Orienteering At The 2001 World Games
The orienteering events at the 2001 World Games in Akita is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto, ... was played between 18 and 19 August. 76 orienteers, from 11 nations, participated in the tournament. The orienteering competition took place in Iijima Forest. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table Events References External links International Orienteering FederationOrienteering on IWGA website {{EventsAt2001WorldGames 2001 World Games ...
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Akita Thermal Power Station
is an oil-fired thermal power station operated by Tohoku Electric in the city of Akita, Akita, Japan. The facility is located overlooking the Oga Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast of Honshu. It also conducts remote monitoring of the four geothermal power plants Tohokou Electric operates. History The Akita Thermal Power Station was built to provide baseline power to the Tohoku region of Japan, including Akita Prefecture. Unit 1 came online in August 1970, followed by Unit 2 in February 1972, Unit 3 in November 1974 and Unit 4 in July 1980. Due to aging equipment and a decline in demand, Unit 1 was scrapped in December 2003. Unit 3 was likewise abolished in September 2019. Unit 2 has been taken offline for maintenance, but is not expected to restart. The remaining Unit 4 is also in the process of being phased out. Due to damage to the nation-wide grid caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, an emergency Unit 5 was rushed into operation in 2012. This unit was origina ...
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Birgitte Husebye
Birgitte N. Husebye (born 25 October 1973) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1999,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 22 December 2007) and has three bronze medals from the , and

Jenny Johansson
Jenny Johansson (born January 19, 1977) 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 a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ....Svenska Orienteringsforbundet - Jenny Johansson
(Retrieved on December 3, 2007)
(Retrieved on December 3, 2007) She is Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 2004,
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Niclas Jonasson
Niclas Jonasson (born 14 June 1976)Niclas Jonasson, Leksands OK
– ''Svenska Orienteringsförbundet'' (Retrieved on 7 July 2008) is a and world champion. He received a in ''sprint'' at the 2004

Emil Wingstedt
Emil Wingstedt (born 9 May 1975) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won the 2005 and 2006 Sprint World Orienteering Championships,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 30 December 2007) and finished third on the long distance in 2003. He is Relay World Champion from 2003 with the Swedish team, as well as having a silver medal from 2007, and bronze medals from 2004 and 2006. He is a four-time European Champion, winning the Sprint distance in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. He won the classical relay race

Giedrė Voverienė
Giedrė Voverienė (born 5 February 1968 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Vilma Rudzenskaitė and Ieva Sargautytė.European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-
(Retrieved on 14 June 2008) The same team finished 4th at the in .
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Edgaras Voveris
Edgaras Voveris (born 22 December 1967) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal at the 2001 World Games in the mixed relay, with Svajunas Ambrazas, Vilma Rudzenskaitė and Giedrė Voverienė. His finished 12th in the classic distance at the 1997 World Orienteering Championships. In the 1999 World Orienteering Championships he finished 16th in the short distance, 13th in the classic, and 6th in the relay. In the 2004 World Orienteering Championships he finished 13th in the middle distance, and 6th in the relay with the Lithuanian team. He now lives and trains in Minsk, Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by .... References External links * Edgaras Voverisat World of O Runners 1967 births Living people Lithuanian orientee ...
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Vilma Rudzenskaitė
Vilma Rudzenskaitė (born December 13, 1966) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Giedrė Voverienė and Ieva Sargautytė.European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-
(Retrieved on June 14, 2008) The same Lithuanian team finished 4th at the in

Svajūnas Ambrazas
Svajūnas Ambrazas (born 20 February 1967) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Vilma Rudzenskaitė, Edgaras Voveris and Giedrė Voverienė, when the Lithuanian team finished second behind Norway. His finished 14th in the short distance and 12th in the classic distance at the 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 ... in 1995. In 1999 he participated on the Lithuanian relay team that finished 6th. He was also a member of the Lithuanian relay team in the 2005 world championships, when they finished 6th. References External links * 1967 births Living people Lithuanian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Games medalists in orienteering ...
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Bjørnar Valstad
Bjørnar Valstad (born 27 April 1967) is a Norwegian former orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals. Valstad ran for the Norwegian club Bækkelagets SK in Oslo. He previously represented Nydalens SK, NTHI and IL Stjørdals-Blink. From 2007 to 2014 he was the secretary-general of the Norges Orienteringsforbund. He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering World Cup final round in Germany. He is married to former orienteering athlete Hanne Staff. They are living in Nittedal with their two daughters born 2006 and 2009. Valstad got his degree in electrical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Since 2014 Valstad is head of department for electrical engineering at Kuben Upper Secondary School in Oslo. Achievements World Orienteering Championships * Gold, Long Dis ...
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Anette Granstedt
Anette Nilsson-Granstedt (born 24 January 1968) 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 a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi .... She is Relay World Champion from 1993, as a member of the Swedish winning team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 20, 2007) She also has a silver medal from 1995, and a bronze medal from 1999.

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Iijima Forest
Iijima is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ai Iijima (1972–2008), Japanese actress, media personality *Eiji Iijima (born 1979), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese sprinter and baseball player *Junichi Iijima (born 1954), Japanese computer scientist *Kametaro Iijima, Japanese Consul General in 1913 *Mari Iijima (born 1963), Japanese singer-songwriter *Naoko Iijima (born 1968), japanese actress *Sumio Iijima (born 1939), discoverer of carbon nanotubes *Tadashi Iijima (1902–1996), Japanese film critic *Yukari Iijima is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitaka, Tokyo and graduate of Chuo University, she became the Superintendent of Education for the i ... (born 1964), Japanese politician (Liberal Democratic Party) {{Surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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