SK Pohjantähi is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

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 ...

club in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

. It won bronze in the Venla relay in 2016 with , , Sofia Haajanen and

Marika Teini Marika Teini (born 31 January 1989) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad she placed 6th in the middle distance, and won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team. She repeated her relay ...

. Marika Teini, and Sofia Haajanen were chosen in 2018 to represent Finland in the European and World Championships. Four of the nine best women in the Finnish Championships in middle distance in 2018 were from SK Pohjantähti, which made the club one of the favorites that year in the Venla relay. Although it was one of the two leading teams at the start of the last leg, it ended on place 12. Pasi Ikonen is another runner that has competed for SK Pohjantähti.

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Orienteering clubs in Finland Sport in Oulu {{Orienteering-org-stub