Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish

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 the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on November 19, 2007) and finished second

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. She became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Swedish team (together with

Birgitta Larsson Birgitta Larsson (born 4 October 1941) is a Swedish orienteering 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 ...

and

Eivor Steen-Olsson Eivor Steen-Olsson (born 1937) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.

). She also participated on the teams that obtained silver medals in 1968 and 1972.

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1939 births 2015 deaths Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub