Øyvin Thon

Øyvin Thon, born on 25 March 1958, is a Norwegian orienteering competitor with seven gold medals from the World Orienteering Championships. He won the individual gold medals in 1979 and 1981 and finished second in 1983, and he was also a five-time relay world champion as a member of the winning Norwegian teams of 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989. He won the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1988 and was runner-up in 1986. Nationally he was several times Norwegian champion, winning the relay with the club IF Sturla seven years in a row from 1979 to 1985, and he won the Jukola relay in 1988. He is married to Brit Volden, also a world orienteering champion, and in 2005 the two climbed Cho Oyu.