Magne Dæhli

Magne Dæhli (born 24 April 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His best individual performances include a silver medal in the long distance from the European Orienteering Championships, and a bronze medal in the middle distance from the 2019 World Orienteering Championships.

Magne Dæhli

Dæhli at JWOC 2007
Personal information
Born	24 April 1987 Løten, Norway
Parent(s)	Sigurd Dæhli (father)
Sport
Sport	Orienteering Ski orienteering
Club	Halden SK
Medal record Men's orienteering Representing  Norway World Championships 2016 Strömstad Relay 2017 Tartu Relay 2018 Latvia Relay 2012 Lausanne Relay 2015 Inverness Relay 2019 Østfold Middle European Championships 2018 Tessin Relay 2016 Jesenik Long 2016 Jesenik Relay Junior World Championships 2005 Tenero Relay 2007 Dubbo Long 2007 Dubbo Relay Men's ski-orienteering Junior World Championships 2006 Ivanovo Relay 2006 Ivanovo Middle 2006 Ivanovo Long

Junior career

Dæhli competed at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, where he received a gold medal in the relay event.[1] He won two silver medals in the 2007 junior world championships, in the long distance and in the relay.[1] He competed at the 2005 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships, where he placed seventh in the sprint, ninth in the middle distance, and fourth in the relay.[2] At the 2006 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships, he won a bronze medal in the middle distance, a bronze medal in the long distance, placed sixth in the sprint, and won a silver medal in the relay with the Norwegian team.[3]

Senior career

Dæhli competed for Norway at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the middle distance he qualified for the final, where he placed seventh, 1:23 minutes behind winner Edgars Bertuks.[4][5] He was part of the Norwegian team that placed second in the relay at the 2012 World Championships, along with Carl Waaler Kaas and Olav Lundanes.[5] He placed 20th overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 2012.[1] At the 2013 World Orienteering Championships he placed fifth in the long distance, and sixth in the relay with the Norwegian team.[6] In 2013 he placed 17th overall in the World Cup.[1] He competed in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Italy, where he placed 11th in the long course.[7] In 2014 he placed 10th overall in the World Cup.[1] He achieved a silver medal in the relay in the 2015 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, where he also placed fourth in the middle distance, and 13th in the long distance. In 2015 he placed fifth overall in the World Cup. He was part of the winning team in the relay at the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, where he also placed sixth in the middle and sixth in the long distance. In 2016 he placed seventh overall in the World Cup. At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu he won a gold medal in the relay for the second time, and placed fourth in the long and ninth in the middle distance.[1]

In 2018, Dæhli won a gold medal in the relay at the European Orienteering Championships in Switzerland.[1] Dæhli won the overall O-Ringen in Sweden in 2018.[8] He won a gold medal in the relay at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, together with Gaute Hallan Steiwer and Eskil Kinneberg.[9] Dæhli was running the last leg of the world championship relay, winning the race with a few seconds margin ahead of Switzerland and France.[10][11] This was the third consecutive World Championships gold medal for Dæhlie in the men's relay, being part of the winning Norwegian relay team in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[1] He placed seventh in the long distance at the 2018 World Championships.[12] At the 2019 World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, he won a bronze medal in the middle distance, placed sixth in the long distance, and was running the last leg in the relay, where the Norwegian team placed fifth.[13]

Personal life

Dæhli was born in Løten,[1] and is son of orienteer and ski-orienteer Sigurd Dæhli.[14][15]

References

1. "Profile: Magne Dæhli". World of O Runners. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
2. "Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2005". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
3. "Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
4. "World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Middle Distance Final Men – Final results" (PDF). woc2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
5. "World Orienteering Championships 2012". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
6. "World Orienteering Championships 2013". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
7. "World Orienteering Championships 2014 Long Men" (PDF). orienteering.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
8. "Blandade känslor för H21 Elit-segraren". orienteering.org (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
9. "World Orienteering Championships 2018 Relay" (PDF). woc2018.lv. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
10. "Switzerland and Norway world champions in the relay". woc2018.lv. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
11. Kocbach, Jan. "WOC 2018 Relay: Maps and Results". news.worldofo.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
12. "World Orienteering Championships 2018 Long – Men" (PDF). woc2018.lv. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
13. "Magne Daehli". eventor.orienteering.org/. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
14. "WTOC: Sigurd Dæhli" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
15. "Sigurd Daehli, M55, NOR". wmoc2008.fpo.pt. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links

• Magne Dæhli at World of O