Jørgen Rostrup (born 5 November 1978)[1] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, two times winner of the World Orienteering Championships, Short distance in 1999, and Classic distance in 2001.[2] He also obtained bronze on the Short distance in 2001.[3] He is two times Relay World Champion, as member of the Norwegian winning teams in 2004 in Sweden, and 2005 in Japan.[3]
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He won gold medal twice in the Junior World Championships, in 1997 and 1998.
Rostrup was head of the Norwegian national orienteering team between 2017 and 2020.[3]
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References edit
- ^ "Jorgen Rostrup". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)
- ^ a b c d Bryhn, Rolf. "Jørgen Rostrup". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
External links edit
- Jørgen Rostrup at the International Orienteering Federation
- Jørgen Rostrup at World of O
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