Håvard Tveite (5 March 1962 – 30 May 2021) was a Norwegian orienteering competitor.[1] He was Relay World Champion from 1987[2] and 1989,[3][4] and has a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997. He also obtained bronze in the individual course at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships.[4]
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Born | Ås, Norway | 5 March 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 May 2021 Ås, Norway | (aged 59)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1990,[5][6] and placed third in the overall cup in 1988.[7] He represented the sports clubs Ås IL and NTHI.[5] He won the 1989 and 1990 Jukola relay.[8]
Tveite was also a regular contributor to the QGIS project, contributing to documentation[9] and developing various plugins.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Athlete profile: Håvard Tveite". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1987". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on December 22, 2007)
- ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 1989". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b Bryhn, Rolf (31 May 2021). "Håvard Tveite". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "World Cup 1990 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "World Cup 1988 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jukola Relay winners 1949-". Jukola.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Underdark (10 June 2021). "Håvard Tveite has passed away". QGIS.org Blog. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Plugins from havatv". QGIS Python Plugins Repository. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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