Club | Konnerud |
| Born date | 26.03.1980 |
| Born place | Drammen |
| Info/Biography | In 2006 she was pushing Simone for the victory in both middle and long, and two more medals came in Ukraina (bronze). Puts in the largest amount of hours training of all orienteering women, more than 900 hours a year! This is also more than almost all the men...Is very much a training product as well. Started with orienteering late - tour orienteering was her first meet with the sport. She did not make the JWOC team as a junior. Still long distance is probably her best, but having worked with her running style she got her reward with a silver in the EOC-sprint 2006. Working part time after finishing her studies in Trondheim. Some injury-problems during 2006. Often trains before 7 in the morning and has learned herself finnish... An achilles-injury restricted her running in 2008, and she missed EOC due to this injury. Came back in time for WOC 2008 for another silver medal, this time on the long distance. In 2009 she was fighting in the top all of the season, being three times runner-up in WC-races. After four WOC-silvers - she took another silver medal at the middle distance in WOC 2009 - before finally taking the gold medal in the relay along with Anne Margrethe Hausken and Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen. She finished the 2009 championships with another silver medal in the long distance. Some problems in the start of 2010 with too much training. Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of the year in 2009 for finally winning a gold medal in the World Champs after 14 Silver and Bronze medals in major championships, thanks to a fantastic last leg on the WOC Relay (Also: Winning Silver medals in WOC Long and Middle). Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of the year in 2008 after coming back and taking a silver medal in WOC Long distance after lots of injury trouble all of the year - running most of the WOC Long distance race with only one contact lens. |
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| Selected results | 2. place, WOC 2010 Long 3. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 3. place, WOC 2010 Middle 2. place, WOC 2009 Long 2. place, WOC 2009 Middle 2. place, WOC 2008 Long » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Elise Egseth
| Club | Wing OK (NOR) |
| Born date | 12.05.1985 |
| Info/Biography | A JWOC-relay champion from 2005. Is focusing mostly on sprint and made her WOC-debut in 2008 with a strong 10th place. Continued her way towards the top with 8th place in WOC 2009 over the sprint distance and 4th place in EOC 2010 - that also on the sprint. Finished 6th - and last in the final - in the first ever KnockOut-sprint in the World Cup in the second stage of the Nordic Orienteering Tour 2010. |
| Selected results | 5. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 4. place, EOC 2010 Sprint 8. place, WOC 2009 Sprint 17. place, WOC 2009 Long 6. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint 10. place, WOC 2008 Sprint » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
Mari Fasting
| Club | NTNUI (NOR) |
| Born place | Moss (NOR) |
| Info/Biography | Double junior world champion from 2005, who took the step directly into the senior elite with a 6th place on the middle distance in WOC 2006. Strong runner in the forest. In youth and junior classes she played handball in winter. Missed WOC 2007 after a nasty injury to her ear during the WC longdistance in Sweden. She needed surgery after a twig slammed into her ear during the race. Struggled for a long time to get back to the very top after the 2007 season ; took a 10th spot overall in the first edition of the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010. |
| Selected results | 9. place, WOC 2010 Long 10. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle 13. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle 8. place, WC 2009 #3, Middle 3. place, NOC 2009 Relay 11. place, WC 2009 #4, Long » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
Line Hagman
| Club | NTNUI |
| Born date | 07.12.1983 |
| Born place | Oppegård |
| Info/Biography | Student World Champion in middle distance 2006. Was in the Norwegian EOC-team 2008, but not selected for the WOC-team 08 or 09. Back in the Norwegian WOC team in 2010 after a great race on the test race over middle distance. |
| Selected results | 12. place, WOC 2010 Middle 17. place, WC 2009 #4, Long 19. place, NOC 2009 Middle 24. place, WC 2009 #3, Middle 31. place, WOC 2007 Middle 38. place, NOC 2009 Long » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
Anne Margrethe Hausken
