Håkan Eriksson (born 20 August 1961
) 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 ...
. He received a silver medal in the ''relay'' at the
1989 World Orienteering Championships in
Skövde
Skövde () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland, Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central southern Sweden.
Skövde is situated around 150 k ...
,
and received a bronze medal in 1999.
He received a silver medal in the ''sprint'' event at the
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 ...
in 2004.
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Eriksson won the Swedish 5-days event O-Ringen in 1983, and again in 1991.
Eriksson won his age group at th]
2024 Bolder Boulder 10K
in Boulder, Colorado with a time of 37:35 at age 62.
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1961 births
Living people
Swedish male orienteers
Swedish foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists
21st-century Swedish people
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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