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Born | 17 May 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lisa Risby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Orienteering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eskil Kinneberg (born 17 May 1992) is a Norwegian orienteer. [1]
At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, he 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]
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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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