Andrine Benjaminsen Explained

Andrine Benjaminsen
Birth Date:23 August 1995
Sport:Orienteering
Ski orienteering
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Andrine Benjaminsen (born 23 August 1995) is a Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer.[1]

Her acievements in ski orienteering include winning two bronze medals in the Junior World Championships. In foot orienteering, she has won medals at the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships, both in the individual competitions, and with relay teams for Norway.

Career

Junior career

As a junior, Benjaminsen excelled in ski orienteering, and she won a bronze medal at the 2013 and 2015 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships.[2]

In foot orienteering, Benjaminsen represented Norway at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, where her best result was ninth place in the long distance.[3]

2021

At the 2021 European Orienteering Championships she won a bronze medal in the Knock-out sprint,[4] and a bronze medal in the Sprint relay with the Norwegian team.[5]

At the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic, she placed 10th in the sprint.[6] She won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, after a close fight with Swiss Elena Roos on the last leg.[7] She also won a silver medal in the middle distance, behind winner Tove Alexandersson,[8] and a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, along with Kamilla Steiwer and Marie Olaussen.[9]

2022

In 2022, Benjaminsen won a bronze medal in the mixed sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships.[10] She also placed fourth in the sprint at the same championships.[11] At the 2022 European Orienteering Championships, she won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team.[12]

2023

She won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships.[13] She also won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team,[14] and placed fifth in the middle distance.[15]

2024

In May 2024 Benjaminsen won a national title in knockout sprint, which earned her the Kongepokal trophy.[16]

Competing at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh in July 2024, she qualified for the sprint final, where she placed 23rd.[17] Two days later Benjaminsen ran the last leg for Norway in the mixed sprint relay. The Norwegian team, which also included Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik and Kasper Fosser, won bronze medals in the relay.[18] [19]

She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2024 European Orienteering Championships in Hungary, behind Simona Aebersold and Natalia Gemperle.[20] [21] The next day she won another bronze medal in the long distance at the championships, behind winner Tove Alexandersson and silver medalist Simona Aebersold.[22] Benjaminsen was running the last leg in the relay at the 2024 European Championships, winning silver medal for Norway along with Kamilla Steiwer and Marie Olaussen.[23] [24]

Personal life

Benjaminsen's parents are Finnish orienteer Anne Benjaminsen and Norwegian orienteer Vidar Benjaminsen.[25] Figure skater Juni Marie Benjaminsen is her sister.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrine Benjaminsen . IOF Eventor. 25 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Official results for JWSOC Sprint . IOF Eventor. 25 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Official results for Long . IOF Eventor. 25 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Official results for Orienteering World Cup round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Knock out Sprint . eventor.orienteering.org . 19 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Official results for Orienteering World Cup round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint Relay . eventor.orienteering.org . 19 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint final . eventor.orienteering.org . 7 July 2021 .
  7. Web site: Sweden dominated sprint relay . woc2021.cz . 4 July 2021 . 7 July 2021 .
  8. Web site: Middle distance gold for Alexandersson and Kyburz . woc2021.cz . 6 July 2021 . 7 July 2021 .
  9. Web site: Clear win for Sweden in women´s relay . woc2021.cz . 8 July 2021 . 20 July 2023 .
  10. Web site: Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint relay . eventor.orienteering.org . 26 June 2022 . 18 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint . eventor.orienteering.org . 30 June 2022 . 18 July 2023.
  12. Web site: Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 2 with European Orienteering Championships 2022 - Relay . eventor.orienteering.org . 7 August 2022 . 18 July 2023.
  13. News: VM-bronse til Andrine Benjaminsen . no . nrk.no . 13 July 2013 . 13 July 2023.
  14. Web site: Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2023 - Relay . 18 July 2023.
  15. Web site: Dyrkorn og Benjaminsen med 4. og 5. plass på VM mellomdistanse . Bjørn . Hauge . no . kondis.no . 17 July 2023 . 18 July 2023.
  16. News: Kjempestart av Andrine Benjaminsen i NM . Akers Avis Groruddalen . 10 May 2024 . 17 August 2024 . Norwegian .
  17. Web site: World Ranking - Sprint. Final . IOF Eventor . 12 July 2024 . 14 July 2024.
  18. Web site: VM-bronse til Norge i sprintstafetten . Bjørn . Hauge . 14 July 2024 . kondis.no . 14 July 2024 . no.
  19. Web site: Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Sprint Relay . eventor.orienteering.org . 14 July 2024 . 14 July 2024.
  20. News: Bronse til Benjaminsen i EM i orientering . nrk.no . 17 August 2024 . 17 August 2024 . Norwegian .
  21. Web site: Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2024 - Middle . eventor.orienteering.org . 17 August 2024 . 17 August 2024 .
  22. News: Ny bronse i Orienterings-EM. nrk.no . 18 August 2024 . 18 August 2024 . Norwegian .
  23. News: Norsk stafettsølv i orientering . nrk.no . 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 . no .
  24. Web site: Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2024 - Relay . eventor.orienteering.org . 20 August 2024 . 20 August 2024 .
  25. Web site: Juni Marie tok bronse i Haag . Fossheim . Kenneth . 18 March 2012 . . no . 23 February 2021.
  26. Web site: Benjaminsen vant kongepokal-drama . 12 September 2019 . . no . 23 February 2021.

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