Olav Bjortomt

Olav Bjortomt

Bjortomt at the 2011 European Quizzing Championships in Bruges
Medal record
Quizzing
Representing England
Quiz Olympiad
2016 Athens Individual Quiz
2016 Athens Nations Team Quiz
2016 Athens Literature Quiz
2016 Athens Film Quiz
2016 Athens National Specialist Quiz
2016 Athens Pairs
2016 Athens Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
2016 Athens Visual Arts Quiz
IQA World Championships
2003 Singles
2015 Singles
2018 Singles
2019 Singles
IQA European Championships
2006 Paris National Team
2006 Paris Club
2007 Blackpool Club
2008 Oslo Singles
2008 Oslo Pairs
2008 Oslo National Team
2008 Oslo Club
2009 Dordrecht Singles
2009 Dordrecht Pairs
2009 Dordrecht National Team
2009 Dordrecht Club
2010 Derby Singles
2010 Derby Pairs
2010 Derby National Team
2010 Derby Club
2011 Bruges Singles
2011 Bruges Pairs
2011 Bruges Club
2012 Tartu Singles
2012 Tartu National Team
2013 Liverpool National Team
2013 Liverpool Pairs
2014 Bucharest Singles
2014 Bucharest Pairs
2014 Bucharest National Team
2014 Bucharest Club
2015 Rotterdam Singles
2015 Rotterdam Pairs
2015 Rotterdam National Team
2015 Rotterdam Club
2016 Athens Singles
2016 Athens Pairs
2016 Athens National Team
2016 Athens Club
2017 Zagreb Singles
2017 Zagreb Pairs
2017 Zagreb National Team
2018 Venice National Team
2019 Sofia Pairs
2019 Sofia National Team
2019 Sofia Club
IQA British Championships
2007 Derby Singles
2007 Derby Pairs
2008 Staveley Pairs
2012 Lichfield Pairs

Stein Olav Bjortomt (pronounced Bortom) (born 13 December 1978 in Eastbourne) is a British international quiz player, four-time world champion (2003, 2015, 2018, 2019) and three-time individual European champion (2010, 2014, 2015). He is a player in one of the world's most successful quizzing teams, Broken Hearts, with which he has won several European championships.

He is of Norwegian and Filipino descent and writes questions for University Challenge and The Chase.

In contrast to the other two full-time professionals of Team England Pat Gibson and Kevin Ashman he has not done as well both in domestic competitions, with only a second place in the individual British championships 2007 to his credit (though he has won the pairs competition) and as a TV candidate, a second place in the Fifteen to One series of 2002 being his best result.