Eystein Weltzien
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| Born | 14 December 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Egebergs Ærespris (1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Eystein Weltzien (born 14 December 1949) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor.
He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,[1][2] as well as having bronze medal from 1974.[3] He also obtained bronze in the 1974 Individual World Championships.[3] He won the long distance Norwegian Championships in 1972, 1974 and 1975. He also had a position as trainer for the Norwegian national orienteering team in the 1980s. Weltzien was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1975, for excel in both orienteering and cross-country skiing.
As a skier he represented IL i BUL.[4]
His children Audun and Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien compete in orienteering on an international level.
He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[5]
