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Annika Zell is 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 ...
orienteering 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 s ...
and ski-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 ...
, and world champion in ski-orienteering. In May 2018, it was announced that she would coach Team Sweden in women's cross-country skiing together with Magnus Ingesson beginning in the 2018–2019 season. On 17 April 2019, she announced she would leave that position.


Ski orienteering

Zell won an individual gold medal in the ''long course'' at the 1992
World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance compe ...
in
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, and again in 1996 in
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.World Ski Orienteering Championships
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on June 24, 2008)
She won the ''short distance'' in 1998. She finished second in the overall
World Cup in Ski Orienteering The World Cup in Ski Orienteering is a series of ski-orienteering competitions organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first official World Cup was held in 1989, then every second year up to 1999, and then in 2000, 2001, 2003, ...
in 1991 and in 2000, and finished third in 1999.World Cup in Ski Orienteering
– ''IOF'' (Retrieved on June 24, 2008)


Foot orienteering

Zell won the multi-day orienteering race O-Ringen both in 1993 and in 1996. She finished fifth in the overall
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 ...
in 1992.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zell, Annika Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Ski-orienteers Foot orienteers 20th-century Swedish women