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2013 World Orienteering Championships
The 30th World Orienteering Championships was held in Vuokatti, Finland, from 6 to 14 July 2013. Medalists Men Women Participating countries A total of 44 countries participated at this World Championships. Results Sprint The sprint finals were held on 8 July 2013 at Hiukka, Sotkamo. Men's sprint Women's sprint Middle distance The middle distance finals were held on 12 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti. Men's middle distance Women's middle distance Long distance The long distance finals were held on 9 July 2013 at Kumpula, Sotkamo. Men's long distance Women's long distance Relay The relay events were held on 13 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti Vuokatti is an urban area that is a physically separate part of the municipality of Sotkamo, Finland. It is home to more than 6,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous urban area in the region of Kainuu, after the main urban area of .... Men's relay Women's relay References {{World champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuokatti
Vuokatti is an urban area that is a physically separate part of the municipality of Sotkamo, Finland. It is home to more than 6,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous urban area in the region of Kainuu, after the main urban area of the municipality of Kajaani. Vuokatti is also the name of the nearby forested hill range and the urban area's train station. The highest hill in the area is the 345 meter high Porttivaara, the second highest being Vuokatinvaara. Vuokatti has a ski resort, sports academy, and the Katinkulta resort. There is also a skiing tunnel, which makes cross-country skiing possible in all seasons, and there are also snowboarding and snowtubing tunnels. Vuokatti has a national Olympic Training Center for winter sports such as Cross-Country skiing, Biathlon and Nordic Combined. Vuokatti has hosted multiple international sports events like the European Youth Olympic Days in 2001, Orienteering World Championships in 2013 and Nordic Junior World Ski Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Öberg (orienteer)
Peter Öberg (born 17 April 1980)Peter Öberg, OK Hällen – ''Svenska Orienteringsförbundet'' (Retrieved on July 15, 2008) is a competitor and European champion. He received a gold medal in ''relay'' at the in 2006 in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anni-Maija Fincke
Anni-Maija Fincke (21 january 1984) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She participated at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where she placed 6th in the sprint and 7th in the middle distance. She won a silver medal in the relay with the Finnish team at the 2010 European Orienteering Championships in Primorsko Primorsko ( bg, Приморско ) is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, capital of homonymous municipality, part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located 52 km south of Burgas .... References External links * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Finnish female orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Fasting
Mari Fasting (born 1 March 1985) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and ski mountaineer. She is two times Junior World Orienteering Champion. She represents the club NTNUI of Trondheim, and is related to the ski mountaineer Ola Berger. Junior career Mari Fasting competed at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, where she received a gold medal in the ''long distance'' and a gold medal in the ''relay event''."Profile: Mari Fasting" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 17 June 2008) Senior career Fasting participated at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne M
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Bagstevold
Heidi Østlid Bagstevold (born 10 July 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Orienteering career Bagstevold competed at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships, and won a gold medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, together with Mari Fasting and Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg. She became national champion in the long distance in 2010, and in sprint in 2013. She was born in Kongsberg, but lives in Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ... and represents Fredrikstad SK. References External links * * 1987 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Kongsberg 21st-century Norwegian women 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Eliasson
Lena Marie Eliasson (born July 22, 1981) is a Swedish orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''sprint'' at the World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv in 2007.World Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 17, 2008) – World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 17, 2008) She received a silver medal
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Merja Rantanen
Merja Rantanen (born 7 December 1980)Profile: Merja Rantanen – ''Suomen Suunnistusliitto'' (Retrieved on July 7, 2008) is a . She received a in the middle distance at the 2008 |
Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Swedish orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 17 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships. In 2018, she won the Sky Marathon event at the Skyrunning World Championships, in her second skyrunning race ever. In 2021, she won the combined discipline at the World Championships of Ski Mountaineering. She competes for Stora Tuna OK in orienteering and Alfta-Ösa OK in ski orienteering. Alexandersson holds the record for the number of gold medals in a row at the World Orienteering Championships, winning 11 in a row between 2018 and 2022. Orienteering Junior World Championships Alexandersson became Middle Distance Junior World Champion in orienteering in 2009. She was 16 years old at the time, running against competitors up to four years older than her. She maintained her Middle Distance title in both 2010 and 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venla Niemi
Venla Niemi (aka Venla Harju; born 10 July 1990) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She became Junior World Champion in the middle distance in Gothenburg in 2008, ahead of silver medalist Beata Falk. She competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the sprint competition she qualified for the final, where she placed sixth. At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, Harju placed fourth in the sprint final, and won a bronze medal in the middle distance (behind Tove Alexandersson Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Swedish orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 17 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Champ ... and Marianne Andersen). References External links * Living people Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 1990 births Junior World Orienteering Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Billstam
Annika Billstam (born 8 March 1976) is a Sweden, Swedish orienteering Competition, 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 Vértex Fjällmaraton. References External links * * 1976 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Niggli
Simone Niggli-Luder (born 9 January 1978) is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won (in 2003 and 2005) all four women's competitions at the world championships. She is widely seen as one of the greatest orienteers of all time. Personal life Born as Simone Luder, she grew up in Burgdorf in the Canton of Bern. She studied biology at the University of Bern, where she graduated in 2003. That same year, she married Matthias Niggli, also a Swiss orienteering athlete. They currently live in Münsingen near Bern and in Ulricehamn, Sweden. Orienteering achievements She began competing in orienteering early on, joining the Swiss club OLV Hindelbank; at the age of ten, she participated in her first competition. Since then, her palmarès has been impressive: she won a gold medal at the junior world championships in 1997, has been 20 times Swiss champion, won the Finnish championships once and the Swedish championships nine times, has won the world cup five times, and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
