Damien Renard (born 20 February 1980) is a French

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 ...

competitor. He has received silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships. He won Swedish middle-distance championship in 2005. He competed at the

2005 World Orienteering Championships The 2005 World Orienteering Championships, the 22nd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic are ...

in Aichi, where he finished 12th in the ''middle distance'', and received a silver medal in ''relay'' with the French team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 23 June 2008) He received a silver medal in the ''relay event'' at the 2006

European Orienteering Championships The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years. Format T ...

in Otepää, and finished 4th in the ''middle distance''. He finished 15th overall in 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 ...

in 2004, 15th in 2005, 13th in 2006, and 7th in 2007.

Club competitions

In the 2008 season Renard is a member of the Norwegian club ''Kristansand OK'', and won the

Tiomila Tiomila or 10-mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945, usually in late April or early May. It is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of five daylight legs. Tiomila attracts ...

relay in 2008 and Jukola relay in 2009 with this club."Profile: Damien Renard"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 23 June 2008)

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* 1980 births Living people French orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games {{Orienteering-bio-stub