Audun Heimdal
{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer (1997–2022)}}
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- Konnerud IL (Ski-O)
- NTNUI (Foot-O)
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{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's ski orienteering }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Kääriku | Pursuit }}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Piteå | Middle }}
{{MedalSilver | 2021 Kääriku | Sprint }}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Piteå | Relay }}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Krasnoyarsk|Sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Krasnoyarsk|Sprint relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Obertilliach | Relay }}
{{MedalBronze | 2015 Hamar | Middle }}
{{MedalBronze | 2016 Obertilliach | Sprint }}
{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2021 Doksy | Mixed sprint relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Tampere | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 2017 Tampere | Middle }}
{{MedalBronze | 2016 Engadin | Middle }}
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Audun Heimdal (8 February 1997 – 20 August 2022)[https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/audun-heimdal-25-er-dod/s/5-95-613526 Audun Heimdal (25) er død] {{in lang|no}} was a Norwegian orienteering and ski orienteering competitor.{{Cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/10545 |title=Audun Heimdal |website=IOF Eventor |access-date=25 March 2019}}
Biography
Heimdal won a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships. He also won a gold medal in pursuit and a silver medal in sprint at the 2021 World Ski Orienteering Championships.{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=6848&eventClassId=10496 |website=eventor.orienteering.org |title=Official results for World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 - Pursuit |access-date=23 August 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=6847&eventClassId=10494 |website=eventor.orienteering.org |title=Official results for World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint |access-date=23 August 2022 }} Competing at the 2021 World Orienteering Championships, he won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay, along with Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Kasper Fosser and Andrine Benjaminsen.{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=7060&groupBy=EventClass |website=eventor.orienteering.org |title=Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint relay |access-date=23 August 2022 }}
Heimdal was diagnosed with cancer in 2022 and died on 20 August, at the age of 25.
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- {{IOF}}
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Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
Category:Norwegian male orienteers
Category:Norwegian ski-orienteers
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Norway
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Norway
Category:Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Category:Deaths from stomach cancer in Norway
Category:Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
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