Veijo Tahvanainen (born 27 September 1938 in

Ilomantsi Ilomantsi ( krl, Il'manči or Ilomančči, sv, Ilomants) is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densi ...

) is a

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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 ...

. He received a

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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 ...

event'' and finished 10th in the ''individual event'' at the

1968 World Orienteering Championships The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. The men's individual course had 18 cont ...

in Linköping. In

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he finished 14th in the individual event, and 4th with the

relay team A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orient ...

. At the

1972 World Orienteering Championships The 4th 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 ...

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, he placed 9th in the individual contest, and was part of the Swiss relay team (which was disqualified).

References

1938 births Living people People from Ilomantsi Finnish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from North Karelia {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub