Bjørnar Valstad
Bjørnar Valstad is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.
Valstad ran for the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund. He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering World Cup final round in Germany. Valstad won the Jukola relay in 1995. 1999 and 2002.
He is married to former orienteering athlete Hanne Staff. They are living in Nittedal Municipality with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009.
Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
Achievements
World Orienteering ChampionshipsGold, Long Distance, 2004 SwedenGold, Relay Event, 2004 SwedenGold, Classic Distance, 1999 Great BritainGold, Relay Event, 1999 Great BritainSilver, Middle Distance, 2003 SwitzerlandSilver, Relay Event, 2001 FinlandSilver, Relay Event, 1991 CzechoslovakiaBronze, Short Distance, 1997 NorwayBronze, Relay Event, 1997 NorwayBronze, Short Distance, 1995 GermanyEuropean Orienteering ChampionshipsSilver, Classic Distance, 2002 HungaryBronze, Classic Distance, 2000 Ukraine
Orienteering World CupFirst, Overall Individual World Cup 2002Third, Overall Individual World Cup 1998Gold, Classic Distance, 2002 SwitzerlandGold, Sprint Distance, 2002 NorwayGold, Classic Distance, 1998 IrelandSilver, Short Distance, 2002 SwedenSilver, Classic Distance, 1998 Great BritainSilver, Classic Distance, 1998 EstoniaSilver, Classic Distance, 1996 LithuaniaBronze, Classic Event, 2002 Czech RepublicBronze, Short Distance, 1998 Great BritainBronze, Classic Distance, 1998 PolandBronze, Short Distance, 1998 Finland
World GamesGold, Relay Event, 2001 Japan