Torunn Fossli Sæthre
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Torunn Fossli Sæthre (born 1970) 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...

 and junior world champion.

She received a silver medal in relay at the 1997 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....

 in Grimstad, together with Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen
Elisabeth Ingvaldsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships with the Norwegian Relay team. She received a silver medal in 1997 and bronze medals in 2001, 2003 and 2004.-References:...

, Hanne Sandstad
Hanne Sandstad
Hanne Sandstad is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World Champion.-Career:At the 1991 World Orienteering Championships she won a silver medal in the relay, together with Heidi Arnesen , Ragnhild Bratberg and Ragnhild Bente Andersen...

 and Hanne Staff
Hanne Staff
Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...

. She finished 4th in the short course and 9th in the classic course West Point in 1993, and 17th in the short distance in 1995, and 18th in 1997.

She finished overall 11th in the 1992 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...

, 14th in 1994, and 21st in 1996.

She won a gold medal in the individual event at the 1990 Junior World Orienteering Championships
Junior World Orienteering Championships
The Junior World Orienteering Championships are an orienteering competition held every year. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition...

.

She represented the sports club NTHI.
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