Heather Monro (born 4 September 1971) was the second British female

Yvette Hague Yvette Baker (born Yvette Hague, 1968) is Britain's most successful orienteer. At the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness she won the short distance event. Orienteering Already at the early age of 15, she won the Elite clas ...

was the first British orienteer to win a world championship medal. orienteer to win a world championship medal. She came 5th at the

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 2001. At the 2003

she was the highest placed British Female coming Fourteenth place over the 11.8 km race. At the 2005

she took the bronze medal in the sprint distance. She also came

third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

at the

World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...

in the same year. One of Heather's most notable victories came in the 2003

O-Ringen The O-Ringen (previously called the “Swedish 5 days”) is an orienteering competition that takes place annually in different areas of Sweden. Orienteers from all over the world come to the competition. For orienteers around the world a trip ...

. She has also won the

British Orienteering Championships The British Orienteering Championships are the highest level of competition in Orienteering in the United Kingdom, along with the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering, JK Orienteering Festival. 1967 saw the first British Champion ...

in all four individual disciplines, the only woman to do so, and has won the JK Orienteering Festival 5 times, as well as winning the inaugural JK Sprint. She runs for South London Orienteers and

Halden SK Halden Skiklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Halden, founded on 12 January 1891. It has sections for orienteering, skiing, and cycling. The orienteering in Halden was first organized in the multi-sports club Halden IL, founded 1912. Among its ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. She is a member of the

British Athletes Commission The British Athletes Commission (BAC) was set up in 2004 to represent the interests of athletes in Great Britain to decision makers in sport, and to help athletes in member sports set up and maintain athlete representative structures within thei ...

(BAC) executive committee.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monro, Heather 1971 births Living people British orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Competitors at the 2001 World Games World Games medalists in orienteering Medalists at the 2005 World Games