Rolf Vestre

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Rolf Vestre
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Skaraborg Relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Marianske Lazne Relay

Rolf Erlend Vestre (born 1964) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. [1] He won a gold medal in the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skaraborg with the Norwegian Relay team. [2] He received a silver medal in the 1991 World Orienteering Championships in Marianske Lazne.

He represented IL Tyrving.

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References

  1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 22 January 2008)
  2. "World Orienteering Championships 1989". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 16 July 2017.