Jon Tvedt: Difference between revisions

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|relay]] 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|relay]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp#17|title=World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006|publisher=[[Norges Orienteringsforbund]]|accessdate=11 January 2009}}</ref> His best placement in the [[Orienteering World Cup]] was a fourteenth place overall, achieved in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runners.worldofo.com/jontvedt.html|title=Profile: Jon Tvedt|publisher=World of O|accessdate=11 January 2009}}</ref>

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 tenth in the team competition. In 2007 he finished twenty-eighth in the individual race, and thirteenth in the team competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mt.htm|title=Norwegian international athletes – last name T|publisher=[[Norwegian Athletics Association]]|accessdate=11 January 2009}}</ref>

In [[1998]] Tvedt won a [[silver medal]] at the [[Noway|Norwegian]] championship in cross-country running, behind [[Karl Johan Rasmussen]]. He represented the club [[FIK BFG Fana]]. In [[1999]] he had changed club to [[IL Gular]], and won a [[bronze medal]] at the national championship, in a race won by [[Abderrahim Goumri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10kmt.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's 10 km cross-country running|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=11 January 2009}}</ref> He won the inaugural [[Noway|Norwegian]] mountain running championships in [[2005]], ahead of [[Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset]] and [[Hans Martin Gjedrem]] of winter sports fame. Tvedt then defended his title three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmountain.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's mountain running|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=11 January 2009}}</ref>