William Lind (born 12 February 1985) is 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. At the

2016 World Orienteering Championships The 33rd World Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the 13th World Trail Orienteering Championships was held in Strömstad Strömstad is a locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 6,288 i ...

in Strömstad he won a bronze medal in relay with the Swedish team, along with

Gustav Bergman Gustav C. Bergman (1872–1962) was the first elected mayor of Beverly, Alberta after Beverly was incorporated as a town in 1914. Biography Carl Gustaf Bergman was born to Swedish American parents in Paxton, Illinois. His mother was killed in a ...

and

Fredrik Bakkman Fredrik Bakkman (previously Fredrik Johansson; born 29 July 1986) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He was born in Borås. He won a gold medal in the relay in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Asiago-Lavarone with the Swedish tea ...

. He won his first individual medal in the 2017 long championships in

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, receiving a bronze medal behind Norwegian

Olav Lundanes Olav Lundanes (born 11 November 1987) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, hailing from Ålesund. He has won gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships ten times and the European Orienteering Championships four times. He competes for ...

and Russian runner

Leonid Novikov Leonid Novikov (born 10 January 1984) is a Russian orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships. and a silver medal in the long distance at the 2017 world championships. He was ...

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* 1985 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub