Jorunn Teigen 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...

. She finished overall second in the first official 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.

World championships

She participated at the 1983 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....

, where she finished 5th in the individual event, and 4th in the relay

Relay race

During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...

 event.

World cup

Teigen finished second overall at the 1986 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...

, with a total score of 108 points (the four best results from eight events counted). She scored four points less than the winner Ellen Sofie Olsvik

Ellen Sofie Olsvik

Ellen Sofie Olsvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the relay event, and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup...

 (112 points), while third ranked was 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 also participated in the first unofficial World Cup in 1983, where she finished second overall, behind 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...

 (counting the three best results from six events).

National championships

Teigen was Norwegian champion in the long distance in 1986. She was Norwegian champion in the normal distance in 1989, and received the King's Cup, and finished second in 1984 and 1986.