1979 World Orienteering Championships
The 1979 World Orienteering Championships, the 8th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 2–4 September 1979. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Results Men's individual Women's individual References {{World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships International sports competitions hosted by Finland 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 20 ... Orienteering in Finland Sports competitions in Tampere ...
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Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ...
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Risto Nuuros
Risto Nuuros (born 26 December 1950) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, individual silver medalist at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg. He received silver medals in the ''relay event'' in 1974 and 1979, and a bronze medal in 1978. 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 1950 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ...
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Dieter Hulliger
Dieter Hulliger (born 1946) is a Swiss orienteering competitor. He received an ''individual'' bronze medal at the 1970 World Orienteering Championships The 3rd World Orienteering Championships were held in Eisenach/Friedrichroda, East Germany, in September 1970. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course ha ..., and a silver medal in ''relay'' in 1972.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on June 14, 2008)

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Karin Rabe
Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on December 2, 2007) as well as having silver medals from 1978 and 1987, and a bronze medal from 1979. She obtained silver in the Individual

Anna-Lena Axelsson
Anna-Lena Axelsson (born 1956) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, together with Karin Rabe Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,

Brit Volden
Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay World Championship,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 9, 2007) as well as a silver medal in 1979. She also obtained silver medals in the Individual World Championships in 1981 and 1985. She won the overall in 1983 (unofficial cup), and finished second in 1984 and 1988. Volden is married to orienteer

Astrid Carlsson
Astrid Carlson (1954 – 10 February 2011) was a Norwegian orienteering competitor who competed in the 1970s. She participated at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg, where she placed 8th in the individual course. She won a silver medal in the relay at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, together with Anne Berit Eid and Brit Volden. National championships Carlson became Norwegian champion (relay event) in 1975, 1977 and 1978 with her club Røyken og Spikkestad, and won an individual bronze medal in 1975. Personal life Carlson resided in Buskerud and was a teacher by profession. She was awarded the Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Priz ... in 1995 for the textbook ''Humanbiologi''. She died in February 2011. References ...
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Anne Berit Eid
Anne Berit Eid (born 13 June 1957) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include winning an individual world championship gold medal in 1978, and a silver medal in the relay in 1979. Biography Born on 13 June 1957, Eid represented the Oslo club Romerikslagets IL. She won the 1978 Individual World Orienteering Championships ahead of Liisa Veijalainen and Wenche Jacobsen.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 24, 2007) She also won a silver medal in the relay at the

Leena Salmenkylä
Leena Salmenkylä (born 13 March 1958) is a Finland, Finnish orienteering Competition, competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''Relay race, relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Silvennoinen and Liisa Veijalainen on the Finland, Finnish Relay race, relay team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on July 1, 2008)

See also

* :Finnish orienteers, Finnish orienteers * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events

References

1958 births Living people Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ...
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Leena Silvennoinen
Leena Silvennoinen (born March 7, 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Salmenkylä and Liisa Veijalainen on the Finnish relay team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on July 1, 2008)

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Jaroslav Kacmarcik
Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the name referred to ''Jarilo'' - male Proto-Slavic deity of the sun, spring, and fertility, and ''slav'' meaning glory, i.e. "glory of the sun". However, with the adoption of Christianity in the Slavic countries the name began to be commonly understood not as a reference to a pagan deity, but rather to the "fervent worship of Go1of the Bible. ;People named Jaroslav: *Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis player *Jaroslav Drobný (footballer), Czech footballer *Jaroslav Foglar, Czech novelist *Jaroslav Halák, Slovak ice hockey player *Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author, writer of ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' *Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and inventor, recipient of the Nobel prize *Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech jazz saxophonist *Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race ...
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Jiri Tichanek
Jiri ( ne, जिरी) is a municipality in Dolakha District in the Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 13,638 people.. Jiri, which lies about 190 kilometers from Kathmandu, is the main gateway to the Everest Region. Almost all the Everest expeditions, including the one led by famous climber John Hunt, Edmund Hillary had passed through Jiri. A company of the Nepal Army is stationed in town and visitors' equipment and backpacks might be searched. There are a number of lodges available along either side of the main road mainly in Jiri Bazaar. There are two government high schools namely Jiri Higher Secondary School at Hatanda and Dhungeshwori Secondary School at Jiri Bazaar. One private boarding school called JEM Academy, two community schools namely Martyrs Memorial School and Saraswoti Community School. There is a technical school called Jiri Technical School which provides with technical education regarding agricul ...
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