Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 7 July 1962) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 competitor

Competition

Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

, world champion in the relay event, and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup

Orienteering World Cup

The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The first official World Cup was held in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004...

. She is also world champion in ski-orienteering

Ski-orienteering

Ski orienteering is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF...

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Career

She won a gold medal in the relay event at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships

World Orienteering Championships

The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 . Since 2003, competitions have been held annually....

, together with Ragnhild Bratberg

Ragnhild Bratberg

Ragnhild Bratberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross country skier.-Orienteering career:...

, Ragnhild Bente Andersen

Ragnhild Bente Andersen

Ragnhild Bente Andersen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal in relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Bratberg, Olsvik and Volden. She received a silver medal in relay in 1991, together with Sandstad, Arnesen and...

 and Brit Volden

Brit Volden

Brit Volden is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay Wold Championship, as well as a silver medal in 1979. She also obtained silver medals in the Individual World Championships in 1981 and 1985. She won the overall World Cup in 1983 , and finished second in 1984 and...

. She received a silver medal in 1985.

Olsvik won the first overall Orienteering World Cup

Orienteering World Cup

The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The first official World Cup was held in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004...

 in 1986, with a total score of 112 points, before Jorunn Teigen

Jorunn Teigen

Jorunn Teigen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She finished overall second in the first official Orienteering World Cup in 1986.-World championships:...

 (108 points) and Karin Rabe

Karin Rabe

Karin Rabe is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989, as well as having silver medals from 1978 and 1987, and a bronze medal from 1979. She obtained silver in the Individual World Championship...

 (101 points).

She received a gold medal in relay at the 1986 World Ski Orienteering Championships

World Ski Orienteering Championships

The World Ski Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women...

 in Batak, Bulgaria

Batak, Bulgaria

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, together with Toril Hallan

Toril Hallan

Toril Hallan is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor.She won a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1982 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria, together with Ranveig Narbuvold and Sidsel Owren. At the 1986 World Championships in Bulgaria she won the gold medal in the relay, together...

 and Ragnhild Bratberg

Ragnhild Bratberg

Ragnhild Bratberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross country skier.-Orienteering career:...

. She also competed in cross-country skiing, with a silver medal in the 20 km race at the national championships.

She represented the clubs Nydalens SK

Nydalens SK

Nydalens Skiklub is a Norwegian sports club from Nydalen, Oslo. It was founded in 1886, and has sections for orienteering, Nordic skiing and ski orienteering. The club organized national ski jumping competitions regularly from 1891 to 1953, and had its own ski jumping venue at Korsvoll...

, Bækkelagets SK

Bækkelagets SK

Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing , orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics...

, NTHI, Orkanger IF

Orkanger IF

Orkanger Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Orkanger, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, swimming, gymnastics, powerlifting and dancing....

 and Byåsen IL.