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===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|relay]] he finished sixth together with teammates [[Rolf Vestre]], [[Håvard Tveite]] and [[Petter Thoresen (orienteering)|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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=
===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/internasjonalt/Documents/mt.htm |title=Norwegian international athletes – last name T |publisher=[[Norwegian Athletics Association]] |accessdate=10 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211130550/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/internasjonalt/Documents/mt.htm |archivedate=11 December 2011 |df= }}</ref>
In 1994 Tvedt won a bronze medal at the Norwegian championship in 12 kilometres cross-country running.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m12kmt.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's 12 km cross-country running|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=21 July 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215152746/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m12kmt.htm|archivedate=15 December 2011|df=}}</ref> In 1998 Tvedt won a silver medal at the Norwegian championship in 10 kilometres 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/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/m10kmt.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's 10 km cross-country running|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> He won the inaugural 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/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mmountain.htm|title=Norwegian championships, men's mountain running|publisher=Norwegian Athletics Association|accessdate=10 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509031432/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mmountain.htm|archivedate=9 May 2012|df=}}</ref>
==Death==
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