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2008 World Orienteering Championships
The 2008 World Orienteering Championships, the 25th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on t ... in the Czech Republic, 10 –20 July 2008. The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists References {{World Orienteering Championships World Orienteering Championships 2008 in Czech sport International sports competitions hosted by the Czech Republic July 2008 sports events in Europe Orienteering in the Czech Republic Sport in Olomouc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 102,000 inhabitants and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on the Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical co-capital city of Moravia, before having been occupied by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. Today, it is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and the sixth largest city in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument reservation. The Holy Trinity Column was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its quintessential Baroque style and symbolic value. Administrative division Olomouc is made up of 26 administrative parts: *Olomouc *Bělidla *Černovír *Chomoutov *Chválkovice *Droždín *Hejčín *Hodolany *Holice *Klášterní Hradisko *Lazce *Lošov *Nedvězí *Nemilany *Neředín *Nová Ulice *Nové Sady *Nový Sv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minna Kauppi
Minna Kauppi (born 25 November 1982) is a Finnish orienteer, who was born in Asikkala and lives in Lahti. Kauppi is a nine-time World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ..., including five golds from relays. Kauppi anchored her Finnish club Asikkalan Raikas to a victory in the 2007 Venla relay. See also * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events References External links * 1982 births Living people Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games World Games medalists in orienteering People from Asikkala Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme Junior World Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Khramov
Andrey Mikhailovich Khramov (russian: Андрей Михайлович Храмов; born 17 January 1981 in Baskhortostan)Profile: Andrey Khramov Retrieved on June 04, 2008) is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 , Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitriy Tsvetkov
Dmitriy Alexandrovich Tsvetkov (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Цветков; born September 10, 1983) is a Russian orienteering competitor and past European champion. He received a gold medal in the ''long distance'' at the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils,EOC - Long Final – IOF, LOF. – 28.05.08 (Retrieved on June 4, 2008) and also a gold medal in the relay event, together with and . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Stevenson (orienteer)
Jamie Stevenson (born 25 March 1975) is a British orienteering champion. In 2003 he won the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships. He was the first and, to-date, the only British male orienteering world champion ( Yvette Baker won the short distance race at the 1999 world championships). Stevenson won a second individual world championship medal in Denmark in 2006, with a third place in the middle distance category. He also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain: Bronze in 2003 and Gold in 2008. Background Stevenson was born on 25 March 1975 in Scotland.British team: Jamie Stevenson – ''British Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 11 July 2008) He was educated at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Duncan
Jon Duncan (born 6 October 1975) – World of O Runners (Retrieved 11 August 2008) is a orienteering and world champion. He received a gold medal in the '' event'' at the 2008 Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Gristwood
Graham Gristwood (born 1984) is a British orienteering competitor and world champion. Graham is a member of the Great Britain Orienteering Squad and also runs for IFK Lidingö SOK. In 2004 Graham first made the senior World Champs team. His first notable successes came in 2006 where he won both the Sprint and the Overall title at the Jan Kjellstrom orienteering festival. He has since won another title in both the Sprint and the Overall. He received a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc, together with Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson. Graham started orienteering before he could even walk, when his father would carry him! Graham attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Graham did a masters at Sheffield Hallam University and ran for Sheffield University Orienteering Club. In 2010 he was part of the winning JK and Harvester relay teams. Currently he runs for Forth Valley. Gristwood became only the second man after Chris Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Billstam
Annika Billstam (born 8 March 1976) is a Swedish orienteering competitor living in Uppsala. Formerly competing for OK Linné in Uppsala, Annika moved to Stockholm and switched to IFK Lidingö in the winter of 2007 before switching back to OK Linné in January 2012. She earned a silver medal in the relay at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv. She followed that with bronze medals in the long distance and the relay at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic."Profile: Annika Billstam" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on March 8, 2008) In 2012, Billstam won the Swedish mountain marathon
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Marianne Andersen
Marianne Andersen (born 26 March 1980 in Drammen) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has won twelve individual medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships. In 2017 she won a silver medal in the middle distance after seven years without a medal (mainly due to injury). World and European championships Andersen won one gold medal, six silver medals and two bronze medals in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Orienteering Championships.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006 (Retrieved on 26 January 2008) She received further medals at the 2010 World Championships in her home country of Norway. In the European Championships, she achieved a |
Dana Brožková
Dana Šafka Brožková (born 28 April 1981 in Rovensko pod Troskami) is a Czech orienteering competitor. She is the 2008 World Champion in the ''long distance'' and 2009 World Champion in the ''middle distance''. She received a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus. She is Junior World Champion from 2001, when she won the ''classic distance''."Profile: Dana Brožková" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 17 June 2008) Her sister has also represented the Czech national orienteering team. See also * |
François Gonon
François Gonon (born 23 April 1979) is a French orienteering competitor. He has received gold and silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships. He currently competes for the French orienteering club O'JURA and for the Swedish orienteering club IFK Göteborg. Biography He competed at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, where he received a silver medal in ''relay'' with the French team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 14 July 2008) He received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 2006 European Orienteering Championshi ...
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Anders Nordberg
Anders Nordberg (born 17 February 1978) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 World Orienteering Championship, and again a bronze medal in 2007.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 5 February 2008) He finished second in the overall World Cup 2007. Biography Nordberg was born in Skien, a small town of 50,000 people in |
