Swedish
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competitor
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. 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 (Retrieved on December 3, 2007)
She won a gold medal in the first official relay at the European Orienteering Championships, in
Le Brassus
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Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,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 ...
, in
Fiskars
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in 1966, where she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' together with
Kerstin Granstedt
Kerstin Granstedt is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She became Relay World Champion in Fiskars in 1966, as a member of the Swedish winning team, with Eivor Steen-Olsson and Gunborg Åhling.Gunborg Åhling
Gunborg Åhling (born 16 July 1936) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. 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 Eivor ...
, and placed fifth in the individual contest.
At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in
Friedrichroda
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she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' for Sweden again, this time with
Birgitta Larsson
Birgitta Larsson (born 4 October 1941) 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 ...