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
Ålesund[1]
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
2010 Trondheim Long
2012 Lausanne Long
2014 Asiago-Lavarone Middle
2016 Strömstad Long
2016 Strömstad Relay
2017 Tartu Long
2017 Tartu Relay
2018 Riga Long
2019 Østfold Long
2019 Østfold Middle
2010 Trondheim Relay
2011 Savoie Relay
2012 Lausanne Relay
2016 Strömstad Middle
2011 Savoie Middle
2014 Asiago-Lavarone Long
2015 Inverness Long
World Cup
2012World Cup Overall
2017World Cup Overall
2015World Cup Overall
2016World Cup Overall
2018World Cup Overall
European Championships
2012 Falun Long
2012 Falun Middle
2018 Ticino Long
2018 Ticino Relay
2014 Palmela Long
2010 Primorsko Relay
2018 Ticino Middle
Junior World Championships
2005 Tenero Long
2005 Tenero Relay
2007 Dubbo Long
2007 Dubbo Middle
2006 Druskininkai Long
2007 Dubbo Sprint
2007 Dubbo Relay
2006 Druskininkai Middle
2006 Druskininkai Relay

Career

Junior
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

Lundanes debuted in World Championships at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev. 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]

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

World Championship results
Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay
200719——36—N/A
200820not selected: did not compete
2009217—4—N/A
201022Gold——SilverN/A
20112310Bronze—SilverN/A
201224Gold14—SilverN/A
201325not selected: did not compete
201426BronzeGold—4—
201527Bronze8———
201628GoldSilver—Gold—
201729GoldDSQ—Gold—
201830Gold6———
201931GoldGoldN/A5N/A

World Cup victories
No. Date Venue Distance
112 August 2010 TrondheimLong distance (WOC)
217 May 2012 FalunMiddle distance (EOC)
318 May 2012 FalunLong distance (EOC)
419 July 2012 LausanneLong distance (WOC)
51 September 2012 HolmenkollenSprint
67 June 2014 KongsbergMiddle distance
711 July 2014 TrentinoMiddle distance (WOC)
830 April 2016 WroclawMiddle distance
925 August 2016 TanumLong distance (WOC)
104 July 2017 TartuLong distance (WOC)
1125 August 2017 CēsisMiddle distance
1213 May 2018 TicinoLong distance (EOC)
1311 August 2018 SiguldaLong distance (WOC)
1414 August 2019 ØstfoldLong distance (WOC)
1516 August 2019 ØstfoldMiddle distance (WOC)

References
  1. "Profile: Olav Lundanes" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on June 14, 2008)
  2. "World Orienteering Championships 2009". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "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".
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