François Gonon (born 23 April 1979) 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 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 IFK Göteborg.

Biography

He competed at the 2005

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 20 ...

in Aichi, 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 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, 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 Thierry Gueorgiou (; born 30 March 1979) is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event eight times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009, 2 ...

. He finished 6th 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 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

in Olomouc."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

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...

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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