Timo Sild (born February 26, 1988) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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 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 junior world champion.

Family

Timo is the elder son of orienteers

Sixten Sild Sixten Sild (born 19 June 1964, in Tartu) is an Estonian orienteering competitor, bronze medallist for the Soviet Union in the world championships, and later competing for Estonia. He received a bronze medal in the ''classic course'' at the W ...

of Estonia and Sarmite Sild of Latvia. His younger brother is called

Lauri Sild Lauri Sild (born 28 May 1990) is an Estonian orienteer. He was born in Valga. His parents are orienteers Sixten Sild of Estonia and Sarmite Sild of Latvia, and his older brother is orienteer Timo Sild. In 2014 he graduated from the University o ...

Career

Junior World Championships

He became Junior World Champion in the ''

relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ...

'' in

Druskininkai Druskininkai (; pl, Druskieniki; be, Друскенiкi; yi, דרוזגעניק, translit=Druzgenik) is a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai has a population ...

in 2006, together with

Mihkel Järveoja Mihkel Järveoja (born 30 April 1986) is an Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion. He was born in Põlva. He became Junior World Champion in the ''relay'' in Druskininkai in 2006, together with Markus Puusepp and Timo ...

and Markus Puusepp.Junior World Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 8, 2008)
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 8, 2008) He received a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

in the ''long distance'' in 2008.

Senior career

Sild has competed in the

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and 2017 World Orienteering Championships, as part of the Estonian relay team as well as in individual distances.

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