François Gonon (born 23 April 1979) is a French orienteering

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. He has received gold and silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships. He currently competes for the French orienteering club O'JURA and for the Swedish orienteering club

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Biography

He competed at the 2005

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, where he received a silver medal in ''relay'' with the French team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 14 July 2008) He received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 2006 European Orienteering Championships in

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, together with

Damien Renard Damien Renard (born 20 February 1980) is a French orienteering 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 ...

and Thierry Gueorgiou. He finished 6th overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 2007."Profile: François Gonon"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 14 July 2008) He received a bronze medal in the ''long distance'' event at the 2008

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."Profile: François Gonon"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on 27 August 2009) He received a gold medal in the ''relay'' event and a bronze medal in the ''long distance'' event at the 2011

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* 1979 births Living people French orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists French sky runners Competitors at the 2001 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Orienteering-bio-stub