Vehkalahden Veikot is a sports club in
Hamina
Hamina (; sv, Fredrikshamn, , Sweden ) is a List of cities in Finland, town and a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso Regions of Finland, reg ...
founded in 1911 with the sports:
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 ...
,
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
, athletics and
pesäpallo.
Orienteering
The club won the Jukola relay in 1983 and 2006.
Tero Föhr
Tero Föhr (born 1 August 1980) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv.[Marc Lauenstein
Marc Lauenstein (born September 15, 1980 in Cormondréche, Neuchâtel) is a Swiss orienteering competitor and runner. He received a silver medal on the long distance at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, and again in Aarhus ...]
, ,
Baptiste Rollier
Baptiste Rollier (born 27 August 1982) is a Swiss orienteering competitor.
He received a silver medal with the Swiss team in the ''relay event'' at the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils, with Matthias Merz and Daniel Hubma ...
and
Anni-Maija Fincke have represented the club.
Awards
The club received the award ' in at the 2012 for its varied and good activities.
[{{cite web , title=Vehkalahden Veikoille Pohjola-palkinto hyvästä seuratyöstä , url=https://www.suunnistusliitto.fi/2012/01/vehkalahden-veikoille-pohjola-palkinto-hyvasta-seuratyosta/ , website=www.suunnistusliitto.fi , publisher=Suomen suunnistusliitto (Finnish orienteering federation) , accessdate=2 February 2020 , date=16 January 2012]
References
Hamina
Orienteering clubs in Finland
Sports clubs and teams established in 1911
Sport in Kymenlaakso
1911 establishments in Finland