Marika Hara is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering

Mountain bike orienteering

Mountain bike orienteering is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. Compared to foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail and track network. Navigation tactics are similar to ski-orienteering,...

 competitor and world champion.

At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships

World MTB Orienteering Championships

The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships were first held in 2002, and from 2004 they have been organized every year...

 in Ostróda

Ostróda

Ostróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...

, she won a silver medal in the long distance, and a gold medal in the relay, together with Maija Lång and Ingrid Stengård

Ingrid Stengård

Ingrid Stengård is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor. She won two individual bronze medals at the 2006 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and won gold medals with the Finnish relay team in 2007 and 2008.-References:...

. In Ben Shemen

Ben Shemen

Ben Shemen is a moshav in central Israel. Located around four kilometres east of Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 627....

in 2009 she won a silver medal in the sprint, and a gold medal in the middle distance. At the 2010 World Championships she won two individual bronze medals and a silver medal in the relay.