Petter Thoresen (orienteer)
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| Born | 10 March 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Ingrid Hadler (aunt) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Halden SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petter Thoresen (born 10 March 1966) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997. He also has a bronze medal on the Classic distance from 1993.
Thoresen is two times Relay World Champion, from 1989 and 1999, as well as having a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997.
He represented Bækkelagets SK and Halden SK. He won the Jukola relay 5 times between 1988 and 2003, first with Bækkelaget in 1988, and then with Halden SK in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2003.