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| Spouse | Lisa Risby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eskil Kinneberg (born 17 May 1992) is a Norwegian orienteer. [1] In addition to winning individual gold medal at the Orienteering World Championships and individual silver medal at the European championships, he has won eight medals with Norwegian teams in the relays at the world and European championships, including several victories.
At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, Kinneberg placed fifth in the long distance, eighth in the middle distance, [2] and won a gold medal in the relay (with Olav Lundanes and Magne Dæhli). [3]
He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, ahead of Daniel Hubmann and Florian Howald. [4] This was Kinneberg's first individual world championships medal. [5] [6] He was also part of the Norwegian gold-winning relay team at the 2018 World Championships, running the second leg, with Gaute Hallan Steiwer running the first leg, and Magne Dæhli the third. [7] [8] [9] He won a gold medal in the relay at the 2018 European Championships, along with Magne Dæhli and Olav Lundanes. [10]
At the 2021 World Orienteering Championships Kinneberg was part of the Norwegian relay team tha won silver medal, along with Gaute Steiwer and Kasper Fosser. [11] He took part in the mixed sprint relay at the 2021 European championships in Neuchâtel, where the Norwegian team (Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Kinneberg, Kasper Fosser and Andrine Benjaminsen) won a bronze medal. [12]
He won a silver medal in the long distance at the 2022 European Orienteering Championships, behind Martin Regborn. [13] He was also part of the Norwegian relay team that won gold medals at the 2022 European championships. [10]
He placed seventh in the middle distance at the 2024 European Orienteering Championships in Hungary. [14] Kinneberg was running the first leg in the relay at the 2024 European Championships, winning gold medal for Norway along with Eirik Langedal Breivik and Kasper Fosser. [15] [16]
With his club IFK Göteborg, Kinneberg won the 2017 Jukola relay. [17]
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| Age | Long | Middle | Sprint | Relay | Sprint Relay | |
| 2016 | 24 | — | 18 | 11 | — | 5 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5 | 8 | — | 1 | — |
| 2018 | 26 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
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