The Hungarian Orienteering Federation ( hu, Magyar Tájékozódási Futó Szövetség, ''MTFSZ'') is the

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

for

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 ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. It is recognized as Hungary's national orienteering association by the

International Orienteering Federation The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bike ...

(IOF), of which it is a member.

History

The federation was established in 1957, and was among the ten founding members of IOF in 1961. The Hungarian Orienteering Federation hosted the

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 ...

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, when the championships were held in

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in western Hungary.Berglia 1957 pp. 214–216 They also hosted the world championships in

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. Hungary first participated in international orienteering championship in 1962. Their female team won a silver medal in the relay at the

1970 World Orienteering Championships The 3rd World Orienteering Championships were held in Eisenach/Friedrichroda, East Germany, in September 1970. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course ha ...

, and a bronze medal in

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, and the men's team won a bronze medal in 1972. Among Hungarian individual world champions are

Sarolta Monspart Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the World Orienteering Championships.

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Katalin Oláh Katalin Oláh (born 6 July 1968) is a Hungarian orienteering competitor. She won the 1991 and 1995 Classic distance World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event org ...

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and

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References

International Orienteering Federation members

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 ...

1957 establishments in Hungary Sports organizations established in 1957 {{Orienteering-org-stub

History

See also

References