Elise Egseth is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 competitor

Competition

Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

 and junior world champion.

Junior career

She won a gold medal in the relay at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships

Junior World Orienteering Championships

The Junior World Orienteering Championships are an orienteering competition held every year. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition...

 in Tenero, together with Mari Fasting

Mari Fasting

Mari Fasting is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is two times Junior World Orienteering Champion. She represents the club NTNUI of Trondheim.-Junior career:...

 and Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen

Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen

Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross country skier. She was a junior World Champion in both sports. At senior level she has won a gold medal in relay at the World Orienteering Championships.-Orienteering:Bjerkreim Nilsen won a gold medal in the relay at the...

. She also received a silver medal in the long course in 2005, and a bronze medal in the relay in 2004.

Senior career

Egseth participated in the Orienteering World Cup

Orienteering World Cup

The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The first official World Cup was held in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004...

 in 2007, finishing 38th overall.
At the European Orienteering Championships

European Orienteering Championships

The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.The current championship events are:* Relay - for three-person teams* Long distance* Middle distance* Sprint-Host towns/cities:...

 in Ventspils

Ventspils

Ventspils is a city in northwestern Latvia in the Courland historical region of Latvia, the sixth largest city in the country. As of 2006, Ventspils had a population of 43,806. Ventspils is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port...

2008 she finished 15th in the sprint distance.