Eivor Steen-Olsson
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Eivor Steen-Olsson (born 1937) 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 ...
competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
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She won a gold medal in the first official relay at the European Orienteering Championships, in Le Brassus in 1964, together with
Ann-Marie Wallsten Ann-Marie Wallsten (born 21 August 1943) is a Swedish orienteering competitor and European champion. She won a silver medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the relay event at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus, ...
and Ulla Lindkvist. She competed at the very first World Orienteering Championships, in Fiskars in 1966, where she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' together with Kerstin Granstedt and Gunborg Åhling, and placed fifth in the individual contest. At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in Friedrichroda she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' for Sweden again, this time with Birgitta Larsson and Ulla Lindkvist.


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1937 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub