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Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad

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Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad
Personal information
Born1999 (age 24–25)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Women's orienteering
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed sprint relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Edinburgh Sprint relay
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Switzerland Sprint relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tampere Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kecskemét Relay

Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteer who competes internationally, and runs for the club Fossum IF.[1]

Career

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Bjørnstad represented Norway at the 2021 European Orienteering Championships, where she won a bronze medal in the Sprint relay with the Norwegian team, along with Eskil Kinneberg, Kasper Fosser and Andrine Benjaminsen.[2] She also competed in the Knock-out sprint, where she qualified for the quarter-finals.[3]

At the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic, she won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, along with Audun Heimdal, Kasper Fosser and Andrine Benjaminsen.[4]

At the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh she was running first leg for Norway in the mixed sprint relay, were the Norwegian team won bronze medals.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Victoria Haestad Bjornstad". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Knock out Sprint". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Sweden dominated sprint relay". woc2021.cz. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. ^ Hauge, Bjørn (14 July 2024). "VM-bronse til Norge i sprintstafetten". kondis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.