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1972 World Orienteering Championships
The 4th World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ... were held in Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia, 14–16 September 1972. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Results Women's individual References {{World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships 1972 in Czechoslovak sport International sports competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia September 1972 sports events in Europe Orienteering in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staré Splavy
Staré Splavy (German ''Thammühl am See'') is a town and a former spa resort, a part of the Doksy municipality in the Česká Lípa district, Liberec region, North Bohemia. It is a recreation center on the northwest shore of Máchovo jezero. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was one of the most famous holiday destinations in all of Austro-Hungary. Even during the First Czechoslovak Republic, Staré Splavy was a popular recreational place, especially for well-off Jewish clientele from Prague, Liberec and even places as distant as Berlin or Vienna. At the beginning of the 20th century, many built their summer homes here, mostly in the style of art nouveau or functionalism (for example the Kohn brothers from Prague or Miloš Forman's parents). The place was then often dubbed ''„das Böhmischer Lido''“ (''„The Bohemian Lido“'' in German). Because the post-war communist regime made the entire area one of the centres of socialist-style recreation in all of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl John (orienteer)
Karl John is a Swiss orienteering competitor. He received an ''individual'' silver medal at the 1970 World Orienteering Championships, and a silver medal in ''relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ...'' in 1972.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on June 14, 2008) References Year of birth missing (living people)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirjo Seppä
Pirjo Seppä (born February 8, 1946, in Virolahti) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World Champion. She participated on the Finnish winning team in the 1972 World Orienteering Championships, and also won a silver medal in the individual contest. Seppä was member of the team that won bronze medals in the relay in the 1968 World Orienteering Championships. She competed in the 1970 World Orienteering Championships, where she placed fourth in the individual contest. See also * Finnish orienteers * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport. Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships * World Orienteering Championships * Junior World Orienteering Championships * ... References 1946 births Living people People from Virolahti Finnish female orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarolta Monspart
Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the World Orienteering Championships.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 She is considered to be the most successful orienteer in Hungary. During her active years she won 14 national orienteering championships and six cross-country skiing championships. She was the first European woman to finish the marathon distance within 3 hours. Her sport career was stopped because of a serious [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Hanzlová
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Vlachová
Renata Vlachová (born 11 December 1944) is an orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia. At the 1972 World Orienteering Championships in Jičín Jičín (; german: Jitschin or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Th ... she placed 11th in the individual competition, and won a bronze medal in the ''relay'', together with Naďa Mertová and Anna Handzlová. At the 1974 World Orienteering Championships in Viborg she placed fifth in the individual race, and won a bronze medal in the relay, together with Dana Procházková and Anna Handzlová. References 1944 births Living people Czech female orienteers Czechoslovak orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Czechoslovakia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naďa Mertová
Naďa Mertová is an orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia. At the 1972 World Orienteering Championships in Jičín she placed 10th in the individual competition, and won a bronze medal in the ''relay'' with the Czechoslovak team together with Renata Vlachová and Anna Hanzlová Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 122 .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Czechoslovak orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Czechoslovakia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 (Retrieved on November 19, 2007) and finished second 1970. She became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Swedish team (together with Birgitta Larsson and |
Birgitta Johansson
Birgitta Johansson (born 4 July 1943) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won a silver medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships in Jičín, together with Ulla Lindkvist and Birgitta Larsson Birgitta Larsson (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish orienteering competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is ..., and finished eighth in the ''individual event''. References 1943 births Living people Swedish female orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liisa Veijalainen
Liisa Peltola (née Liukkonen, formerly Veijalainen; born 4 April 1951) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on November 19, 2007) and took 1978 and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the winning team 1972, 1978 and 1979 (silver 1976 and 1981).
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Sinikka Kukkonen
Sinikka Kukkonen (1 August 1947 – 25 July 2016) was a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first World Champion in ski orienteering, in 1975. Orienteering career At the World Orienteering Championships in 1970 Kukkonen placed 32nd in the individual event, and participated on the Finnish relay team that placed fourth. She was a member of the Finnish winning team at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships, together with team mates Pirjo Seppä and Liisa Veijalainen, and placed 25th in the individual contest.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on January 18, 2008) At the 1974 |
András Hegedűs (orienteer)
András Hegedűs (12 July 1950 – 20 February 2022) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ... in Jičín, together with Zoltán Boros, János Sőtér and Géza Vajda. References 1950 births 2022 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
