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Olav Lundanes

{{Short description|Norwegian orienteer (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates |date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Olav Lundanes

| image = World Orienteering Championships 2010 - long 35.jpg

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| caption = Lundanes winning the Long Distance at WOC 2010

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ålesund

| residence =

| spouse =

| sport = Orienteering

| club = {{unbulleted list|Halden SK}}

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| nationals =

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Trondheim | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Lausanne | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Asiago-Lavarone | Middle }}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Strömstad | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Strömstad | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Tartu | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Tartu | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Riga | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Østfold | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Østfold | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Trondheim | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2011 Savoie | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Lausanne | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Strömstad | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Savoie | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Asiago-Lavarone | Long }}

{{MedalBronze | 2015 Inverness | Long }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012|World Cup Overall}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017|World Cup Overall}}

{{MedalBronze | 2015|World Cup Overall}}

{{MedalBronze | 2016|World Cup Overall}}

{{MedalBronze | 2018|World Cup Overall}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Falun | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Falun | Middle }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Ticino | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Ticino | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Palmela | Long }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Primorsko | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Ticino | Middle }}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2005 Tenero | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2005 Tenero | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Dubbo | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Dubbo | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Druskininkai | Long }}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Dubbo | Sprint }}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Dubbo | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Druskininkai | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Druskininkai | Relay }}

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Olav Lundanes (born 11 November 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, hailing from Ålesund. He has won gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships ten times and the European Orienteering Championships four times. He competes for Halden SK.

Career

=Junior=

File:Olav Lundanes JWOCSprint.JPG

Lundanes competed at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, where he won a gold medal in the long distance, a gold medal in the relay event, and placed fourth in the middle distance.[http://runners.worldofo.com/olavlundanes.html "Profile: Olav Lundanes"] – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 14 June 2008) He received a silver and two bronze medals in the 2006 Junior World Championships. In 2007 he had great success in the Junior World Championships, with victories in the long distance and the middle distance, and silver medals in both the sprint and the relay.

He has 11 victories in the national junior championships.

=Senior=

Lundanes debuted in World Championships at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv. At the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils 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 in Miskolc.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=52 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2009 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=14 April 2018}}

Lundanes won the long distance event in the World Orienteering Championships in 2010 in Trondheim.{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=4 | title=World Orienteering Championships 2010 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |access-date=14 April 2018}} Later same week he won silver in the relay event together with Audun Weltzien and Carl Waaler Kaas.

In 2012 he won gold medal at the long distance in the World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. He ran the last leg on the Norwegian team who achieved their third consecutive silver medal in the relay.

In Asiago in 2014, Lundanes won his first World Championship gold in middle distance. Thierry Gueorgiou was first announced as the winner, but was later disqualified for undeliberatily skipping a control. At the same championships, Lundanes won a bronze medal at the long distance. He became third even in the following World Championship long distance event in Inverness, Great Britain.

At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad and Tanum he won a gold medal in the long distance.{{cite web|title=Official results for Long|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5356&groupBy=EventClass}} He won a silver medal in the middle distance,{{cite web|title=Official results for Middle|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5355&groupBy=EventClass}} and was part of the Norwegian team which won the relay.{{cite web|title=Official results for Relay|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5358&groupBy=EventClass}}

He won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships, and also won the long distance in the 2018 and 2019 championships.

Lundanes has, as of the end of the 2018 season, not won the overall Orienteering World Cup. He finished second in 2012 and 2017 and third in 2015, 2016 and 2018.

He has 23 victories in the national championships (long 2009/2010/2011/2015/2016/2017/2018, middle 2010/2013/2017, night 2010/2012/2016, ultralong 2010/2012/2015/2016/2018, sprint 2012, relay 2009/2010/2016/2017)

Results

=World Championship results=

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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="10%"|Year

style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"

| width="5%"|Age

| width="5%"|Long

| width="5%"|Middle

| width="5%"|Sprint

| width="5%"|Relay

| width="5%"|Sprint
Relay

style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
200719——36—{{n/a}}
200820colspan=5|not selected: did not compete
2009217—4—{{n/a}}
201022style="background:gold;"| Gold——style="background:silver;"| Silver{{n/a}}
20112310style="background:#c96;"| Bronze—style="background:silver;"| Silver{{n/a}}
201224style="background:gold;"| Gold14—style="background:silver;"| Silver{{n/a}}
201325colspan=5|not selected: did not compete
201426style="background:#c96;"| Bronzestyle="background:gold;"| Gold—4—
201527style="background:#c96;"| Bronze8———
201628style="background:gold;"| Goldstyle="background:silver;"| Silver—style="background:gold;"| Gold—
201729style="background:gold;"| Gold{{Abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}—style="background:gold;"| Gold—
201830style="background:gold;"| Gold6———
201931bgcolor=gold | Goldbgcolor=gold | Gold{{n/a}}5{{n/a}}

= World Cup victories =

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!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

!Date

!Venue

!Distance

1{{dts|format=dmy|2010|8|12}}{{flagicon|NOR}} TrondheimLong distance (WOC)
2{{dts|format=dmy|2012|5|17}}{{flagicon|SWE}} FalunMiddle distance (EOC)
3{{dts|format=dmy|2012|5|18}}{{flagicon|SWE}} FalunLong distance (EOC)
4{{dts|format=dmy|2012|7|19}}{{flagicon|SUI}} LausanneLong distance (WOC)
5{{dts|format=dmy|2012|9|1}}{{flagicon|NOR}} HolmenkollenSprint
6{{dts|format=dmy|2014|6|7}}{{flagicon|NOR}} KongsbergMiddle distance
7{{dts|format=dmy|2014|7|11}}{{flagicon|ITA}} TrentinoMiddle distance (WOC)
8{{dts|format=dmy|2016|4|30}}{{flagicon|POL}} WrocławMiddle distance
9{{dts|format=dmy|2016|8|25}}{{flagicon|SWE}} TanumLong distance (WOC)
10{{dts|format=dmy|2017|7|4}}{{flagicon|EST}} TartuLong distance (WOC)
11{{dts|format=dmy|2017|8|25}}{{flagicon|LAT}} CēsisMiddle distance
12{{dts|format=dmy|2018|5|13}}{{flagicon|SUI}} TicinoLong distance (EOC)
13{{dts|format=dmy|2018|8|11}}{{flagicon|LAT}} SiguldaLong distance (WOC)
14{{dts|format=dmy|2019|8|14}}{{flagicon|NOR}} ØstfoldLong distance (WOC)
15{{dts|format=dmy|2019|8|16}}{{flagicon|NOR}} ØstfoldMiddle distance (WOC)

References

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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav Lundanes |first=Svein |last=Askheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Olav_Lundanes |language=no |accessdate=17 March 2024}}

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

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Category:Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists