Helene Söderlund (born 9 May 1987) is a Swedish

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical sk ...

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and World Champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay'' at the 2009

World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance comp ...

, and medals in both the ''long'', ''middle'' and ''sprint'' events. At the

Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships The Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships (or Ski-JWOC) were first held in 1994. Since 1998, competitions have been held annually. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). Host Towns/Citi ...

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in 2007, she won a silver medal in the long distance, a bronze medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the sprint, as well as being part of the Swedish winning team in the relay.

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