Ola Skarholt

Ola Skarholt was a Norwegian orienteering competitor, born on 30 November 1939 and died on 18 June 2017 in Asker at the age of 77. He became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the winning Norwegian team with Stig Berge, Per Fosser and Aage Hadler, and placed fourth in the individual contest the same year. He also won bronze medals in the relay at the 1966 and 1968 World Orienteering Championships. He represented the clubs SK Freidig and IL i BUL and won an individual gold medal at the Norwegian Orienteering Championships in 1965. He was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology and worked as an engineer in the electric power industry, finishing his career as managing director of Lier Electricity Works for fourteen years.