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Olav Lundanes

Olav Lundanes (born 11 November 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, hailing from Ålesund. He has won gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships ten times and the European Orienteering Championships four times. He competes for Halden SK.

Olav Lundanes
Lundanes winning the Long Distance at WOC 2010
Personal information
Born (1987-11-11) 11 November 1987 (age 36)
Ålesund[1]
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Trondheim Long
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lausanne Long
Gold medal – first place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Middle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Strömstad Long
Gold medal – first place 2016 Strömstad Relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tartu Long
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tartu Relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga Long
Gold medal – first place 2019 Østfold Long
Gold medal – first place 2019 Østfold Middle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Trondheim Relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Savoie Relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 Lausanne Relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Strömstad Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Savoie Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Long
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Inverness Long
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 World Cup Overall
Silver medal – second place 2017 World Cup Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2015 World Cup Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2016 World Cup Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2018 World Cup Overall
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Falun Long
Gold medal – first place 2012 Falun Middle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ticino Long
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ticino Relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Palmela Long
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Primorsko Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ticino Middle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tenero Long
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tenero Relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dubbo Long
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dubbo Middle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Druskininkai Long
Silver medal – second place 2007 Dubbo Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2007 Dubbo Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Druskininkai Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Druskininkai Relay

Career edit

Junior edit

 
Lundanes at JWOC 2007

Lundanes competed at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, where he won a gold medal in the long distance, a gold medal in the relay event, and placed fourth in the middle distance.[1] He received a silver and two bronze medals in the 2006 Junior World Championships.[1] In 2007 he had great success in the Junior World Championships, with victories in the long distance and the middle distance, and silver medals in both the sprint and the relay.[1]

He has 11 victories in the national junior championships.

Senior edit

Lundanes debuted in World Championships at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv. At the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils he finished 19th in the long distance.

He placed fourth in the sprint and 7th in the long distance at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc.[2]

Lundanes won the long distance event in the World Orienteering Championships in 2010 in Trondheim.[3] Later same week he won silver in the relay event together with Audun Weltzien and Carl Waaler Kaas.[3]

In 2012 he won gold medal at the long distance in the World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.[1] He ran the last leg on the Norwegian team who achieved their third consecutive silver medal in the relay.

In Asiago in 2014, Lundanes won his first World Championship gold in middle distance.[1] Thierry Gueorgiou was first announced as the winner, but was later disqualified for undeliberatily skipping a control. At the same championships, Lundanes won a bronze medal at the long distance.[1] He became third even in the following World Championship long distance event in Inverness, Great Britain.[1]

At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad and Tanum he won a gold medal in the long distance.[4] He won a silver medal in the middle distance,[5] and was part of the Norwegian team which won the relay.[6]

He won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships, and also won the long distance in the 2018 and 2019 championships.[7]

Lundanes has, as of the end of the 2018 season, not won the overall Orienteering World Cup. He finished second in 2012 and 2017 and third in 2015, 2016 and 2018.

He has 23 victories in the national championships (long 2009/2010/2011/2015/2016/2017/2018, middle 2010/2013/2017, night 2010/2012/2016, ultralong 2010/2012/2015/2016/2018, sprint 2012, relay 2009/2010/2016/2017)

Results edit

World Championship results edit

Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay
2007 19 — — 36 — —
2008 20 not selected: did not compete
2009 21 7 — 4 — —
2010 22 Gold — — Silver —
2011 23 10 Bronze — Silver —
2012 24 Gold 14 — Silver —
2013 25 not selected: did not compete
2014 26 Bronze Gold — 4 —
2015 27 Bronze 8 — — —
2016 28 Gold Silver — Gold —
2017 29 Gold DSQ — Gold —
2018 30 Gold 6 — — —
2019 31 Gold Gold — 5 —

World Cup victories edit

No. Date Venue Distance
1 12 August 2010   Trondheim Long distance (WOC)
2 17 May 2012   Falun Middle distance (EOC)
3 18 May 2012   Falun Long distance (EOC)
4 19 July 2012   Lausanne Long distance (WOC)
5 1 September 2012   Holmenkollen Sprint
6 7 June 2014   Kongsberg Middle distance
7 11 July 2014   Trentino Middle distance (WOC)
8 30 April 2016   Wroclaw Middle distance
9 25 August 2016   Tanum Long distance (WOC)
10 4 July 2017   Tartu Long distance (WOC)
11 25 August 2017   Cēsis Middle distance
12 13 May 2018   Ticino Long distance (EOC)
13 11 August 2018   Sigulda Long distance (WOC)
14 14 August 2019   Østfold Long distance (WOC)
15 16 August 2019   Østfold Middle distance (WOC)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Profile: Olav Lundanes" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 14 June 2008)
  2. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2009". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 2010". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Official results for Long".
  5. ^ "Official results for Middle".
  6. ^ "Official results for Relay".
  7. ^ Askheim, Svein. "Olav Lundanes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links edit

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