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Vidar Benjaminsen

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Vidar Benjaminsen is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion, born on 18 August 1962. From 1986 to 1996 he received four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, and he won the overall Ski Orienteering World Cup in 1989 and 1993. After retiring from the elite level he has been an active organizer of events and a promoter of the sports of orienteering and ski-orienteering, and in 2004 Oslo's regional sports administration awarded him a prize for his voluntary efforts. His club is the Lillomarka Orienteering Team, of which he has been an active member since its formation in 1985. He is married to Anne Benjaminsen and they are the parents of Andrine and Juni Marie Benjaminsen.

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1962 1
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Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
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    Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
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    He has received four gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, from 1986 to 1996.
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    Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
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    Vidar Benjaminsen (born 18 August 1962) is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
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