Tove Alexandersson
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Tove Alexandersson, born September 7, 1992, is a Swedish orienteering
and ski-orienteering
competitor. She became Junior World Champion
in Orienteering in 2009 and 2010. She won a gold medal in the sprint distance at the 2011 World Ski Orienteering Championships
in Sweden.
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...
and ski-orienteering
Ski-orienteering
Ski orienteering is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF...
competitor. She became Junior World Champion
Junior World Orienteering Championships
The Junior World Orienteering Championships are an orienteering competition held every year. 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...
in Orienteering in 2009 and 2010. She won a gold medal in the sprint distance at the 2011 World Ski Orienteering Championships
World Ski Orienteering Championships
The World Ski Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women...
in Sweden.