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Kainuu Orienteering Week
Kainuu Orienteering Week (KOW) is an annual Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ..., international, orienteering event. Kainuu Orienteering Week is organized by Kainuun Rastiviikko Association. Measured by the number of participants, Kainuu Orienteering Week is one of the top-15 sports events in Finland and it is also one of the main events of The Finnish Orienteering Federation. Kainuu Orienteering Week is the second oldest orienteering week in the world and the first event was arranged in 1966. Since then the event has been held every year, except 1974. The event attracted 315 orienteers in the first year and the participant record is from 2007 when there were 4,884 orienteers in Kainuu Orinteering Week. In 2011 the first city orienteering sprint, organised thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Turunen
, owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (12052189474).jpg , size = , caption = , acronym = , established = , employees = 2,200 , administrator = Director General Josef Aschbacher , budget = €7.2 billion (2022) , language = English and French (working languages) , website = , logo = European Space Agency logo.svg , logo_caption = Logo , image_caption = European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Main Control Room The European Space Agency (ESA; french: Agence spatiale européenne , it, Agenzia Spaziale Europea, es, Agencia Espacial Europea ASE; german: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Established in 1975 and headquartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keijo Parkkinen
Keijo Parkkinen (born 28 October 1965) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, four times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' in 1989, a bronze medal in 1991, a bronze medal in 1993, and a silver medal in 1995. The silver team in 1995 consisted of Parkkinen, Reijo Mattinen, Timo Karppinen, and Janne Salmi. 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 * W ... References 1965 births Living people Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 |
Taisto Kemppainen
Taisto is a Finnish word which is used as a masculine given name. People with the name include: * Taisto Halonen (born 1960), Finnish wrestler * Taisto Kangasniemi (1924–1997), Finnish wrestler * Taisto Laitinen (born 1933), Finnish athlete * Taisto Lempinen (1914–1970), Finnish wrestler * Taisto Mäki (1910–1979), Finnish athlete * Taisto Miettinen (born 1965), Finnish athlete * Taisto Reimaluoto (born 1961), Finnish actor * Taisto Sinisalo (1926–2002), Finnish communist politician * Taisto Tähkämaa (born 1924), Finnish politician See also * Taistoism Taistoism ( fi, taistolaisuus) was an orthodox pro-Soviet Union, Soviet tendency in the mostly Eurocommunist Finland, Finnish Communism, communist movement in the 1970s and 1980s. The Taistoists were an interior opposition group in the Communist ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Taisto Finnish masculine given names Finnish words and phrases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annichen Kringstad-Svensson
Annichen Kringstad (born 15 July 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Swedish orienteer. Kringstad was the first household name orienteer in Sweden, and she was a major reason for the popularisation of the sport. Kringstad won the world championships individually as well as in the relay format in 1981, 1983 and 1985, before retiring at the age of 25. She represented Säffle OK, OK Ravinen and Stora Tuna IK orienteering clubs. She won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal and Jerring Award The Jerring Award ( sv, Jerringpriset or "Radiosportens Jerringpris") is a prize established by Radiosporten, the sport section of Sveriges Radio, voted by its radio audience who choose the Swedish athlete or team that has made the best sport perf ... in 1981. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kringstad, Annichen 1960 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Svensson (orienteerer)
Karl Erik Emanuel "Spänst" Svensson (also Eric; 10 September 1903 – 22 September 1986) was a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ... athlete who specialized in the long jump and triple jump. In the long jump he finished eighth and fourth at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, respectively. In the triple jump he won silver medals at the 1932 Olympics and 1934 European Championships. Nationally Svensson won the long jump and triple jump titles in 1933 and held Swedish records in the triple jump (1931–48) and long jump (1934–59).Eric Svensson . sports-reference.com References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirjo Mattila
Pirjo Hannele Aalto (born 19 February 1961) is a Finnish biathlete. She competed in women's sprint event at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Finnish female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Finland Sportspeople from Huittinen {{Finland-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimo Tolonen
Raimo is a masculine given name. People named Raimo include: *Raimo Aas (born 1953), Estonian humorist *Raimo Grönberg (born 1953), Finnish actor *Raimo Hämäläinen (born 1948), Finnish professor of Applied Mathematics and Operations Research * Raimo Heino (1932–1995), Finnish designer of coins, relief figures and medallions *Raimo Heinonen (born 1935), Finnish gymnast * Raimo Helminen (born 1964), Finnish ice hockey player *Raimo Hirvonen (born 1950), Finnish wrestler *Raimo Honkanen (born 1938), Finnish cyclist * Raimo Ilaskivi (born 1928), Finnish politician *Raimo Kangro (1949–2001), Estonian composer *Raimo Karlsson (1948–2007), Finnish wrestler * Raimo Kilpiö (born 1936), Finnish ice hockey player *Raimo Lahti (born 1946), Finnish professor of Criminal Law *Raimo Mähönen (born 1938), Finnish politician *Raimo Manninen (alpine skier) (1940–2009), Finnish alpine skier *Raimo Manninen (athlete) (born 1955), Finnish javelin thrower *Raimo Pajusalu (born 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorma Karvonen
Jorma Karvonen (born 16 October 1949) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975 in the ''relay event'' with the Finnish team (with Pekka Pökälä, Heimo Taskinen and Olavi Svanberg).World Ski Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 27 October 2008) He also received an individual in 1975, and a |
Simo Nurminen
Simo Nurminen (born 2 January 1949) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received two bronze medals at the 1978 World Orienteering Championships in Kongsberg, one in the individual contest and one in the relay with the Finnish team. 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 * W ... References 1949 births Living people Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
