List Of World Orienteering Championships Medalists (women)
This is a list of medalists from the World Orienteering Championships in women's orienteering. Individual/Classic/Long This event was called "Individual" from 1966 to 1989 and "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2001. Since 2003 it is called "Long distance". Short/Middle This event was first held in 1991. The format was changed and renamed "Middle Distance" in 2003 with the introduction of the Sprint discipline. Sprint This event was first held in 2001. Knock-out Sprint This event was first held in 2022. Relay Medal table Table updated after the 2019 Championships. Multiple medalists Best performers by country *Including mixed events An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal. References External links International Orienteering FederationWorld Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1966–2005 {{Footer World Orienteering Championships WOC medalists Orienteering Orienteering is ...
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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 2003 (with the exception of 1978 and 1979). Since 2003, competitions have been held annually. Participating nations have to be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). Originally, there were only two competitions: an individual race and a relay. In 1991, a short distance race (roughly 20–25 minutes) was added and a sprint race was added in 2001. The middle distance (roughly 30–35 minutes) replaced the short distance in 2003. In 2014, a sprint relay was added with two men and two women participating and with starting order woman-man-man-woman. History The IOF was founded on 21 May 1961 at a Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark by the orienteering national federations of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Federal Re ...
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Anne Berit Eid
Anne Berit Eid (born 13 June 1957) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include winning an individual world championship gold medal in 1978, and a silver medal in the relay in 1979. Biography Born on 13 June 1957, Eid represented the Oslo club Romerikslagets IL. She won the 1978 Individual World Orienteering Championships ahead of Liisa Veijalainen and Wenche Jacobsen.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 24, 2007) She also won a silver medal in the relay at the

Katalin Oláh
Katalin Oláh (born 6 July 1968) is a Hungarian orienteering competitor. She won the 1991 and 1995 Classic distance 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 ....World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 25, 2007)

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Alīda Ābola
Alīda Ābola (born 29 November 1954) is a former Latvian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the ''individual'' event at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skövde, and finished 5th with the Soviet relay team. Now she lives in Sigulda, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of .... References 1954 births Living people Soviet orienteers Latvian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Orienteering-bio-stub ...
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Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová
Jana Galíková (née Hlaváčová) (born 22 January 1963 in Brno) is an orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia. She received two silver medals and four bronze medals at the 1987, 1989 and 1991 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 2 ....World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on January 26, 2008)

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Arja Hannus
Arja Hannus is a Swedish orienteering competitor, competing for sports club Selånger SK. She won the 1987 Individual 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 2 ....World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 24, 2007) She is three times Relay World Champion, from 1981, 1989 and 1991, as a member of the Swedish winning teams, and has a silver medal from 1987.

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Christina Blomqvist
Christina Blomqvist (born 22 October 1964) 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 two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1985 and 1991.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 3, 2007) She obtained silver in the Classic distance World Championship in 1991, and bronze in the 1985 Individual World Championship.

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Annariitta Kottonen
Annariitta Kottonen (born 27 July 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the ''individual'' event at the 1983 World Orienteering Championships in Zalaegerszeg, behind Annichen Kringstad and Marita Skogum. She finished 11th at the 1985 World championships. 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 1958 births Living people Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ...
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Marita Skogum
Marita Skogum (born 3 January 1961) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, as well as the 1993 Classic distance.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 21, 2007) She also obtained silver in the Individual course in 1983, and silver in the Short distance in 1993. She is four times Relay World Champion, from 1983, 1989, 1991 and 1993, as a member of the winning teams, and has a silver medal from 1987. Skogum has been coach for the

Karin Rabe
Karin Rabe (born 17 February 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on December 2, 2007) as well as having silver medals from 1978 and 1987, and a bronze medal from 1979. She obtained silver in the Individual

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

Annichen Kringstad
Annichen Kringstad (born 15 July 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Swedish orienteer Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a .... 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 in 1981. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kringstad, Annichen 1960 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists ...
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