Heli Jukkola (born 26 November 1979 in

Noormarkku Noormarkku ( sv, Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which ...

)Profile: Heli Jukkola
– ''World of O Runners'' (Retrieved on July 7, 2008) is a

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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 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 ...

. She won the Long Distance

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 2007,World Orienteering Championship 2007
/ref> and achieved second place in 2005.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on November 25, 2007) In the Middle Distance category, she finished second in 2007 and third in both 2003 and 2004. Jukkola is a two-time Relay World Champion, winning in 2006 and 2007 as a member of the

team. She also earned a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

in 2004.

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* * 1979 births Living people People from Noormarkku Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Satakunta Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub