Bjørnar Valstad

Bjørnar Valstad

Valstad in 2004
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1967-04-27) 27 April 1967 (age 57) Stjørdal Municipality, Norway
Home town	Nittedal Municipality, Norway
Education	electrical engineering
Alma mater	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Occupation	Head of department at Kuben
Years active	1985–2004
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Orienteering
Achievements and titles
National finals	12 national championships
Medal record Men's orienteering Representing  Norway World Championships 1999 Inverness Classic 1999 Inverness Relay 2004 Västerås Long 2004 Västerås Relay 1991 Mariánské Lázně Relay 2001 Tampere Relay 2003 Rapperswil/Jona Middle 1995 Detmold Short 1997 Grimstad Short 1997 Grimstad Relay World Games 2001 Akita Relay
Updated on 1 August 2020

Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967)[1] is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.[2]

Valstad ran for^[needs update] the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund.[2] 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.^[citation needed] Valstad won the Jukola relay in 1995. 1999 and 2002.

He is married to former orienteering athlete Hanne Staff. They are living in Nittedal Municipality with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009.[2]

Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo.

Achievements

Valstad during a race in 2005

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

1. "Bjornar Valstad". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 18 January 2005.
2. "Bjørnar Valstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

External links

• Bjørnar Valstad at the International Orienteering Federation
• Bjørnar Valstad at World of O