Rudolf Ropek (born 4 October 1970 in
Potštejn
Potštejn (german: Pottenstein) is a municipality and village in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
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Czech
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photographer and former
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
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Orienteering
Ropek received a bronze medal in the ''relay'' at the 2001
World Orienteering Championships
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with the Czech team, and a silver medal in the ''sprint distance'' in 2003.
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(Retrieved on 10 June 2008)
He received a silver medal in ''relay'' at the 2000
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.
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in
Truskavets
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Wander Book project
Ropek makes a living as a photographer and entrepreneur. In 2008, he founded the Wander Book (Wander Cards) project whose idea was to create easily storable collectible souvenirs and support tourism. Wander Cards are stickers with photos of tourist destinations or commemorating tourist and cultural events, which mainly cover the Czech Republic, its neighbouring countries (Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Germany) and Hungary.
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Czech orienteers
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
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List of orienteers
This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
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* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
* Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
* Katarina Allberg, Sweden
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List of orienteering events
This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport.
Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships
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References
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1970 births
Living people
People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District
Czech photographers
Czech male orienteers
Czech foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
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