Brit Volden
{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer (born 1960)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|4|df=y}}
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| spouse = Øyvin Thon
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| sport = {{ubl|Orienteering }}
| club = Bækkelagets SK
Kongsberg IF
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{{MedalSport | Women's orienteering }}
{{MedalCountry| {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 Gérardmer | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 1979 Tampere | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 1981 Thun | Individual }}
{{MedalSilver | 1985 Bendigo | Individual }}
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Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. She also won the unofficial World Cup in 1983 and placed second overall in 1984 and 1988.
Winning two Nordic titles and five individual national titles, she was awarded the King's Cup trophy two times.
Orienteering career
Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships,[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=2011-08-23 }} (Retrieved on 9 December 2007) along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=27 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1987 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=16 July 2017 | archive-date=6 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034715/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=27 | url-status=dead }} She also won a silver medal for Norway in the relay in 1979, behind the Finnish relay team.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1979 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=13 July 2017 | archive-date=23 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123204424/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 | url-status=dead }} She won individual silver medals at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships, behind Annichen Kringstad,{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=24 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1981 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=15 July 2017 | archive-date=6 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034434/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=24 | url-status=dead }} and in 1985.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=26 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1985 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=16 July 2017 | archive-date=6 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034610/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=26 | url-status=dead }}
She won the overall World Cup in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Brit Volden |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=4 November 2020 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Brit_Volden |language=no | access-date=14 March 2023}}
She won five individual national titles and four national relay titles, and became Nordic champion in 1984 and 1986. She was awarded the Kongepokal (King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1983 and 1985.{{cite book|first=Tom A |last=Schanke |title=Norsk Idrettsleksikon |language=Norwegian |year=2007 |publisher=Aller Forlag |isbn=978-82-8156-044-4 |page=477}} The King's Cup is awarded to the one female and one male athlete who obtains the assumed best result (among the various disciplines) during a senior national championship.{{cite web |title= Kongepokal |url=https://www.idrettsforbundet.no/tema/utmerkelser-og-priser/kongepokal/ |website= idrettsforbundet.no |access-date= 18 June 2023 }}/
She represented the sports clubs Bækkelagets SK and Kongsberg IF.
Personal life
Born on 4 April 1960, Volden is married to orienteer Øyvin Thon. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).[http://www.travelexplorations.com/the-norwegian-cato-zahl-pedersen-reached-the-top-on-cho-oyu-unarmed-expedition-2005.279421-18557.html The Norwegian Cato Zahl Pedersen reached the top on Cho Oyu - Unarmed expedition 2005] (Retrieved on 9 December 2007) In 2011 she climbed Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), along with her husband Øyvin and Stian Voldmo, and these were the first three Norwegians to climb this mountain.{{cite web |title=Mesterparet som stakk til fjells |first=Jens O. |last=Kløvrud|date=29 March 2021 |url=https://magasinetveivalg.no/aktuelt/mesterparet-som-stakk-til-fjells/ |website=magasinetveivalg.no |language=no |access-date=27 March 2023}}
After her sports career, Volden has worked as a pharmacist in Kongsberg. She has three children with her husband Øyvind Thon.
References
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Category:Norwegian female orienteers
Category:Norwegian foot orienteers
Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists