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Silje Ekroll Jahren

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Silje Ekroll Jahren
Silje Ekroll Jahren at JWOC 2007
Personal information
Born10 May 1988 (1988-05-10) (age 36)
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lausanne Relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Dubbo Relay
Silver medal – second place 2006 Göteborg Sprint

Silje Ekroll Jahren (born 10 May 1988) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.

Sports career

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Jahren won a gold medal in the relay at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia, together with Kine Hallan Steiwer and Siri Ulvestad, in a close race with the Swedish team.[1][2]

She received a silver medal in sprint at the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, finishing less than two seconds behind winner Emma Klingenberg.[3]

She competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition she qualified for the final, where she placed 10th.[4]

Her mother club is Raumar (Ullensaker), but she now represents Sävedalen AIK.

She has also competed in cross-country skiing, for Ullensaker SK.

In the last world cup of 2019, held in China at the end of October, she ranked 68.

References

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  1. ^ Junior World Orienteering Championships Archived 17 August 2007 at the Wayback MachineInternational Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 2 July 2008)
  2. ^ World of O Runners - Silje Ekroll Jahren (Retrieved on 2 July 2008)
  3. ^ Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen! Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback MachineJWOC 2008 (Retrieved on 2 July 2008)
  4. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland. Sprint Final Women – Final results" (PDF). woc2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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