Ellen Sofie Olsvik

Medal record
Competitor for  Norway
Women's Orienteering
World Championships
Gold 1987 Gérardmer Relay
Silver 1985 Bendigo Relay
World Cup
Gold 1986 WC Overall
Women's Ski-orienteering
World Championships
Gold 1986 Batak, Bulgaria Relay

Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the relay event, and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering.

Career

She won a gold medal in the relay event at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Brit Volden.[1] She received a silver medal in 1985.

Olsvik won the first overall Orienteering World Cup in 1986, with a total score of 112 points, before Jorunn Teigen (108 points) and Karin Rabe (101 points).[2]

She received a gold medal in relay at the 1986 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Batak, Bulgaria, together with Toril Hallan and Ragnhild Bratberg. She also competed in cross-country skiing, with a silver medal in the 20 km race at the national championships.[3]

She represented the clubs Nydalens SK, Bækkelagets SK, NTHI, Orkanger IF and Byåsen IL.[3]

References

  1. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on June 18, 2008)
  2. ^ World Cup 1986International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on June 18, 2008)
  3. ^ a b "Ellen Sofie Olsvik" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Ellen_Sofie_Olsvik. Retrieved 10 October 2011.