Astrid Rødmyr
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's orienteering | ||
Representing  Norway
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| World Championships | ||
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1968 Linköping | Relay |
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1970 Eisenach | Relay |
Astrid Vigenstad (married name Rødmyr; 30 March 1940 – 9 April 2021) was a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion.[1]
Orienteering career
[edit]Competing for the club IL i BUL from the mid 1960s, Vigenstad (named Rødmyr for a period) won national titles in relay with this club in 1966 and 1967.[2]
She won a gold medal in the 1968 World Orienteering Championships with the Norwegian Relay team, along with Astrid Hansen and Ingrid Hadler,[3] and placed 10th in the individual contest.[4] She won a bronze medal in the relay in the 1970 World Orienteering Championships, along with Kristin Danielsen and Ingrid Hadler.[5]
In 1971 she competed in the Nordic championships in Sundsvall, where she was part of the winning Norwegian relay team.[2]
A member of Lillehammer OK for 45 years, Vigenstad regularly competed in the World Masters Orienteering Championships from 1996, winning a silver medal in Canada in 2005, and another silver medal in Portugal in 2008.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Astrid Vigenstad hailed from Dovre, and settled as schoolteacher in Lillehammer from the mid 1970s. She had married Asbjørn Rødmyr in 1967. Their marriage did not last, but her world championship title was taken under the name Rødmyr.[2]
Vigenstad (Rødmyr) died on 9 April 2021, 81 years old.[6][2]
References
[edit]- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 22 January 2008)
- ^ a b c d e "Minneord". Lillehammer Orienteringsklubb. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Orientering (norske verdensmestere)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1968". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1970". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Lunde, Jon Vegard (29 April 2021). "Nekrolog: Det ble sølvmedalje i Canada i 2005 og i Portugal i 2008". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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