Signe Søes (born 1983) is a Danish

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. She won a silver medal in the short distance at the 2003

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries mu ...

in Põlva. She placed fourth in the sprint, 10th in the middle and 12th in the long distance at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in

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. At the 2008 and 2010 World Cups, she placed 2nd. At the European Championships 2014 at

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, Portugal, Søes became European Champion in the middle distance winning a gold medal.Lassen, Morten (14-04-2014):
"Super og fantastisk dansk triumf"
'. Danish Orienteering Federation. Received April 14, 2014.

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* 1983 births Living people Danish foot orienteers Danish female orienteers Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-orienteering-bio-stub