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) |
| Born date | 23.01.1976 |
| Born place | Karmøy (NOR) |
| Info/Biography | After her first international season in 1998 she overstrained her body and was completely without training for two years. Came back very carefully in 2001, focusing on the short races and coming back to international racing better than ever in 2002 with a bronze medal in the EOC-sprint. On junior level she was a junior world champion in ski-orienteering and a strong track and field runner. Using skis/rollerskis and waterrunning a lot in her training still. Finished her PhD thesis in Pharmacy spring 2010. Leader of the athlethes comiteé in the Norwegian Olympic comiteé and a Right to play-ambassador. Had a fantastic season in 2008, dominating the World Cup and winning by a clear margin. Also taking her first WOC-gold on the sprint in Olomouc. She managed 2008-season without injuries, but had troublesome knee in 2009 and 2010-seasons. Married Anders Nordberg in 2010. Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of the year in 2008 for ominating the Sprint distance in International Orienteering in 2008 with victories in all International Sprint races this year - including the World Orienteering Champs and the European Champs. Also a clear overall World Cup victory, after a total dominance at O-Ringen in Sälen - winning the World Cup already months before the World Cup Finals. |
| Selected results | 1. place, WOC 2008 Sprint 8. place, WOC 2010 Middle 8. place, WOC 2010 Long 1. place, EOC 2008 Long 1. place, EOC 2008 Sprint 1. place, WOC 2009 Relay » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Carl Waaler Kaas
| Club | Bækkelaget (NOR) |
| Born place | Oslo (NOR) |
| Info/Biography | Was on his way for a regular place in the national team in 2006, which included a bronze medal in the EOC-relay. But for the rest of 2006 and for 2007 his body did not responded well to his training and his progress stopped. Back for his WOC-debut in 2008, getting a strong 11th place after replacing Olav Lundanes on short notice. Looking to have taken a big step in 2009, and got his forst WC-victory on home soil in Oslo in June. Physically strong runner, but surprisingly losing out in the qualification for the long distance at WOC 2009. Continued his improvements in 2010, finishing 8th in the middle distance at EOC and part of the Norwegian Relay team at EOC 2010 which took a bronze medal. |
| Selected results | 1. place, WOC 2010 Middle 4. place, EOC 2010 Long 1. place, WC 2009 #3, Middle 8. place, EOC 2010 Middle 3. place, EOC 2010 Relay 26. place, EOC 2010 Sprint » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Olav Lundanes
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) |
| Born date | 11.11.1987 |
| Info/Biography | Junior-star who took two gold and two silver at JWOC 2007, he also won the long distance and the relay in 2005, not yet 18 years old. Ran sprint at WOC 2007 still as a junior. His big strength is in the forest on longer races, he nevertheless finished 4th in the forest sprint at WOC 2009. Training a lot - steadily improving his orienteering technique. Changed to Halden SK ahead of 2009-season. Finished 5th overall on the first edition of the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010. Nominated for the Junior of the year 2006 for one silver and two bronze at JWOC 2006. |
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| Selected results | 1. place, WOC 2010 Long 4. place, WOC 2009 Sprint 7. place, WOC 2009 Long 3. place, EOC 2010 Relay 16. place, EOC 2010 Long 5. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen
| Info/Biography | On the Norwegian National Team in Cross country skiing for some time, but changed over to orienteering ahead of the 2009 season. This change proved successful, giving her a gold medal on the relay at the World Orienteering Championships along with Marianne Andersen and Anne Margrethe Hausken. Her strongest disciplines are sprint and relay. Nominated for the Junior of the year 2006 for gold in JWOC middle and silver in JWOC long 2006. |
| Selected results | 10. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 1. place, WOC 2009 Relay 24. place, WOC 2009 Middle 6. place, WC 2009 #4, Long 13. place, NOC 2009 Middle 16. place, NOC 2009 Sprint » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
Anders Nordberg
| Club | Halden SK (NOR) |
| Born date | 17.02.1978 |
| Born place | Skien, Telemark (NOR) |
