Fredrik Bakkman (previously Fredrik Johansson; born 29 July 1986) is a Swedish

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 was born in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...

. He won a gold medal in the relay in the 2014

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in Asiago-

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with the Swedish team, and placed 6th in the long distance. At the

2016 World Orienteering Championships The 33rd World Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the 13th World Trail Orienteering Championships was held in Strömstad Strömstad is a locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 6,288 i ...

in Strömstad he won a bronze medal in relay with the Swedish team, along with

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and William Lind. As a junior, he won a silver medal in the relay at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Druskininkai, where he also placed seventh in the long course.

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* 1986 births Living people Swedish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Borås Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub