Jamie Stevenson (born 25 March 1975) is a

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orienteering champion. In 2003 he won the gold medal in the sprint distance at the

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. He was the first and, to-date, the only British male orienteering world champion ( Yvette Baker won the short distance race at the 1999 world championships). Stevenson won a second individual world championship medal in Denmark in 2006, with a third place in the middle distance category. He also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain: Bronze in 2003 and Gold in

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Background

Stevenson was born on 25 March 1975 in Scotland.British team: Jamie Stevenson
– ''British Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 11 July 2008) He was educated at Daniel Stewart's and Melville College in Edinburgh. He studied at the

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Orienteering

He has also raced for

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(

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) and

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clubs. While living in Sweden he won the Swedish long distance championships. He now lives in Denmark. At international level he was a member of the British relay team which won the prestigious Nordic Championships in 2001, the relay bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Switzerland and the relay gold medal at the 2008 World Championships. In 2006 he won the Danish 4 km Short Course Cross Country Championships held in

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. In August 2002 Stevenson briefly topped the world orienteering rankings. He appeared on the TV sports quiz

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in 2003 after winning the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships. He also holds two world relay medals running the anchor leg for Great Britain in 2003 to take Bronze (with Dan Marsden and Jon Duncan) and Gold in 2008 with Graham Gristwood and Jon Duncan. Jamie Stevenson has won the British Orienteering Championships in all disciplines except for Night Orienteering.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Jamie 1975 births Living people Scottish orienteers British orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists People educated at Stewart's Melville College Alumni of the University of Sheffield World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2001 World Games

Background

Orienteering

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