| Info/Biography | A late starter in orienteering at the age of 14. The year after he took a silver medal in the Norwegian youth champs (Hovedløpet). Has competed in Cross country skiing, track and field and football (soccer). No other orienteers in his family. Started his career in Skien OK. Represented Kristiansand OK from 2000-2005. Moved to Oslo and Bækkelaget ahead of 2006-season, after 2007-season he changed to Halden SK. Famous for changing over first after the long night in Tiomila three consecutive years (05, 06, 07). Finished his studies in economy 2005. Since then a professional orienteer with some smaller part time work. Had three altitude-camps ahead of WOC 2006- two in winter in South-Africa and one in summer in Italy, but in 2007 he prepared on home ground. Won O-ringen overall in July 2007 after finishing 2nd on the long distance World Cup there. Was out of shape in EOC 2008, but came back with a World Cup victory in Norway in late June 2008, and continued his success with a silver medal at the long distance in WOC 2008 in Olomouc. In WOC 2009 he was on his way to a medal on the last leg of the relay for Norway, but stopped along with France and Czech Republic to help an injured Martin Johansson (Sweden), giving up his medal chances. Nordberg decided to skip both EOC and the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010, making WOC his first big international appearance. A soccerfan with special passion for Odd Grenland (NOR) and Liverpool (ENG). Nominated for Orienteering Achievement of the year 2008 after climbing two more big steps on the ladder. His first WOC silver medal over the long distance - and his first World Cup victory at O-festivalen, Oslo, Norway. |
| Selected results | 2. place, WOC 2010 Long 2. place, WOC 2008 Long 9. place, WOC 2010 Middle 2. place, WC 2009 #4, Long 8. place, WOC 2009 Long 3. place, WOC 2007 Long » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Hans Gunnar Omdal
| Info/Biography | Currently nothing available. Check for World of O runner profile here. |
| Selected results | 9. place, WOC 2010 Long 8. place, EOC 2010 Long 28. place, EOC 2010 Middle » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
| Club | Wing OK (NOR) |
| Born date | 07.07.1981 |
| Info/Biography | The best Norwegian sprinter for a long period. Competing internationally also in Ski-orienteering. Made a strong start to the WOC sprint 2008, but lost his SI-card and had to search for it almost one minute. Runs relay in addition to sprint. 5th place in the first KnockOut sprint in the World Cup which was part of the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010. |
| Selected results | 4. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 8. place, WOC 2009 Sprint 4. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint 22. place, EOC 2010 Sprint 33. place, EOC 2010 Long 10. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Lars Skjeset
| Club | NTNUI (NOR) |
| Born date | 01.03.1983 |
| Info/Biography | Took the bronze in the EOC-relay 2006 with the Norwegian 2nd team. Some problems with an achilles injury during 2006, and lost the whole season 2007 because of this injury. Back for 2008 with a great 5th place on the EOC sprint. Forgot one control during WOC 2008 and was disqualified on the sprint. Among the best Norwegians in the sprint discipline for several years along with Øystein Kvaal Østerbø. |
| Selected results | 12. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 15. place, EOC 2010 Middle 31. place, EOC 2010 Sprint 5. place, EOC 2008 Sprint 36. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle 54. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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Audun Weltzien
| Club | IL Tyrving |
| Born date | 03.09.1983 |
| Info/Biography | Multitalent from a strong sportsfamily. His father Eystein won bronze both individual and relay in WOC 1974 in Silkeborg, and won the relay in 1978. His mother Wenche Hultgreen was also on the national team. Won the first edition of the Nordic Orienteering Tour overall in 2010. Strongest in Nordic terrain, but has also improved in continental terrain. Audun combined orienteering with cross-country skiing, orienteering having the highest priority. He placed in the top 40 (from almost 200) in Nor.champs skiing 2006. A true lover of a real long distance, and won his first WC-race on the long mass-start in O-ringen 2007. His sister Ingunn is in the team as well. |
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| Selected results | 1. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle 2. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle 9. place, WOC 2010 Sprint 11. place, WOC 2010 Middle 19. place, WOC 2009 Middle 9. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint » See all results in the World of O runner profile |
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