Øystein Kristiansen

Øystein Kristiansen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, born on 29 April 1975, who became a world champion in the relay. He won a gold medal with the Norwegian relay team at the World Orienteering Championships in both 2004 and 2005, and earlier took an individual bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships. He also won the Jukola relay in 2000 and in 2003. Orienteering is the sport of finding control points in unfamiliar terrain with a map and compass, and the relay is its team format in which each runner covers one leg of the course.