Marika Mikkola is a
Finnish orienteering
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competitor and World champion.
[World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006](_blank)
(Retrieved on 25 January 2008) She won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the 2001
World Orienteering Championships
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in
Tampere
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and a
silver medal
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in
Västerås
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Västerås ...
2004 with the
Finnish relay team
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. She also received an individual
silver medal
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in 2001 and
bronze medal
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in 2004 in the long distance event. Marika's clubs have been Reima-34,
Espoon Suunta,
Angelniemen Ankkuri Angelniemen Ankkuri is an orienteering club in Salo, Finland, Salo, Finland. It was founded in 1946 as club for sports and gymnastics, but nowadays it has only orienteering. Its members have won 17 medals in Finnish championships. It has won Tiomila ...
,
Bækkelagets SK
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,
Espoon Suunta and
Kalevan Rasti
Kalevan Rasti is an orienteering club based in Finland. Recently it has been one of the most successful clubs in world orienteering, winning the Jukola Relay, Jukola and Tiomila relays multiple times.
The club won the Tiomila relay in 1983 with ...
.
See also
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Finnish orienteers
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List of orienteers
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List of orienteering events
References
External links
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Marika Mikkola in Venla and Youth Jukola relay 1986-
1971 births
Living people
Finnish female orienteers
Finnish foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
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