Brit Volden

Volden won a gold medal in the relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships,^[1][2] along with Ragnhild Bratberg, Ragnhild Bente Andersen and Ellen Sofie Olsvik.^[3] She also won a silver medal for Norway in the relay in 1979,^[1] behind the Finnish relay team.^[4] She won individual silver medals at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships,^[1] behind Annichen Kringstad,^[5] and in 1985.^[1][6]

She won the overall World Cup in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988.^[1]

She won five individual national titles and four national relay titles, and became Nordic champion in 1984 and 1986.^[1] She was awarded the Kongepokal (King's Cup) trophy at the national championships twice, in 1983 and 1985.^[7] The King's Cup is awarded to the one female and one male athlete who obtains the assumed best result (among the various disciplines) during a senior national championship.^[8]

She represented the sports clubs Bækkelagets SK and Kongsberg IF.^[1]

Born on 4 April 1960,^[1] Volden is married to orienteer Øyvin Thon. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu (8201 meters).^[9] In 2011 she climbed Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), along with her husband Øyvin and Stian Voldmo, and these were the first three Norwegians to climb this mountain.^[10]

After her sports career, Volden has worked as a pharmacist in Kongsberg. She has three children with her husband Øyvind Thon.^[10]