Jon Tvedt (29 June 1966 – 11 January 2009) was a Norway orienteering Competition and athlete who specialized in mountain running. He died while still active in his sport.
Career
Orienteering
Tvedt originally competed in
orienteering. At the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in
West Point, Tvedt competed in three events. He finished fourth in the short distance, jointly with
Steven Hale, and eleventh in the classic distance. In the
Relay race he finished sixth together with teammates
Rolf Vestre, Håvard Tveite and Petter Thoresen. At the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in
Detmold, Tvedt finished eleventh in the short distance, sixth in the classic distance and fourth in the
Relay race together with teammates Petter Thoresen, Håvard Tveite and Bjørnar Valstad. Finally, at the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in
Inverness, Tvedt finished eighth in the classic distance.
His best placement in the Orienteering World Cup was a fourteenth place overall, achieved in 1996.
Athletics
Tvedt later took up
mountain running. He competed internationally at the European Championships in 2005 and 2007. In 2005 he finished twentieth in the individual race, and thirteenth in the team competition. In 2007 he finished twenty-eighth in the individual race, and tenth in the team competition.
In 1994 Tvedt won a bronze medal at the Norwegian championship in 12 kilometres cross-country running.
Death
Tvedt died in January 2009, during a training hike at
Gullfjellet.
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