Olavi Svanberg (December 10, 1941,

Sysmä Sysmä () is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartol ...

, Finland – August 25, 2002,

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) was a

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ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing endurance Winter sport, winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines Sport governing body, recognized by the International Orienteering Federation, ...

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 ...

and world champion. He received an individual

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at the first

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance compe ...

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...

in 1975, and also won the first

in the ''

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event'' with the

team ( Pekka Pökälä,

Heimo Taskinen Heimo Taskinen (born 25 February 1947 in Varpaisjärvi) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975 in the ''relay event'' with th ...

Jorma Karvonen Jorma Karvonen (born 16 October 1949) is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975 in the ''relay event'' with the Finnish team (with Pek ...

and Olavi Svanberg).World Ski Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 27 October 2008) He was again world champion in 1982 in Aigen.

References

1941 births 2002 deaths Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers People from Sysmä Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub