Kasper Fosser

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Kasper Fosser
File:Kasper Harlem Fosser at WOC 2021.jpg
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 place 2021 Doksy Long
Gold medal – first place 2022 Triangle Region Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grisons Long
Gold medal – first place 2025 Kuopio Long
Gold medal – first place 2025 Kuopio Relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Østfold Long
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Mixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Relay
Silver medal – second place 2025 Kuopio Middle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Triangle Region Mixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Edinburgh Mixed sprint relay
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2022 WC Overall
Silver medal – second place 2023 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2024 WC Overall
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed sprint relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rakvere Relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Mór Long
Gold medal – first place 2024 Mór Relay
Gold medal – first place 2025 Hasselt Mixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Verona Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Mór Middle
Silver medal – second place 2025 Hasselt Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Neuchâtel Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Neuchâtel Knock-out sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Neuchâtel Mixed sprint relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere Relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kecskemét Long
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kecskemét Relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Silkeborg Long
Gold medal – first place 2019 Silkeborg Middle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Silkeborg Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kecskemét Sprint

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]

Skyrunning

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Fosser has also competed in skyrunning, winning the U23 category in the combined Youth Skyrunning World Championships in 2021.[32]

Personal life

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Fosser is a grandson of former international orienteer Per Fosser.[33]

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.[34]

Results

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World Championship results

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Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay 		Knock Out
Sprint
2019 20 2 — — — — —
2021 22 1 5 2 2 2 —
2022 23 — — 1 — 3 —
2023 24 1 7 — 4 — —
2024 25 — — 17 — 3 sf
2025 26 1 2 — 1 — —

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