Egil Johansen (orienteer)
{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer (born 1954)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|8|18|df=y}}
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| sport = Orienteering
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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1976 Aviemore | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | 1978 Kongsberg | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | 1978 Kongsberg | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 1976 Aviemore | Relay }}
{{MedalSilver | 1979 Tampere | Individual }}
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Egil Johansen (born 18 August 1954) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and coach. He was two times individual world champion in orienteering, and later coached the Norwegian national team.
Biography
Born on 18 August 1954, Johansen represented the clubs OK Sør and Randesund IL.
He was winner of the 1976 and 1978 Individual 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=23 August 2011}} (Retrieved on 14 December 2007){{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=21 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1976 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=14 July 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=22 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1978 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=14 July 2017}} as well as getting silver medal in 1979. He was Relay World Champion in 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, and also have a silver medal from 1976. He won the Jukola relay in 1988.{{cite web |title=Jukola Relay winners 1949- |url=https://jukola.com/jukolan-historia/tilastot/jukolan-viestin-voittajat-1949/ |publisher=Jukola.com |access-date=22 August 2024}}
He won seven individual national titles in orienteering, and two titles in relay (1975–1980). He served as coach for the Norwegian national team from 1992 to 1997, and from 2000 to 2002.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.{{cite news |title=40 år og fortsatt full fart |last=Bugge |first=Mette |date=5 September 2008 |work=Aftenposten |page=20 |language=Norwegian}}
References
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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Egil Johansen |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Egil_Johansen |language=no |access-date=20 September 2023}}
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Category:Norwegian male orienteers
Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists
Category:Norwegian orienteering coaches
Category:Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni
Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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