Signe Søes (born 1983) is a Danish

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. She won a silver medal in the short distance at the 2003

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

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. She placed fourth in the sprint, 10th in the middle and 12th in the long distance at the

2009 World Orienteering Championships The 2009 World Orienteering Championships, the 26th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Miskolc, Hungary, 16 –23 August 2009. The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long di ...

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

. At the 2008 and 2010 World Cups, she placed 2nd. At the European Championships 2014 at

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, Portugal, Søes became European Champion in the middle distance winning a gold medal.Lassen, Morten (14-04-2014):
"Super og fantastisk dansk triumf"
'. Danish Orienteering Federation. Received April 14, 2014.

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* 1983 births Living people Danish orienteers Foot orienteers Female orienteers Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Denmark-orienteering-bio-stub