Eystein Weltzien

Eystein Weltzien is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, born on 14 December 1949. He is the 1978 Relay World Champion as a member of the winning Norwegian team and also holds a relay bronze medal from 1974, as well as a bronze in the 1974 individual World Championships. He won the long distance at the Norwegian Championships in 1972, 1974 and 1975, and in the 1980s he worked as trainer for the Norwegian national orienteering team. In 1975 he was awarded Egebergs Aerespris for excelling in both orienteering and cross-country skiing, and as a skier he represented IL i BUL. He was educated at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, and his children Audun and Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien also compete in orienteering at international level.