Håvard Tveite
Personal information
Born(1962-03-05)5 March 1962
Ås, Norway
Died30 May 2021(2021-05-30) (aged 59)
Ås, Norway
Medal record
Men's orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 GérardmerRelay
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Skövde Individual
Gold medal – first place 1989 Skövde Relay
Silver medal – second place 1991 Mariánské Lázně Relay
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Grimstad Relay

Håvard Tveite (5 March 1962 – 30 May 2021) was a Norwegian orienteering competitor.[1] He was Relay World Champion from 1987[2] and 1989,[3][4] and has a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997. He also obtained bronze in the individual course at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships.[4]

He was winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1990,[5][6] and placed third in the overall cup in 1988.[7] He represented the sports clubs Ås IL and NTHI.[5]

Tveite was also a regular contributor to the QGIS project, contributing to documentation[8] and developing various plugins.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete profile: Håvard Tveite". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "World Orienteering Championships 1987". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ↑ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on December 22, 2007)
  4. 1 2 "World Orienteering Championships 1989". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 Bryhn, Rolf (31 May 2021). "Håvard Tveite". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "World Cup 1990 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "World Cup 1988 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Underdark (10 June 2021). "Håvard Tveite has passed away". QGIS.org Blog. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Plugins from havatv". QGIS Python Plugins Repository. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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