Hanne Sandstad (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 World Champion.

Career

At the 1991 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....

 she won a silver medal in the relay, together with Heidi Arnesen

Heidi Arnesen

Heidi Arnesen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the relay event at the 1991 World Orienteering Championships in Mariánské Lázně, together with Hanne Sandstad, Ragnhild Bratberg and Ragnhild Bente Andersen....

 , Ragnhild Bratberg

Ragnhild Bratberg

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

 and 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...

. At the 1997 World Championships she won silver medals in the short distance and the relay, and a bronze medal in the classic distance. She became World Champion in the relay in 1999, together with Birgitte Husebye

Birgitte Husebye

Birgitte Husebye is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1999, and has three bronze medals from the 2001, 2003 and 2004 Relay World Championships.-References:...

, 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:...

 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...

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She represented the sports club NTHI.