Born in Tibro

Tibro

Tibro is a locality and the seat of Tibro Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 8,005 inhabitants in 2005. Tibro has a long tradition of furniture production.-Sports:The following sports clubs are located in Tibro:* Tibro AIK FK...

, Sweden, Martin Kronlund was a fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 trainer at the School of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the Technical University of Madrid

Technical University of Madrid

The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid is a Spanish University, located in Madrid. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Architecture, originated mainly in the 18th century...

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In 1971 he introduced the sport of orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 into Spain as part of the physical training of his students. The Spanish orienteering club ADYRON organises the annual orienteering event named Trofeo Martin Kronlund.

See Also

• El maestro de armas Martin Kronlund fallece a los 91 años, Europa Press, March 3, 2008
• Deporte de orientación