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News August 2011: Check out all WOC 2011 Teams - updated daily with results and pictures during the World Champs!

Team Norway WOC 2011

Men

Vetle Ruud BRåTEN

Carl Waaler Kaas

Olav Lundanes

Anders Nordberg

Øystein Kvaal Østerbø

Gaute Hallan STEIWER

Audun Weltzien

Women

Marianne Andersen

Heidi Østlid Bagstevold

Elise Egseth

Mari Fasting

Silje Ekroll Jahren

Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen

Tone Wigemyr

Team Overview

 NameSprintMiddleLongRelay
1.Marianne Andersen  7th place
Qual: 4th place 		 4th place
2.Heidi Østlid Bagstevold Qual: 16th place 5th place
Qual: 5th place 		4th place
3.Vetle Ruud BRåTEN 42nd place
Qual: 11st place 		   
4.Elise Egseth 12nd place
Qual: 2nd place 		   
5.Mari Fasting  12nd place
Qual: 6th place 		DSQ
Qual: 7th place 		4th place
6.Silje Ekroll Jahren 20th place
Qual: 5th place 		   
7.Carl Waaler Kaas  13rd place
Qual: 7th place 		15th place
Qual: 7th place 		medal
8.Olav Lundanes  medal
Qual: 5th place 		10th place
Qual: 2nd place 		medal
9.Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen 17th place
Qual: 3rd place 		   
10.Anders Nordberg  15th place
Qual: 1st place 		DSQ
Qual: 4th place 		medal
11.Øystein Kvaal Østerbø 11st place
Qual: 5th place 		   
12.Gaute Hallan STEIWER 14th place
Qual: 11st place 		   
13.Audun Weltzien  13rd place
Qual: 14th place 		DSQ
Qual: 9th place 		 
14.Tone Wigemyr   12nd place
Qual: 2nd place 		 
WOC 2011 Team overviews are made in a cooperation between the WOC 2011 organisers and WorldofO.com. Athlete information will be checked and updated by Saturday August 13th.

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Detailed Team information

Marianne Andersen
ClubKonnerud
Born date26.03.1980
Born placeDrammen
Info/BiographyOne of the absolutely top women orienteers with a lot of international silver medals - but still lacks the individual gold medal. In WOC 2010 on homeground she took another silver medal and two bronze medals. A lot of injury problems in the 2011-season - nearly not running at all from January until July. 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 Middle
3. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
2. place, WOC 2009 Long
2. place, WOC 2009 Middle
7. place, WOC 2011 Middle
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Heidi Østlid Bagstevold
ClubKongsberg OL (NOR)
Born date10.07.1987
Info/BiographyPart of the new generation of Norwegian runners coming up after Anne Margrethe Hausken and Marianne Andersen. Very strong in Nordic terrain - her best discipline being the middle distance. Got her international breakthrough at the Nordic Championships in Finland in 2009 with two 8th places in middle and long. Not selected for WOC 2010, but in the team in 2011. Top 6 candidate on a good day on the World Champs middle distance.
Selected results 5. place, WOC 2011 Long
4. place, WOC 2011 Relay
12. place, WC 2011 #9, Middle
13. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
14. place, EOC 2010 Middle
15. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
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Vetle Ruud BRåTEN
Born date02.08.1990
Selected results 42. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
34. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
38. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
58. place, WC 2011 #7, Middle
71. place, WC 2011 #8, Long
27. place, JWOC 2010 Middle
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Elise Egseth
ClubWing OK (NOR)
Born date12.05.1985
Info/BiographyOne of the top sprinters, consistently finishing top 10 in the championships. An 8th place in WOC 2009 over the sprint distance was followed by a 4th place in EOC 2010 sprint, and then a 5th place on the WOC sprint on homeground in Trondheim in 2010. Choose to be outside the Norwegian national team for the 2011 season. A JWOC-relay champion from 2005. Is focusing mostly on sprint and made her WOC-debut in 2008 with a strong 10th place. 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 12. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
5. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
2. place, WOC 2010 Relay
4. place, EOC 2010 Sprint
8. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
13. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
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Mari Fasting
ClubNTNUI (NOR)
Born date01.03.85
Born placeMoss (NOR)
Info/BiographyDouble 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. Was back in 2010 with a 10th spot overall in the first edition of the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010 - and a 3rd place in the second last World Cup race in 2010. Also started the 2011 season well with a 6th place overall in the Nordic Orienteering Tour.
Selected results 12. place, WOC 2011 Middle
9. place, WOC 2010 Long
3. place, WC 2010 #11, Middle
4. place, WOC 2011 Relay
6. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
6. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
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Silje Ekroll Jahren
ClubSävedalens AIK (SWE) / Raumar OL (NOR)
Born date10.05.1988
Info/BiographyOne of the strong Norwegian juniors who dominated the JWOC in 2007. Struggled to get into the very top as a senior, but qualified for the Norwegian EOC team in 2010 finishing around number 30. 21st place overall in the first edition of the Nordic Orienteering Tour in 2010 - 22nd in 2011. Nominated for the Ultimate Junior of 2008 after her silver medal at Junior World Champs Sprint in Gothenburg.
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Selected results 20. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
17. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
22. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
24. place, WC 2011 #7, Middle
29. place, WC 2011 #10, Sprint
31. place, WC 2011 #8, Long
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Carl Waaler Kaas
ClubBækkelaget (NOR)
Born date28.07.1982
Born placeOslo (NOR)
Info/BiographyFor many he was the big surprise winner at the World Championships in Trondheim in 2010 - winning the middle distance ahead of Peter Öberg and Thierry Gueorgiou. However, Waaler Kaas had prepared very well for the championships, and the ones who had followed him closely knew that he was very capable of taking the gold medal. 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.
Selected results 1. place, WOC 2010 Middle
2. place, WOC 2011 Relay
13. place, WOC 2011 Middle
15. place, WOC 2011 Long
2. place, WOC 2010 Relay
1. place, WC 2009 #3, Middle
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Olav Lundanes
ClubHalden SK (NOR)
Born date11.11.1987
Info/BiographyVery determined orienteer - trying 100% to get the best orienteer in the world. Achieved his big goal in the World Champs in Trondheim in 2010 over the long distance by taking a clear gold medal - but still wants more. 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
3. place, WOC 2011 Middle
2. place, WOC 2011 Relay
10. place, WOC 2011 Long
2. place, WOC 2010 Relay
2. place, WC 2010 #11, Middle
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Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen
Born date07.09.1986
Info/BiographyOn 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. Took a 10th place at the WOC sprint in 2010 in Trondheim. Nominated for the Junior of the year 2006 for gold in JWOC middle and silver in JWOC long 2006.
Selected results 17. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
10. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
1. place, WOC 2009 Relay
12. place, WC 2011 #9, Middle
16. place, WC 2011 #7, Middle
21. place, WC 2011 #8, Long
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Anders Nordberg
ClubVaajakosken Terä (FIN)
Born date17.02.1978
Born placeSkien, Telemark (NOR)
Info/BiographyA 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. Here he took another silver medal behind Olav Lundanes. 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 2011 Relay
15. place, WOC 2011 Middle
2. place, WOC 2008 Long
9. place, WOC 2010 Middle
2. place, WC 2009 #4, Long
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Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
ClubWing OK (NOR)
Born date07.07.1981
Info/BiographyThe best Norwegian sprinter for a long period with 4th place in WOC sprint in both 2005 in Japan and in 2010 in Norway on homeground. 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
11. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
8. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
8. place, WC 2011 #2, Sprint
4. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint
14. place, WC 2011 #1, Sprint
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Gaute Hallan STEIWER
Born date30.01.1990
Info/BiographyVery strong as a junior, winning the JWOC middle in 2010 and also the JWOC relay in 2010.
Selected results 14. place, WOC 2011 Sprint
28. place, WC 2011 #9, Middle
1. place, JWOC 2010 Middle
35. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
40. place, WC 2011 #7, Middle
41. place, WC 2011 #8, Long
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Audun Weltzien
ClubIL Tyrving
Born date03.09.1983
Info/BiographyMultitalent 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 has been in the national team as well.
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Selected results 1. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle
13. place, WOC 2011 Middle
2. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle
2. place, WOC 2010 Relay
9. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
11. place, WOC 2010 Middle
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Tone Wigemyr
Born date29.12.1982
Info/BiographyLate breakthrough with a 3rd place at a very technical long distance World CCup in France in the autumn of 2010. Now good for a top 6 spot in the World Championships on a good day.
Selected results 12. place, WOC 2011 Long
3. place, WC 2010 #10, Long
11. place, WC 2011 #3, Middle
12. place, EOC 2010 Long
18. place, EOC 2010 Middle
19. place, WC 2011 #1, Sprint
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