Petter Thoresen (orienteer)

Petter Thoresen (born 10 March 1966)[1] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997.[2] He also has a bronze medal on the Classic distance from 1993.

Petter Thoresen
Personal information
Born (1966-03-10) 10 March 1966
Sport
Sport
ClubHalden SK
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Skövde Individual
Gold medal – first place 1989 Skövde Relay
Gold medal – first place 1993 Harriman Short
Gold medal – first place 1997 Grimstad Classic
Gold medal – first place 1999 Inverness Relay
Silver medal – second place 1991 Mariánské Lázně Relay
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Harriman Classic
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Grimstad Relay

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 Halden SK.

References
  1. "Petter Thoresen". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 18 January 2005.
  2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 December 2007)


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