Olav Bjortomt

Olav Bjortomt

Bjortomt at the 2011 European Quizzing Championships in Bruges
Medal record
Quizzing
Representing England
Quiz Olympiad
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens Individual Quiz
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens Nations Team Quiz
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens Literature Quiz
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens Film Quiz
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens National Specialist Quiz
Silver medal – second place 2016 Athens Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2016 Athens Pentathlon Specialist Quiz
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Athens Visual Arts Quiz
IQA World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Singles
IQA European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Paris National Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Paris Club
Gold medal – first place 2007 Blackpool Club
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Oslo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Oslo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2008 Oslo National Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Oslo Club
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dordrecht Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dordrecht Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dordrecht National Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dordrecht Club
Gold medal – first place 2010 Derby Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Derby Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2010 Derby National Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Derby Club
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bruges Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bruges Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bruges Club
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tartu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Tartu National Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Liverpool National Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Liverpool Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bucharest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bucharest Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bucharest National Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bucharest Club
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rotterdam Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Rotterdam Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rotterdam National Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rotterdam Club
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens Singles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Athens Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2016 Athens National Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Athens Club
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2017 Zagreb National Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Venice National Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sofia National Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia Club
IQA British Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Derby Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Derby Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Staveley Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lichfield Pairs

Stein Olav Bjortomt (pronounced Bortom) (born 13 December 1978 in Eastbourne) is an English international quiz player, four-time world champion (2003, 2015, 2018, 2019) and three-time individual European champion (2010, 2014, 2015). He is the star player of the world's most successful quizzing clubs, Broken Hearts, with which he has won several European championships.

He is of Norwegian and Filipino descent and writes questions for University Challenge and The Chase.[1][2]

In contrast to the other two full-time professionals of Team England Pat Gibson and Kevin Ashman he has not done as well both in domestic competitions, with only a second place in the individual British championships 2007 to his credit (though he has won the pairs competition) and as a TV candidate, a second place in the Fifteen to One series of 2002 being his best result.

  1. ^ "Could you face University Challenge?". Staffordshire University Students' Union. 28 September 2010.
  2. ^ "The Chase question writers deliberately try and make me laugh now, says Bradley Walsh". Radio Times. 13 September 2015.