Bernt Bjørnsgaard
{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=June 2023}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals =
{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Inverness | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 2001 Tampere | Relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1992 Jyväskylä | Short }}
{{MedalSilver | 1993 Kastelruth | Short }}
{{MedalSilver | 1993 Kastelruth | Relay }}
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Bernt Bjørnsgaard (born 1973) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion.[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154017/http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=23 August 2011 }} (Retrieved on 22 January 2008)
Biography
Bjørnsgaard won a gold medal in the relay at the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian team, along with Tore Sandvik, Petter Thoresen and Bjørnar Valstad. He placed 7th in the classic distance, and 10th in the short distance.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1999 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706035219/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 |archive-date=6 July 2020}}
He won a silver medal in the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere.
Bjørnsgaard won two individual national titles in orienteering, winning the middle distance in 1998 and 2001.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Orientering – norgesmestere |first=Jørn |last=Sundby |first2=Rolf |last2=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/orientering_-_norgesmestere |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 July 2024}} He was awarded the Kongepokal (King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1998 and 2001.{{cite book|first=Tom A |last=Schanke |title=Norsk Idrettsleksikon |language=Norwegian |year=2007 |publisher=Aller Forlag |isbn=978-82-8156-044-4 |page=465}}
He represented Halden SK. He won the Jukola relay in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
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External links
- {{IOF|7696|Bernt Bjornsgaard}}
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Category:Norwegian male orienteers
Category:Norwegian foot orienteers
Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Norwegian people
Category:Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
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