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Hausken finished second in sprint at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, behind Simone Niggli-Luder. She finished third in the Overall World Cup 2005, and first in 2008.
Hausken finished second in sprint at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, behind Simone Niggli-Luder. She finished third in the Overall World Cup 2005, and first in 2008.
She took the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup. This was Hausken"s first gold medal at the world championships. In the sprint distance (25 km) she defeated Heli Jukkola by a margin of only 3 seconds.
In the long distance (11 km) she finished first with Tatiana Ryabkina on second and Emma Engstrand third place.
She has a bronze medal in sprint from the 2002 championships in Sümeg. With the two victories from Ventspils, Hausken got a flying start in the World Cup in 2008.
In the next event, the middle distance at the O-festifal in Siggerud, she again finished first. The next day"s long distance was a pursuit race where she was passed by Minna Kauppi but finished second, only a few seconds behind Kauppi.
With 417 points and victories in three of the first five races she was ranked first in the WC 2008.
Further five wins secured her the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup, with a total of 917 points. Behind her came Minna Kauppi, second with 747 points, and Helena Jansson, overall third with 430 points. Hausken, grown up in Karmøy, has represented her "home" club Torvastad Illinois, and later Bækkelagets Saskatchewan. After suffering from overtraining, she abandoned training for two year (1999 and 2000), but returned to the sport in 2001.
She currently competes for Halden Saskatchewan.
In 2011 Hausken defended her doctorate thesis, Epidemiology of anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the general population in Norway.