Jörgen Mårtensson (born 4 December 1959)
is one of the most successful
Swedish
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orienteer of all times. Twice a winner of the
World Orienteering Championships
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, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 (at age 21), 1996 and 1997 (at age 37). Furthermore, he won the
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Championship in Marathon at
Stockholm Marathon in 1993 . Now retired, he had one of the longest spanning careers in orienteering at world class level, taking part in
World Championships
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over a period of twenty years. Starting with the
1978 World Orienteering Championships
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, where he placed eighth in the individual contest,
he competed in every world championship until
1997
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Results
World Orienteering Championships
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*Gold medals (2)
**1991 – long distance –
Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia
**1995 – long distance –
Detmold
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, Germany
*Silver medals (5)
**1981 –
relay
A relay
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–
Thun
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the municipality has almost ...
, Switzerland
**1985 –
relay
A relay
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An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off
A relay is an electrically operated swit ...
–
Bendigo
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, Australia
**1989 –
relay
A relay
Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts
An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off
A relay is an electrically operated swit ...
–
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, Sweden
**1993 – long distance –
West Point
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, US
**1995 – short distance –
Detmold
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, Germany
**1997 – long distance –
Grimstad, Norway
*Bronze medals (2)
**1987 –
relay
A relay
Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts
An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off
A relay is an electrically operated swit ...
–
Gérardmer, France
**1995 –
relay
A relay
Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts
An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off
A relay is an electrically operated swit ...
–
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...
, Germany
References
External links
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Homepage of Jörgen Mårtensson
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1959 births
Living people
Swedish orienteers
Male orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists