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Kasper Fosser
Kasper Harlem Fosser at WOC 2021
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born1999 (age 26–27)
RelativesPer Fosser (grandfather)
AwardsEgebergs Ærespris (2025)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's orienteering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DoksyLong
Gold medal – first place2022 Triangle RegionSprint
Gold medal – first place2023 GrisonsLong
Gold medal – first place2025 KuopioLong
Gold medal – first place2025 KuopioRelay
Gold medal – first place2026 GenovaSprint
Silver medal – second place2019 ØstfoldLong
Silver medal – second place2021 DoksySprint
Silver medal – second place2021 DoksyMixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place2021 DoksyRelay
Silver medal – second place2025 KuopioMiddle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Triangle RegionMixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place2024 EdinburghMixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place2026 GenovaMixed sprint relay
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2021WC Overall
Gold medal – first place2022WC Overall
Silver medal – second place2023WC Overall
Gold medal – first place2024WC Overall
Silver medal – second place2025WC Overall
World Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamIndividual
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamMixed sprint relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 RakvereRelay
Gold medal – first place2024 MórLong
Gold medal – first place2024 MórRelay
Gold medal – first place2025 HasseltMixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place2023 VeronaSprint
Silver medal – second place2024 MórMiddle
Silver medal – second place2025 HasseltSprint
Bronze medal – third place2021 NeuchâtelSprint
Bronze medal – third place2021 NeuchâtelKnock-out sprint
Bronze medal – third place2021 NeuchâtelMixed sprint relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 TampereRelay
Gold medal – first place2018 KecskemétLong
Gold medal – first place2018 KecskemétRelay
Gold medal – first place2019 SilkeborgLong
Gold medal – first place2019 SilkeborgMiddle
Gold medal – first place2019 SilkeborgRelay
Bronze medal – third place2018 KecskemétSprint

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 three times, in 2021, 2022 and 2024, and four individual gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships.

He was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 2025.

Orienteering career

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2019

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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]

2021

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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]

2022

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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]

2023

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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]

2024

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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]

He won a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2024 European Orienteering Championships in Hungary, behind Eirik Langedal Breivik.[18][19] The next day he won a gold medal in the long distance at the championships, ahead of Daniel Hubmann.[20][21][22] Fosser was running the last leg in the relay at the 2024 European Championships, winning gold medal for Norway along with Eirik Langedal Breivik and Eskil Kinneberg.[23][24]

2025

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In 2025, Fosser won the silver medal in the middle distance at the 2025 World Orienteering Championships, behind Eirik Langedal Breivik.[25] He went on to win the gold medal in the long distance the following day.[26] He won a gold medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, along with Jørgen Baklid and Eirik Langedal Breivik, ahead of Switzerland (silver) and Finland (bronze).[27]

At the European Orienteering Championships in Belgium in August 2025, Fosser won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, along with Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik, and Andrine Benjaminsen.[28] He later won a silver medal in sprint at the same championships.[29]

In September 2025 he won a national title in the middle distance, which also earned hin the Kongepokal trophy.[30][31]

2026

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In July 2026, Fosser won the gold medal in individual sprint at the 2026 World Orienteering Championships.[32] He also won a bronze medal in the mixed sprint relay, along with Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad, Eirik Langedal Breivik, and Pia Young Vik.[33]

Skyrunning

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Fosser has also competed in skyrunning, winning the U23 category in the combined Youth Skyrunning World Championships in 2021.[34]

Personal life

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Fosser is a grandson of former international orienteer Per Fosser.[35]

Awards and recognition

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In 2025 Fosser was awarded Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") for excelling in both orientering and cross country running.[36]

Results

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World Championship results

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Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay		 Knock Out
Sprint
2019202—N/a—N/aN/a
20212215222N/a
202223N/aN/a1N/a3—
20232417N/a4N/aN/a
202425N/aN/a17N/a3sf
20252612N/a1N/aN/a

References

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  1. ↑ Sundström, Karl (2 January 2022). "Här är idrotten där IFK Göteborg vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kasper Fosser". eventor.orienteering.org/. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kasper Harlem Fosser". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Long". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint final". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Svenskt skrällguld i herrsprinten". svt.se (in Swedish). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alexandersson and Fosser the fastest in the infinite labyrinth of sandstones – WOC2021".
  8. ↑ "Orienteering World Cup 2021". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2022 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Orienteering World Cup 2022". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "VM-gull på langdistanse for Fosser". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "EM-sølv til Fosser - bommet på pallen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Orienteering World Cup 2023". ranking.orienteering.org. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "World Ranking - Sprint. Final". IOF Eventor. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  16. ↑ Hauge, Bjørn (14 July 2024). "VM-bronse til Norge i sprintstafetten". kondis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Norsk dobbeltseier i Orienterings-EM". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2024 - Middle". eventor.orienteering.org. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  20. ↑ Strøm, Ole Kristian (18 August 2024). "Fosset inn til EM-gull med nesten fire minutters margin". vg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "Kasper Fosser med EM-gull i orientering – suveren på langdistansen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2024 - Long". eventor.orienteering.org. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  23. ↑ "Nytt norsk gull i orienterings-EM". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  24. ↑ "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2024 - Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  25. ↑ "Live Results- World Championships". online-live.tulospalvelu.fi. International Orienteering Federation.
  26. ↑ "Live Results-Long Distance 2025". online-live.tulospalvelu.fi. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  27. ↑ "Prisvinnere løp Norge inn til suverent gull – brøt «stafettforbannelse»". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  28. ↑ Kobach, Jan (27 August 2025). "EOC 2025 Sprint Relay: Maps, Results and Analysis". worldofo.com. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  29. ↑ Kobach, Jan (31 August 2025). "EOC 2025 Sprint: Maps, Results and Analysis". worldofo.com. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  30. ↑ "Kongepokalen i orientering til Pia Young Vik". Nordre Aker Budstikke. NTB. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  31. ↑ "Fosser og Vik fekk kongepokalen i orientering". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 6 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  32. ↑ "Orienteringsfantomet Fosser med nytt VM-gull". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 7 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  33. ↑ Kocbach, Jan (12 July 2026). "WOC 2026 Sprint Relay: Maps and Results". worldofo.com. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  34. ↑ "Wind in the sails for Spain and Norway at the Youth World Champs final". August 2021.
  35. ↑ Sæther, Esten O. (14 August 2019). "VM i orientering 2019 Kasper Fosser: Han er en sensasjon". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  36. ↑ Bryhn, Rolf. "Egebergs ærespris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
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