Mari Fasting

Mari Fasting (born 1 March 1985)[1] is a Norwegian orienteering competitor[2] and ski mountaineer. She is a two-time Junior World Orienteering Champion. She represents the club NTNUI of Trondheim, and is related to the ski mountaineer Ola Berger.[3]

Mari Fasting
Mari Fasting (Siggerud 2008)
Personal information
Born (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 (age 39)
Sport
Sport
Club
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Vuokatti Relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Inverness Long
Silver medal – second place 2015 Inverness Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Lausanne Relay
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kaohsiung Mixed relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tenero Long distance
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tenero Relay

Junior career

Mari Fasting competed at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, where she received a gold medal in the long distance and a gold medal in the relay event.[4]

Senior career

Fasting participated at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus, where she finished 6th in the middle distance. She was injured for a large part of the 2007 season, and missed the world championship. At the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils she finished 4th in the relay event with the Norwegian national team.

She competed at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships, and won a gold medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, together with Heidi Bagstevold and Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg.[5][6]

Ski mountaineering

References