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2022 World Orienteering Championships
The 2022 World Orienteering Championships were held from 26 to 30 June 2022 in the Triangle Region, Denmark. This was the first World Orienteering Championships with only sprint races, and the first to include a knock-out sprint event. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed References External links Official website {{World championships in 2022 World Orienteering Championships World Championships World Orienteering Championships 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 ... International sports competitions hosted by Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle Region (Denmark)
Triangle Region Denmark ( da, Trekantområdet) is a cooperation consisting of seven Danish municipalities on the Danish peninsula of Jutland and the island of Funen: Billund, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle. The Triangle Region began as the general term for the industrial and communications hubs of Kolding, Vejle and Fredericia in the early 1960s. The three cities (thus ‘triangle’) originally worked together to coordinate and collaborate locally, but have since expanded into a cooperation between seven municipalities, which together have 421,480 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2018) and cover an area of 4,266.0 km2. An area of political and economic stability, the Triangle Region is often regarded as Denmark’s third major region after Aarhus and Copenhagen. It has a reputation for having lower levels of pollution, crime and traffic problems than the big cities. Contents History The Triangle Region was historically an industrial area with an em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eef Van Dongen
Eef van Dongen (born 1993) is a Dutch orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal at the first ever knock-out sprint event at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships, behind Tove Alexandersson and Megan Carter Davies. On club level, van Dongen competes for both Västerviks OK (in Sweden) and OLifant (in the Netherlands). Van Dongen is the first Dutch orienteer to receive a medal in the World Championships; the Netherlands has low participation in orienteering, with only 450 registered members as of 2022. In an interview in the lead up to the 2022 World Games, van Dongen indicated that she only started orienteering in 2018 after meeting her partner, Simon Jakobsson. She attended a training camp in Zürich in spring 2018, and decided to focus on sprint orienteering. Having run less than 10 sprint races, van Dongen attended her first World Orienteering Championships in 2021 . As a child, Eef van Dongen participated in volleyball and judo, and more recently has been invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrine Benjaminsen
Andrine Benjaminsen (born 23 August 1995) is a Norwegian Orienteering, orienteer and ski orienteering, ski orienteer. Career Benjaminsen represented Norway at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, where her best result was ninth place in the long distance. In ski orienteering, she won a bronze medal at the 2013 and 2015 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships, Junior World Championships. At the 2021 European Orienteering Championships she won a bronze medal in the Knock-out sprint, and a bronze medal in the Sprint relay with the Norwegian team. At the 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic, she placed 10th in the sprint. She won a silver medal in the mixed sprint relay with the Norwegian team, after a close fight with Swiss Elena Roos on the last leg. She also won a silver medal in the middle distance, behind winner Tove Alexandersson. Personal life Benjaminsen's parents are Finnish orienteer Anne Benjaminsen and Norwegian orientee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Liland
Lukas Liland (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Career At the 2022 World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, Liland won a bronze medal with the Norwegian sprint relay team. In the individual sprint, he was 28th. At the European Orienteering Championships, Liland's best achievement is 10th in the knockout sprint in Neuchâtel in 2021. This is also his best finish at the Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then ever .... At the Junior World Orienteering Championships, he won the relay event with the Norwegian team and bronze in the middle distance in 2019. References 1999 births Living people Norwegian orienteers Foot orienteers 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ane Dyrkorn
Ane Dyrkorn (born 1999) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represents the club NTNUI. Sports career 2022 Dyrkorn won a bronze medal in the mixed sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. She also placed fourteenth in the sprint at the same championships. At the 2022 European Orienteering Championships, she won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team, and placed fourth in the middle distance. She was also Norwegian champion in sprint in 2022. 2023 She placed fourth in the middle distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies .... By winning the final in the Norwegian cup in September, she also won the overall national cup in 2023. 2024 Competing at the 2024 World Orienteering Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Jones
Kristian Jones or Kris Jones (born 3 April 1991) is a competitor in orienteering and athletics, competing for Great Britain. He also competes for Lillomarka OK in Norway, Forth Valley orienteers and Wales. Orienteering Jones has had most success in Sprint Orienteering, winning medals in the European Championships and the Junior World Championships, and winning the Jan Kjellstrom Orienteering Festival Sprint 3 times in a row from 2016 to 2018. He also has success in the British Orienteering Championships, winning both the Middle and Sprint twice. in 2016, Jones came 4th in all 3 disciplines he competed in (Sprint, Mixed Sprint Relay and Relay) at the World Championships in Stromstad, Sweden, the closest he has come to a medal in the World Orienteering Championships. In 2018, Jones received a bronze medal at the European Championships, after Daniel Hubmann and Matthias Kyburz (both from Switzerland) shared the gold medal. He also won the first leg of the Jukola relay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Street
Ralph Street (born 1990) is a British orienteering competitor. He was part of the British team that came second in the sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. His team included Megan Carter Davies, Kris Jones and Charlotte Ward. Street has competed for Baekkelagets SK in Norway, Sodertalje Nykvarn Orientering and Nydalens in Sweden and South London Orienteers. He has also competed for Sheffield University Orienteering Club. Street's favourite orienteering competition is the Jukola Relay in Finland. Street started orienteering at the age of nine. His first orienteering event was Highland '99, running alongside the 1999 World Orienteering Championships where Yvette Baker won Britain's first gold medal. When growing up, his major inspirations were British orienteers such as Yvette Baker, Heather Monro, Jamie Stevenson and Jon Duncan. He first competed for Great Britain at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in 2007. After graduating with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Ward (orienteer)
Charlotte Ward (born 1992) is a British orienteering competitor. She was part of the British team that came second in the sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. Her team included Megan Carter Davies, Kris Jones and Ralph Street Ralph Street (born 1990) is a British orienteering competitor. He was part of the British team that came second in the sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. His team included Megan Carter Davies, Kris Jones and Charlott .... Ward competes for HALO orienteering club. She has won the sprint discipline at both the British Orienteering Championships and the JK Orienteering Festival. References 1992 births Living people British orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century British women 21st-century British people World Games medalists in orienteering World Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2022 World Games {{Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Peter Bejmer
Max Peter Bejmer (born 3 June 1992) is a Swedish orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal in the mixed sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships The 2022 World Orienteering Championships were held from 26 to 30 June 2022 in the Triangle Region, Denmark. This was the first World Orienteering Championships with only sprint races, and the first to include a knock-out sprint event. Schedul .... Bejmer represents IFK Göteborg Orientering. References External links * 1992 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Strand
Lina Strand (born 23 December 1988) is a Swedish orienteering competitor, born in Gothenburg. She won a bronze medal in the relay at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. She competed at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships. In the middle distance she qualified for the final, where she placed 11th. To date, her greatest achievements at the World Orienteering Championships have been coming second in the Long Distance in 2019, first in the Sprint Relay in 2017 and third in the Mixed Sprint Relay in 2016. Strand ranked third at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ..., Poland. References External links * 1988 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
