Bjørnar Valstad

Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.^[1]

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 Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He has previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 he is the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund.^[1]

He is married to Hanne Staff.^[1]

Achievements

World Orienteering Championships

Gold, Long Distance, 2004 Sweden
Gold, Relay Event, 2004 Sweden
Gold, Classic Distance, 1999 Great Britain
Gold, Relay Event, 1999 Great Britain
Silver, Middle Distance, 2003 Switzerland
Silver, Relay Event, 2001 Finland
Silver, Relay Event, 1991 Czechoslovakia
Bronze, Short Distance, 1997 Norway
Bronze, Relay Event, 1997 Norway
Bronze, Short Distance, 1995 Germany

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bjørnar Valstad" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Bj%C3%B8rnar_Valstad. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

Orienteering World Champions Men

Individual/Classic/Long	1966: Åge Hadler \| 1968: Kalle Johansson \| 1970: Stig Berge \| 1972: Åge Hadler \| 1974: Bernt Frilén \| 1976: Egil Johansen \| 1978: Egil Johansen \| 1979: Øyvin Thon \| 1981: Øyvin Thon \| 1983: Morten Berglia \| 1985: Kari Sallinen \| 1987: Kent Olsson \| 1989: Petter Thoresen \| 1991: Jörgen Mårtensson \| 1993: Allan Mogensen \| 1995: Jörgen Mårtensson \| 1997: Petter Thoresen \| 1999: Bjørnar Valstad \| 2001: Jørgen Rostrup \| 2003: Thomas Bührer \| 2004: Bjørnar Valstad \| 2005: Andrey Khramov \| 2006: Jani Lakanen \| 2007: Matthias Merz \| 2008: Daniel Hubmann \| 2009: Daniel Hubmann \| 2010: Olav Lundanes

Short/Middle	1991: Petr Kozák \| 1993: Petter Thoresen \| 1995: Yuri Omeltchenko \| 1997: Janne Salmi \| 1999: Jørgen Rostrup \| 2001: Pasi Ikonen \| 2003: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2004: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2005: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2006: Holger Hott Johansen \| 2007: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2008: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2009: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2010: Carl Waaler Kaas

Sprint	2001: Jimmy Birklin \| 2003: Jamie Stevenson \| 2004: Niclas Jonasson \| 2005: Emil Wingstedt \| 2006: Emil Wingstedt \| 2007: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2008: Andrey Khramov \| 2009: Andrey Khramov \| 2010: Matthias Müller

Orienteering World Cup Men

1986: Kent Olsson \| 1988: Øyvin Thon \| 1990: Håvard Tveite \| 1992: Joakim Ingelsson \| 1994: Petter Thoresen \| 1996: Johan Ivarsson \| 1998: Chris Terkelsen \| 2000: Jani Lakanen \| 2002: Bjørnar Valstad \| 2004: Holger Hott Johansen \| 2005: Andrey Khramov \| 2006: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2007: Thierry Gueorgiou \| 2008: Daniel Hubmann \| 2009: Daniel Hubmann

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Name	Valstad, Bjornar
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Date of birth	27 April 1967
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