Brit Volden
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| Born | 4 April 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Øyvin Thon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Harald Thon (brother-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bækkelagets SK Kongsberg IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. She also won the unofficial World Cup in 1983 and placed second overall in 1984 and 1988.
Winning two Nordic titles and five individual national titles, she was awarded the King's Cup trophy two times.
Orienteering career[edit]
Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships,[1][2] along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik.[3] She also won a silver medal for Norway in the relay in 1979,[1] behind the Finnish relay team.[4] She won individual silver medals at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships,[1] behind Annichen Kringstad,[5] and in 1985.[1][6]
She won the overall World Cup in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988.[1]
She won five individual national titles and four national relay titles, and became Nordic champion in 1984 and 1986.[1] She was awarded the Kongepokal (King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1983 and 1985.[7] The King's Cup is awarded to the one female and one male athlete who obtains the assumed best result (among the various disciplines) during a senior national championship.[8]
She represented the sports clubs Bækkelagets SK and Kongsberg IF.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Born on 4 April 1960,[1] Volden is married to orienteer Øyvin Thon. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).[9] In 2011 she climbed Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), along with her husband Øyvin and Stian Voldmo, and these were the first three Norwegians to climb this mountain.[10]
After her sports career, Volden has worked as a pharmacist in Kongsberg. She has three children with her husband Øyvind Thon.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bryhn, Rolf (4 November 2020). "Brit Volden". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 9 December 2007)
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1987". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1979". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1981". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1985". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Schanke, Tom A (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. p. 477. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
- ^ "Kongepokal". idrettsforbundet.no. Retrieved 18 June 2023./
- ^ The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005 (Retrieved on 9 December 2007)
- ^ a b Kløvrud, Jens O. (29 March 2021). "Mesterparet som stakk til fjells". magasinetveivalg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 March 2023.