Håvard Tveite

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[edit]

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

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