Troy de Haas (born 15 June 1979) is an Australian tower running, mountain running and orienteering

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. In 1999 he won a bronze medal in the long event at the

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

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. It was the first ever medal to be won by a non-European at the international level in the sport of Orienteering. In 2006 he achieved Australia's best ever men's result at a Senior

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 ...

placing 7th in the sprint event in

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, Japan. He was also a member of Australia's relay team that placed 6th at the 2001 World Championships in

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. The world's biggest relay event, Jukola, was won by Turun Suunnistajat in 2001 with Troy running the 'long night' leg for the team. He was the first non-European to ever win Jukola. In later years he has placed at national mountain running championships and international tower running races including Q1 (building),

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, Swissotel The Stamford Singapore and

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Jukola

Mountain Running

Athletics Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Haas, Troy 1979 births Living people Australian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers Australian male long-distance runners Australian mountain runners Tower runners 20th-century Australian people Competitors at the 2005 World Games Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists Place of birth missing (living people)

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