Daniel Hubmann (born 16 April 1983 in

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) 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 ...

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, ind ...

, world champion in all three individual disciplines and multiple winner of the overall

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. He is the brother of

Martin Hubmann Martin Hubmann (born 14 May 1989) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion and European champion. He was a member of the relay team that won gold medals at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. He won a gold medal in th ...

. Daniel also has his own fan club which is run by New Zealand Orienteer Joseph Lynch.

Career

Early results

Hubmann received a silver medal at the Sprint

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in 2005, and again in 2006, and a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' in 2005 as member of the Swiss Relay team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966–2006
(Retrieved on 31 December 2007) He became Junior World Champion in 2002 in

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, both in the ''long distance'' and with the Swiss relay team.

2008

Hubmann won the men's overall World Cup in 2008, before

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and Matthias Merz. He won the ''long distance'' at the 2008

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(before

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), and finished second in the ''sprint event'' after

Andrey Khramov Andrey Mikhailovich Khramov (russian: Андрей Михайлович Храмов; born 17 January 1981 in Baskhortostan)

. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' with the Swiss team, together with

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and Matthias Merz. He also had success in the

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, receiving three silver medals.

2009

In the 2009 season, Hubmann, together with teammate Matthias Merz, became the first man to take World Championship medals in all four orienteering disciplines. He accomplished this feat by earning the silver medal in the middle distance at the World Championships in Miskolc, Hungary on 19 August 2009. He followed this up a day later by winning the bronze medal in the sprint distance. In addition Hubmann anchored

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's relay teams to victory in both

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and Jukola. After transferring to Koovee orienteering club he anchored the team to victory in Jukola in 2016 and 2018.

World ranking

Hubmann was ranked no. 1 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking per October 2006,IOF World Ranking – Daniel Hubmann
(Retrieved on 31 December 2007)(Re-accessed on 10 October 2008) and was also ranked no. 1 on the list at the end of the 2008 season (per 10 October 2008). For a brief period in 2015 he was ranked as no. 1 in both Sprint, and Classic orienteering.

World Championship results

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubmann, Daniel 1983 births Living people Swiss orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games World Games medalists in orienteering Sportspeople from Thurgau Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists