Ágnes Hegedűs (born 1949) is a Hungarian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

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, individ ...

. At the 1970

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considere ...

Friedrichroda Friedrichroda () is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the north foot of the Thuringian Forest, 21 km by rail southwest of the town of Gotha. It is surrounded by fir-clad hills and possesses numerous han ...

she finished 6th in the ''individual event'', and received a silver medal in the ''relay'' with the Hungarian team (with

Magda Horváth Magda Horváth is a Hungarian orienteering competitor. At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in Friedrichroda she finished 19th in the ''individual event'', and received a silver medal in the ''relay A relay Electromechanical relay ...

and

Sarolta Monspart Sarolta Monspart (17 November 1944 – 24 April 2021) was a Hungarian orienteering competitor. In 1972 she became the first non-Scandinavian female runner to win the World Orienteering Championships.

). In the 1972 World Orienteering Championships she finished fourth in the ''relay'', also with Horváth and Monspart.

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1949 births Living people Hungarian orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Hungary-orienteering-bio-stub