Petter Thoresen (orienteer)

Petter Thoresen

Personal information
Born	(1966-03-10) 10 March 1966 (age 58)
Relative	Ingrid Hadler (aunt)[1]
Sport
Sport	Orienteering Ski orienteering
Club	Halden SK
Medal record Men's orienteering Representing  Norway World Championships 1989 Skövde Individual 1989 Skövde Relay 1993 Harriman Short 1997 Grimstad Classic 1999 Inverness Relay 1991 Mariánské Lázně Relay 1993 Harriman Classic 1997 Grimstad Relay

Petter Thoresen (born 10 March 1966)[2] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997.[3] He also has a bronze medal on the Classic distance from 1993.

Thoresen is two times Relay World Champion, from 1989 and 1999, as well as having a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997.

He represented Bækkelagets SK and Halden SK. He won the Jukola relay 5 times between 1988 and 2003, first with Bækkelaget in 1988, and then with Halden SK in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2003.[4]

Coaching career

Thoresen was coach for the French national orienteering team from 2004 to 2008, and head coach for the Norwegian national team from 2008 to 2013.[5]

References

1. Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Ingrid Hadler". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. "Petter Thoresen". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 18 January 2005.
3. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)
4. "Jukolan viestin voittajat 1949-". jukola.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
5. Bryhn, Rolf. "Petter Thoresen (orienteringsløper)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

External links

• Petter Thoresen at the International Orienteering Federation
• Petter Thoresen at World of O