Olav Lundanes (born November 11, 1987) 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

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. He is World Champion

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....

 once and four times Junior World Champion

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...

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Junior career

Lundanes competed at the 2005 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...

 in Tenero, where he received a gold medal in the long distance and a gold medal in the relay event. He received a silver and two bronze medals in 2006. In 2007 he had great success with victories in the long distance and the middle distance, and received silver medal in the sprint distance and in the relay event.

He has 11 victories in the national junior championships.

Senior career

He participated at the 2007 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 Kiev

Kiev

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. At the 2008 European Orienteering Championships

European Orienteering Championships

The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.The current championship events are:* Relay - for three-person teams* Long distance* Middle distance* Sprint-Host towns/cities:...

 in Ventspils

Ventspils

Ventspils is a city in northwestern Latvia in the Courland historical region of Latvia, the sixth largest city in the country. As of 2006, Ventspils had a population of 43,806. Ventspils is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port...

 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

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 Miskolc

Miskolc

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Lundanes won the long distance event in the 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 2010 in Trondheim

Trondheim

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. Later same week he won silver in the relay event together with Audun Weltzien

Audun Weltzien

Audun Hultgreen Weltzien is a Norwegian orienteering competitor.He competed at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 19th in the middle distance, and participated on the Norwegian relay team. In 2003 he won a silver medal in the relay at the Junior World...

 and Carl Waaler Kaas

Carl Waaler Kaas

Carl Waaler Kaas is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, and medal winner from both World Orienteering Championships and European Orienteering Championships....

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He has 8 victories in the national championships (long 2009, 2010 and 2011, middle 2010, night 2010, ultralong 2010, relay 2009 and 2010)