About Brit Volden
Born 1960. Brit Volden is a Norwegian orienteer, mountain guide and mountaineer.
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 Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik. She also won a silver medal for Norway in the relay in 1979, She won individual silver medals at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships, and in 1985.
She won the overall World Cup in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988.
She won five individual national titles and four national relay titles, and became Nordic champion in 1984 and 1986. 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.
She represented the sports clubs Bækkelagets SK and Kongsberg IF. 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.
After her sports career, Volden has worked as a pharmacist in Kongsberg. She has three children with her husband Øyvind Thon.
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Who is Brit Volden?
Norwegian orienteer
When was Brit Volden born?
Brit Volden was born on 4 April 1960.
What is Brit Volden's occupation?
Brit Volden is an orienteer, mountain guide and mountaineer.
What nationality is Brit Volden?
Brit Volden is Norwegian.
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