Marianne Andersen

Marianne Andersen (born 26 March 1980 in Drammen)[1] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has received twelve medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships. In 2017 she won a silver medal in the relay after seven years without a medal (mainly due to injury).

Marianne Andersen

Marianne Andersen (Hovden 2007)
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	26 March 1980 Drammen, Norway
Sport
Sport	Orienteering
Medal record Women's orienteering Representing  Norway World Championships 2009 Miskolc Relay 2005 Aichi Relay 2006 Aarhus Long distance 2006 Aarhus Middle distance 2008 Olomouc Long 2009 Miskolc Long 2009 Miskolc Middle distance 2010 Trondheim Long 2010 Trondheim Relay 2017 Tartu Middle 2007 Kiev Middle distance 2007 Kiev Relay 2010 Trondheim Sprint 2010 Trondheim Middle European Championships 2004 Roskilde Relay 2006 Otepää Sprint 2006 Otepää Middle distance World Cup 2006 WC Overall 2009 WC Overall

World and European championships

She received one gold medal, six silver medals and two bronze medals in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Orienteering Championships.[2]She received further medals at the 2010 World Championships in her home country of Norway. In the European Championships, she achieved a silver medal in the 2004 European Championships with the Norwegian relay team, and two individual silver medals in the 2006 European Championships (Sprint and Middle distance). Andersen was then effectively away from the sport from 2011 to 2015, struggling with injury. She made a big comeback in 2016 her reward being a WOC silver medal at Middle Distance. She now has 14 WOC medals (1 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze) - all but the new one from before 2011!

World cup

Andersen obtained one victory (middle distance, Auvergne, 2006), eleven second places and four third places in the World cup events, during the seasons 2005–2009. She finished second in the overall world cup in 2006, and second in 2009.[1]

National championships

Andersen has won nine gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals in the National championships, and was awarded the King's cup in 2004 and 2007. She has represented the clubs Nydalens SK, NTNUI and Konnerud IL. In 2019, she won the Jukola Relay with Fredrikstad SK.[3]

References

1. "Profile: Marianne Andersen" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on June 17, 2008)
2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 Archived 2011-02-22 at WebCite (Retrieved on January 26, 2008)
3. https://online.jukola.com/tulokset/en/j2019_ve/ve/lopputulokset/

External links

• Marianne Andersen at World of O