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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1999 (age 24–25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Per Fosser (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kasper Harlem Fosser (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represents Norwegian club IL Heming and Swedish club IFK Göteborg. [1]
His achievements include winning the overall Orienteering World Cup twice, in 2021 and 2022, and three individual gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships.
Fosser won a silver medal at the 2019 World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, and has won gold medals in both long distance, middle distance and relay in the Junior World Orienteering Championships. [2] [3]
He won a gold medal in long distance [4] at the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in Doksy, and silver medal in the sprint at the same championships, behind Isac von Krusenstierna. [5] [6] Fosser won the long distance, held near Heřmánky, in a time of 1:35:55, ahead of Matthias Kyburz and Magne Daehli. [7]
He won the overall 2021 Orienteering World Cup ahead of Matthias Kyburz, with 460 points, having three race victories. [8]
At the 2022 World Orienteering Championships he won the gold medal in the individual sprint, and a bronze in the mixed sprint relay. [9] [10]
He also won the overall 2022 Orienteering World Cup ahead of Martin Regborn, scoring 382 points, with two individual race victories. [11]
He won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, after a close fight with Matthias Kyburz. [12] In October 2023 he won a silver medal in sprint at the European Orienteering Championships in Verona. [13]
He placed second overall in the 2023 Orienteering World Cup, behind Kyburz. [14]
Competing at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh in July 2024, he qualified for the sprint final, where he placed 17th. [15] Two days later Fosser ran the third leg for Norway in the mixed sprint relay. The Norwegian team, which also included Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik and Andrine Benjaminsen, won bronze medals in the relay. [16] [17]
Fosser has also competed in skyrunning, winning the U23 category in the combined Youth Skyrunning World Championships in 2021. [18]
Fosser is a grandson of former international orienteer Per Fosser. [19]
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Long | Middle | Sprint | Relay | Sprint Relay |
Knock Out Sprint | |
| 2019 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 2022 | 23 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | — | — |
- ^ Sundström, Karl (2 January 2022). "Här är idrotten där IFK Göteborg vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Kasper Fosser". eventor.orienteering.org/. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Kasper Harlem Fosser". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Long". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint final". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Svenskt skrällguld i herrsprinten". svt.se (in Swedish). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Alexandersson and Fosser the fastest in the infinite labyrinth of sandstones – WOC2021".
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2021". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2022". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "VM-gull på langdistanse for Fosser". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "EM-sølv til Fosser - bommet på pallen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2023". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "World Ranking - Sprint. Final". IOF Eventor. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Hauge, Bjørn (14 July 2024). "VM-bronse til Norge i sprintstafetten". kondis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Wind in the sails for Spain and Norway at the Youth World Champs final". August 2021.
- ^ Sæther, Esten O. (14 August 2019). "VM i orientering 2019 Kasper Fosser: Han er en sensasjon". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- Kasper Fosser at World Athletics
- Kasper Fosser at the International Orienteering Federation
- Kasper Fosser at World of O
- Kasper Fosser at the International World Games Association
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male orienteers
- Norwegian foot orienteers
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
- World Games medalists in orienteering
- World Games gold medalists for Norway
- World Games silver medalists for Norway
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games
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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1999 (age 24–25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Per Fosser (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kasper Harlem Fosser (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represents Norwegian club IL Heming and Swedish club IFK Göteborg. [1]
His achievements include winning the overall Orienteering World Cup twice, in 2021 and 2022, and three individual gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships.
Fosser won a silver medal at the 2019 World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, and has won gold medals in both long distance, middle distance and relay in the Junior World Orienteering Championships. [2] [3]
He won a gold medal in long distance [4] at the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in Doksy, and silver medal in the sprint at the same championships, behind Isac von Krusenstierna. [5] [6] Fosser won the long distance, held near Heřmánky, in a time of 1:35:55, ahead of Matthias Kyburz and Magne Daehli. [7]
He won the overall 2021 Orienteering World Cup ahead of Matthias Kyburz, with 460 points, having three race victories. [8]
At the 2022 World Orienteering Championships he won the gold medal in the individual sprint, and a bronze in the mixed sprint relay. [9] [10]
He also won the overall 2022 Orienteering World Cup ahead of Martin Regborn, scoring 382 points, with two individual race victories. [11]
He won a gold medal in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, after a close fight with Matthias Kyburz. [12] In October 2023 he won a silver medal in sprint at the European Orienteering Championships in Verona. [13]
He placed second overall in the 2023 Orienteering World Cup, behind Kyburz. [14]
Competing at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh in July 2024, he qualified for the sprint final, where he placed 17th. [15] Two days later Fosser ran the third leg for Norway in the mixed sprint relay. The Norwegian team, which also included Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik and Andrine Benjaminsen, won bronze medals in the relay. [16] [17]
Fosser has also competed in skyrunning, winning the U23 category in the combined Youth Skyrunning World Championships in 2021. [18]
Fosser is a grandson of former international orienteer Per Fosser. [19]
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Long | Middle | Sprint | Relay | Sprint Relay |
Knock Out Sprint | |
| 2019 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 2022 | 23 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | — | — |
- ^ Sundström, Karl (2 January 2022). "Här är idrotten där IFK Göteborg vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Kasper Fosser". eventor.orienteering.org/. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Kasper Harlem Fosser". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Long". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint final". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Svenskt skrällguld i herrsprinten". svt.se (in Swedish). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Alexandersson and Fosser the fastest in the infinite labyrinth of sandstones – WOC2021".
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2021". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2022". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "VM-gull på langdistanse for Fosser". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "EM-sølv til Fosser - bommet på pallen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2023". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "World Ranking - Sprint. Final". IOF Eventor. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Hauge, Bjørn (14 July 2024). "VM-bronse til Norge i sprintstafetten". kondis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Wind in the sails for Spain and Norway at the Youth World Champs final". August 2021.
- ^ Sæther, Esten O. (14 August 2019). "VM i orientering 2019 Kasper Fosser: Han er en sensasjon". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- Kasper Fosser at World Athletics
- Kasper Fosser at the International Orienteering Federation
- Kasper Fosser at World of O
- Kasper Fosser at the International World Games Association
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male orienteers
- Norwegian foot orienteers
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
- World Games medalists in orienteering
- World Games gold medalists for Norway
- World Games silver medalists for Norway
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games