Barbro Lönnkvist (born 22 June 1959) is a
Swedish 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 ...
. She became a
Relay World Champion in 1981 as a member of the Swedish winning team,
[World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006](_blank)
(Retrieved on December 20, 2007) together with team members
Arja Hannus
Arja Hannus (born 13 January 1960) is a Sweden, Swedish orienteering Competition, competitor, competing for sports club Selånger SK. She won the 1987 Individual World Orienteering Championships. ,
Karin Rabe and
Annichen Kringstad
Annichen Kringstad (born 15 July 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Swedish orienteer. Kringstad was the first household name orienteer in Sweden, and she was a major reason for the popularisation of the sport. Kringstad won the world championships in ...
.
Lönnkvist was placed first at the Swedish 5-day
O-Ringen
The O-Ringen (previously called the "Swedish 5 days") is an Foot orienteering, orienteering competition that takes place annually in different areas of Sweden. Orienteers from all over the world come to the competition. For orienteers around the ...
event in
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...
in 1988, and again in
Östersund
Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...
in 1989.
References
Living people
Swedish female orienteers
Swedish foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
1959 births
20th-century Swedish sportswomen
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