Bjørnar Valstad

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

Valstad ran for 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. 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. 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.

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

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