Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard (born 12 March 1971) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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 2004 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 ...

,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 25 November 2007)
(Retrieved on 25 November 2007) and has silver medals from 2003 (Long distance) and 2004 (Sprint). She is Relay World Champion from 2004, and has

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 ...

s from 2003 and 2006, and a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

from 2005, as member of the

team. Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard is European Champion from 2004 (Relay). She won

Tiomila Tiomila or 10-mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945, usually in late April or early May. It is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of five daylight legs. Tiomila attracts ...

in 2000, 2005 with her club ''Domnarvets GoIF''."Results - 2005 - DAMER/LADIES - TEAM RESULTS"
''10MILA'' (Retrieved on 30 December 2007)

References

External links

* * 1971 births Living people Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish women Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub