Erik Rost (born May 30, 1985) 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 ...

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, recognized by the International Orienteering Federation, ...

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 ...

, winner of the overall world cup, and junior world champion.

Ski orienteering

Rost won 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 2007/2008. He received three individual gold medals at the

Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships The Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships (or Ski-JWOC) were first held in 1994. Since 1998, competitions have been held annually. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). Host Towns/Citi ...

in 2005.Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on June 29, 2008)

Orienteering

He also was a member of Swedish junior team at

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

2005 and received a bronze medal in relay with John Fredriksson and Mikael KristenssonJWOC 2005 - Final Results - Men Relay
(Retrieved on June 30, 2008)Erik Rost, Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna
– ''Svenska Orienteringsförbundet'' (Retrieved on July 7, 2008)

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* * 1985 births Living people Swedish orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers Foot orienteers Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub