Eystein Weltzien
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| Born | 14 December 1949[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Egebergs Ærespris (1975)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Eystein Weltzien (born 14 December 1949) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor.
He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,[2][3] as well as having bronze medal from 1974.[4] He also obtained bronze in the 1974 Individual World Championships.[4] He won the long distance Norwegian Championships in 1972, 1974 and 1975. He also had a position as trainer for the Norwegian national orienteering team in the 1980s. Weltzien was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1975, for excel in both orienteering and cross-country skiing.
As a skier he represented IL i BUL.[1]
His children Audun and Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien compete in orienteering on an international level.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Eystein Weltzien". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)
- ↑ "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- 1 2 "World Orienteering Championships 1974". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.