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...

 at the World Games

World Games

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games...

is organized as an individual competition for both women and men, and a mix relay for teams of two men and two women.

The International Orienteering Federation

International Orienteering Federation

The International Orienteering Federation is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Helsinki, Finland....

 (IOF) became a member of the International World Games Association

International World Games Association

The International World Games Association is an international association, recognized by the IOC, that organizes every four years since 1981 the multi-sport event called the World Games.-Member federations:...

 (IWGA) in 1995. The World Games

World Games

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games...

 are held every four years, for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. Orienteering was first included in the program in 2001.

Venues

Year	Days	Venue
2001 World Games 2001 The sixth World Games were held in 2001 in Akita, Japan.-Sports:Official sports-Medal count:...	August 15 - 25	Akita Akita, Akita is the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.As of June 11, 2005, with the merger of the former Kawabe District , the city has an estimated population of 323,310 and density of... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
2005 World Games 2005 The World Games of 2005 took place in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24th July 2005.More than 3000 athletes competed in 39 non-Olympic sports:-Sports:Official sportsInvitational sports*Aikido The World Games of 2005 took place in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24th July...	July 14-24	Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2009 World Games 2009 The World Games of 2009 took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games....	July 16-26	Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China... , Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
2013 World Games 2013 The World Games of 2013 will take place in the city of Cali, from July 25 to August 4.The Games was originally scheduled to be held in the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf of Germany. However, the cities could not secure enough funding partly as a result of the global economic downturn in 2009,...		Cali Calì Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2009	Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007...	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Tero Föhr Tero Föhr Tero Föhr is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev...

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2009	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....	Johanna Allston Johanna Allston Johanna Allston is an Australian orienteer.Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, won the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships for the long distance event. She won by an almost unprecedented margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds...	Elise Egseth Elise Egseth Elise Egseth is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.-Junior career:She won a gold medal in the relay at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, together with Mari Fasting and Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen...

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Grant Bluett Grant Bluett Grant Bluett is an Australian orienteering competitor.He won a gold medal in the individual event at the World Games in 2001.In perhaps the biggest upset in the history of world level orienteering, Grant Bluett won the Men’s race to become the first Men’s World Games orienteering champion...	Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian Relay team.-International results:...	Jamie Stevenson Jamie Stevenson Jamie Stevenson is a British orienteering champion. He appeared on the TV sports quiz They Think It's All Over in 2003 after winning the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships....
2005	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø is a Norwegian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor. He finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup in 2004, and has a silver medal in relay from the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships.-World cup, orienteering:Østerbø finished third overall at the 2004...
2009	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Dmitry Tsvetkov	Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007...

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...	Anette Granstedt Anette Granstedt Anette Granstedt is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1993, as a member of the Swedish winning team. She also has a silver medal from 1995, and a bronze medal from 1999.-References:...	Birgitte Husebye Birgitte Husebye Birgitte Husebye is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1999, and has three bronze medals from the 2001, 2003 and 2004 Relay World Championships.-References:...
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Karin Schmalfeld Karin Schmalfeld Karin Schmalfeld is a German orienteering competitor.She received a silver medal in the individual event at the World Games in 2005. She also competed in the mixed relay, where Germany finished 6th. Schmalfeld had the fourth and last leg, and advanced the German team from 11th to 6th position.She...	Heather Monro Heather Monro Heather Monro was the second British female orienteer to win a world championship medal. She came 5th at the World Orienteering Championships in 2001. At the 2003 World Orienteering Championships she was the highest placed British Female coming Fourteenth place over the 11.8 km race...
2009	Johanna Allston Johanna Allston Johanna Allston is an Australian orienteer.Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, won the 2006 Junior World Orienteering Championships for the long distance event. She won by an almost unprecedented margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds...	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....	Linnea Gustafsson Linnea Gustafsson Linnea Gustafsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the middle distance and finished fifth in the sprint at the World Games in 2009. She won a silver medal in sprint at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, Hungary.-References:...

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Notes
2001	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering... Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club... Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian Relay team.-International results:... Birgitte Husebye Birgitte Husebye Birgitte Husebye is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1999, and has three bronze medals from the 2001, 2003 and 2004 Relay World Championships.-References:...	Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... Svajunas Ambrazas Svajunas Ambrazas Svajūnas Ambrazas is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor.He received a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Vilma Rudzenskaitė, Edgaras Voveris and Giedrė Voverienė, when the Lithuanian team finished second behind Norway.His finished 14th in the short distance and 12th... Vilma Rudzenskaitė Vilma Rudzenskaite Vilma Rudzenskaitė is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in relay at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Giedrė Voverienė and Ieva Sargautytė. The same Lithuanian team finished 4th at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships in... Edgaras Voveris Edgaras Voveris Edgaras Voveris is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor.He received a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Svajunas Ambrazas, Vilma Rudzenskaitė and Giedrė Voverienė.... Giedrė Voverienė Giedre Voveriene Giedrė Voverienė is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in relay at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Vilma Rudzenskaitė and Ieva Sargautytė...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... Emil Wingstedt Emil Wingstedt Emil Wingstedt is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won of the 2005 and 2006 Sprint World Orienteering Championships, and finished third on the Long distance in 2003. He is Relay World Champion from 2003 with the Swedish team, as well as having a silver medal from 2007, and bronze medals from ... Anette Granstedt Anette Granstedt Anette Granstedt is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1993, as a member of the Swedish winning team. She also has a silver medal from 1995, and a bronze medal from 1999.-References:... Niclas Jonasson Niclas Jonasson Niclas Jonasson is a Swedish orienteering competitor and world champion.He received a gold medal in sprint at the 2004 World Orienteering Championships, and gold medal in relay in 2003, as a member of the Swedish winning team... Jenny Johansson Jenny Johansson Jenny Johansson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 2004, as well as having silver medals from 2001, 2003 and 2006, and bronze medal from 2005...	Teams from 15 countries
2005	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... Matthias Merz Matthias Merz Matthias Merz is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, Long distance, and also obtained a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005 Relay Championships in Aichi, Japan, as... Lea Müller Lea Müller Lea Müller is a Swiss orienteering competitor and World Champion. She participated on the Swiss winning team in the World Orienteering Championships in Aichi 2005. She also won the World Games in 2005 with the Swiss team.-References:... Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:... Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... Sergey Detkov Sergey Detkov Sergey Detkov is a Russian orienteering competitor.He received a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Aliya Sitdikova, Maxim Davydov and Tatiana Ryabkina.... Aliya Sitdikova Aliya Sitdikova Aliya Sitdikova is a Russian orienteering competitor.She won a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Sergey Detkov, Maxim Davydov and Tatiana Ryabkina.-References:... Maxim Davydov Maxim Davydov Maxim Davydov is a Russian orienteering competitor.He won a silver medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Sergey Detkov, Aliya Sitdikova and Tatiana Ryabkina.-References:... Tatiana Ryabkina Tatiana Ryabkina Tatiana Ryabkina is a Russian orienteering competitor.-World championships:...	Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... Petr Losman Petr Losman Petr Losman is a Czech orienteering competitor.He won a bronze medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Marta Štěrbová, Tomáš Dlabaja and Dana Brožková. His best achievements at the World Orienteering Championships are 7th in the sprint distance in 2003, and 10th in the sprint in... Marta Štěrbová Marta Šterbová Marta Štěrbová is a Czech orienteering competitor.She won a bronze medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Petr Losman, Tomáš Dlabaja and Dana Brožková... Tomáš Dlabaja Tomáš Dlabaja Tomáš Dlabaja is a Czech orienteering competitor.He received a bronze medal at the World Games in 2005 in the mixed relay, with Petr Losman, Marta Štěrbová and Dana Brožková... Dana Brožková Dana Brožková Dana Brožková is a Czech orienteering competitor. She is the 2008 World Champion in the long distance and 2009 World Champion in the middle distance. She received a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2006 World Orienteering Championships in Aarhus...
2009	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... Dmitry Tsvetkov Yulia Novikova Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007... Galina Vinogradova Galina Vinogradova Galina Vinogradova is a Russian orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the relay event at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc, together with Yulia Novikova and Tatiana Ryabkina. She finished 4th in the sprint event at th same championship.-References:...	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... Pasi Ikonen Pasi Ikonen Pasi Ikonen is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 2001 World Orienteering Championships, Short distance, and also silver on the Sprint distance same year. In France 2011, he won silver on the long distance. He also has a Relay bronze medal from 2007.-See also:Finnish orienteers* List... Bodil Christina Holmstrom Tero Föhr Tero Föhr Tero Föhr is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev... Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... Lars Skjeset Lars Skjeset Lars Skjeset is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, and medal winner from World Games, European Championships and Junior World Championships... Mari Fasting Mari Fasting Mari Fasting is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She is two times Junior World Orienteering Champion. She represents the club NTNUI of Trondheim.-Junior career:... Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø is a Norwegian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor. He finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup in 2004, and has a silver medal in relay from the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships.-World cup, orienteering:Østerbø finished third overall at the 2004... Elise Egseth Elise Egseth Elise Egseth is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.-Junior career:She won a gold medal in the relay at the 2005 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tenero, together with Mari Fasting and Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen...