Lars Lönnkvist (born 4 April 1957) is a Swedish

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

competitor. He is the Relay World Champion from 1979, as a member of the Swedish winning team, along with Rolf Pettersson,

Kjell Lauri Kjell Lauri (29 June 1956 – 11 August 2023) was a Swedish orienteering competitor. His achievements include winning a world championship gold medal in the relay with the Swedish team, and three more medals in relay. Biography Lauri was a Rel ...

, and Bjorn Rosendahl.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 30, 2007) He also won

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, ...

s in the 1978 and 1981 relays, and a bronze medal in 1983 and 1987. He placed fifth in the individual contest in the 1979 World Championships, and fourth in

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. He won the

Jukola relay The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between 13 and 19 June in sites around Finland. The northern ...

in 1980 and 1982.

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1957 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub