Bjørnar Valstad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bjørnar Valstad (born April 27, 1967) is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) gold medals.

He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering World Cup final round in Germany.

Valstad runs for and coaches the Norwegian club Baekkelagets SK in Oslo.

[edit] Main Results

World Orienteering Championships


European Orienteering Championships

  • Silver, Classic Distance, 2002 Hungary
  • Bronze, Classic Distance, 2000 Ukraine


Orienteering World Cup

  • First, Overall Individual World Cup 2002
  • Third, Overall Individual World Cup 1998
  • Gold, Classic Distance, 2002 Switzerland
  • Gold, Sprint Distance, 2002 Norway
  • Gold, Classic Distance, 1998 Ireland
  • Silver, Short Distance, 2002 Sweden
  • Silver, Classic Distance, 1998 Great Britain
  • Silver, Classic Distance, 1998 Estonia
  • Silver, Classic Distance, 1996 Lithuania
  • Bronze, Classic Event, 2002 Czech Republic
  • Bronze, Short Distance, 1998 Great Britain
  • Bronze, Classic Distance, 1998 Poland
  • Bronze, Short Distance, 1998 Finland


World Games

  • Gold, Relay Event, 2001 Japan