Søren Bobach (born 25 April 1989)
[Profile: Søren Bobach]
– ''Dansk Orienterings-Forbund'' (Retrieved on July 11, 2008) is a
Danish
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orienteering
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competitor
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, and world champion at both junior and senior level. He runs for
OK Pan Århus.
He became
Junior World Champion in the ''middle distance'' in
Druskininkai
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in 2006, shared with
Jan Beneš.
[Junior World Orienteering Championships]
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 8, 2008) He received a bronze medal in ''sprint'' in
Gothenburg
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in 2008, behind
Štěpán Kodeda and
Johan Runesson,
[Danish and Czech victories in Ruddalen!]
– ''JWOC 2008'' (Retrieved on July 8, 2008) and a bronze medal in the ''middle distance''.
He competed at the 2012
World Orienteering Championships
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. In the sprint competition, he qualified for the final, where he placed 9th.
Bobach won his first Men's World Championship medal at the 2014
World Orienteering Championships
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, winning the gold in the sprint. Bobach has since won two more gold medals in the Sprint Relay.
See also
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Danish orienteers
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A
* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
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List of orienteering events
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Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships
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References
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1989 births
Living people
Danish orienteers
Male orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
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