Jørgen Rostrup

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Jørgen Rostrup
WOC 2001
Personal information
Born (1978-11-05) 5 November 1978 (age 45)
Arendal, Norway
Sport
Sport
  • Orienteering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Inverness Short
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tampere Classic
Gold medal – first place 2004 Västerås Relay
Gold medal – first place 2005 Aichi Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Tampere Short
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Leopoldsburg Short
Gold medal – first place 1998 Reims Short
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Reims Long

Jørgen Rostrup (born 5 November 1978)[1] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, two times winner of the World Orienteering Championships, Short distance in 1999, and Classic distance in 2001.[2] He also obtained bronze on the Short distance in 2001.[3] He is two times Relay World Champion, as member of the Norwegian winning teams in 2004 in Sweden, and 2005 in Japan.[3]

He won gold medal twice in the Junior World Championships, in 1997 and 1998.

Rostrup was head of the Norwegian national orienteering team between 2017 and 2020.[3]

Personal life

Rostrup was born in Arendal on 5 November 1978.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jorgen Rostrup". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 21 December 2005.
  2. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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