Philippe Adamski
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Philippe Adamski (born 8 April 1985) is a French 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...

 competitor. He's member of the French club Tous Azimuts Douai since his beginning. He's also running for Kaelvan Rasti, Finland

He started orienteering lately, when he was 17, despite some practice at school. But he reached high level quickly and took part to his first junior world championships in Estonia one year later (2003). Poland's JWOC showed animpressive progression with 2 top 15 places.

At JWOC 2005 in Switzerland, he gained his first medals with silver in the middle distance and bronze in the long distance. Then it was time to show his skills in the senior class.

He won silver in the World University Orienteering Champs in Slovakia (Kosice, 2006). The same year, he was for the first time in the first team of the senior relay, at the world cup in Montlosier (France, disq)

He competed at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships
World Orienteering Championships
The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 . Since 2003, competitions have been held annually....

 in Miskolc
Miskolc
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, where he participated on the French relay team. He won a silver medal in the long distance, and a silver medal in the relay with the French team at the 2010 European Orienteering Championships
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.The current championship events are:* Relay - for three-person teams* Long distance* Middle distance* Sprint-Host towns/cities:...

 in Primorsko
Primorsko
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.

For the 3rd time in a row, he was unlucky with the WOC relay when his teammate, 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...

, in the lead, forgot a control, and loost the title.

But in 2011, on home Ground in France, he became world champion in Relay, together with François Gonon
François Gonon
François Gonon is a French orienteering competitor. He has received silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships....

and Thierry Gueorgiou
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