List of orienteers

This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.

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By country
Innovators

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Alida Abola, Soviet Union
Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
Katarina Allberg, Sweden
Johanna Allston, Australia
Maja Alm, Denmark
Dainora Alšauskaitė, Lithuania
Svajūnas Ambrazas, Lithuania
Marianne Andersen, Norway
Ragnhild Bente Andersen, Norway
David Andersson, Sweden
Monica Andersson, Sweden
Ari Anjala, Finland
Topi Anjala, Finland
Liisa Anttila, Finland
Linda Antonsen, Norway
Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard, Sweden
Heidi Arnesen, Norway
Peter Arnesson, Sweden
Johanna Asklöf, Finland
Anna-Lena Axelsson, Sweden

B

Martin Bagness, United Kingdom
Hana Bajtošova, Slovakia
Yvette Baker, United Kingdom, won World Orienteering Championships short distance 1999 in Inverness
Ruth Baumberger, Switzerland
Eugenia Belova, Russia
Jan Beneš, Czech Republic, became Junior World Champion in the middle distance in Druskininkai in 2006
Anne Benjaminsen, Finland
Vidar Benjaminsen, Norway
Stig Berge, Norway
Alain Berger, Switzerland
Morten Berglia, Norway
Claes Berglund, Sweden
Annika Billstam, Sweden
Hanne Birke, Denmark
Jimmy Birklin, Sweden, winner of the 2001 Sprint World Orienteering Championships
Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen, Norway
Sture Björk, Sweden
Anders Björkman, Sweden
Ida Marie Bjørgul, Norway, received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia
Kjetil Bjørlo, Norway
Bernt Bjørnsgaard, Norway
Carl Henrik Bjørseth, Norway
Claus Bloch, Denmark
Grant Bluett, Australia
Christina Blomqvist, Sweden
Sören Bobach, Denmark
Marianne Bogestedt, Sweden
Anna Bogren, Sweden, won the 1993 short distance World Orienteering Championships
Stefan Bolliger, Switzerland
Chris Bonington, United Kingdom
Katarina Borg, Sweden
Outi Borgenström-Anjala, Finland
Zoltán Boros, Hungary
Kirsi Boström, Finland
Mårten Boström, Finland
Mikael Boström, Finland
Irene Bucher, Switzerland
Thomas Bührer, Switzerland
Chris Brasher, United Kingdom
Ragnhild Bratberg, Norway
Dana Brožková, Czech Republic
Radka Brožková, Czech Republic
David Brickhill-Jones, United Kingdom
Lucie Böhm, Austria

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Astrid Carlson, Norway, relay silver at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships
Lennart Carlström, Sweden
Sten-Olof Carlström, Sweden
Adam Chromý, Czech Republic
Ksenia Chernykh, Russia, individual gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships
Barbora Chudíková, Czech Republic
Jana Cieslarová, Czech Republic
Nicolo Corradini, Italy
Laure Coupat, France
Kristin Cullman, Sweden
Alicia Cobo,^[1] Spain, finalist in World Orienteering Championships in Finland 2013^[2]

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Ingrid Ohlsson, Sweden
Marie Ohlsson, Sweden
Mirja Ojanen, Finland
Dagfinn Olsen, Norway
Tommy Olsen, Norway
Jörgen Olsson, Sweden
Kent Olsson, Sweden
Katalin Oláh, Hungary
Ellen Sofie Olsvik, Norway
Yuri Omeltchenko, Ukraine, winner of the 1995 World Orienteering Championships short distance

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Tore Sagvolden, Norway
Kari Sallinen, Finland
Raili Sallinen, Finland
Juhani Salmenkylä, Finland
Leena Salmenkylä, Finland
Janne Salmi, Finland
Markku Salminen, Finland
Hanne Sandstad, Norway
Tore Sandvik, Norway
Lena Samuelsson, Sweden
Eveli Saue, Estonia
Ieva Sargautytė, Lithuania
Sanna Savolainen, Finland
Christine Schaffner, Switzerland
Karin Schmalfeld, Germany
Ruth Schmid, Switzerland
David Schneider, Switzerland
Alex Schwager, Switzerland
Frauke Schmitt Gran, Germany
Pirjo Seppä, Finland
Olga Shevchenko, Russia
Maria Shilova, Russia
Lauri Sild, Estonia
Sixten Sild, Estonia
Timo Sild, Estonia
Kaija Silvennoinen, Finland
Leena Silvennoinen, Finland
Ivan Sirakov, Bulgaria
Martins Sirmais, Latvia
Aliya Sitdikova, Russia
Anders Skarholt, Norway
Ola Skarholt, Norway
Lars Skjeset, Norway
Marita Skogum, Sweden
Torben Skovlyst, Denmark
Hanne Sletner, Norway
Bill Smith (Fell runner), United Kingdom
Peter Snell, New Zealand
Michal Smola, Czech Republic
Hanne Staff, Norway
Markus Stappung, Switzerland
Eivor Steen-Olsson, Sweden
Marta Štěrbová, Czech Republic
Jamie Stevenson, United Kingdom
Søren Strunge, Denmark
Kine Hallan Steiwer, Norway
János Sotér, Hungary
Örjan Svahn, Sweden
Olavi Svanberg, Finland
Eva Svensson, Sweden
Harald Svergja, Norway
Šárka Svobodná, Czech Republic
Gunilla Svärd, Sweden
Helene Söderlund, Sweden
János Sőtér, Hungary

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Annika Zell, Sweden

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Ā

Valters Āboliņš, Latvia

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By country

Australian orienteers
Austrian orienteers
British orienteers
Bulgarian orienteers
Czech orienteers
Czechoslovak orienteers
Danish orienteers
Estonian orienteers
Finnish orienteers
French orienteers
German orienteers
Hungarian orienteers
Italian orienteers
Latvian orienteers
Lithuanian orienteers
New Zealand orienteers
Norwegian orienteers
Polish orienteers
Romanian orienteers
Russian orienteers
Slovak orienteers
Soviet orienteers
Swedish orienteers
Swiss orienteers
Ukrainian orienteers

Innovators

Chris Brasher, one of the pioneers of orienteering in Britain and can claim the first public mention of the sport in an article in The Observer in 1957
Ernst Killander, one of the people who made the sport of orienteering popular in Scandinavian countries
Björn Kjellström, orienteering champion and co-founder of the compass manufacturing company Silva Sweden AB
Jan Kjellström, played an important role in the development of the sport of orienteering in Great Britain
Per Kristiansen, involved in orienteering training in Norway and also written several books on handbook on training and competition
Martin Kronlund, introduced and developed the sport of orienteering in Spain
Jan Martin Larsen, pioneer in the development of the specialized orienteering map

Orienteering

Sport disciplines

IOF-governed	Foot orienteering Mountain bike orienteering Ski orienteering Trail orienteering
IARU-governed	Amateur radio direction finding Fox Oring Radio Orienteering in a Compact Area
Other sports	Canoe orienteering Car orienteering Mountain marathon Mounted orienteering Rogaining
Related	Adventure racing Alleycat race Fell running Relay race Transmitter hunting

Equipment

Event	Control point Course Map
Personal	Compass hand protractor thumb Eye protectors Gaiters Headlamp
Exceptions	Backpacking Satellite navigation Whistle

Software

Proprietary	OCAD Condes SportSoftware
Open-source	OpenOrienteering Mapper Purple Pen MeOS

Video games

Catching Features
Suunnistussimulaattori
WinOL / WinOL II Oriantica

Fundamentals

Map
- orienteering map
Navigation
- cardinal direction
- resection
- route choice
- wayfinding
- waypoint
Racing
- hiking
- running
- walking
- skiing
- mountain biking

Organisations / lists

International Orienteering Federation
- members
List of clubs
List of orienteers
- by country
- innovators
List of events

Non-sport related

Adventure travel
Bicycle touring
Climbing
Hiking
Hunting
Location-based game
- geocaching
- poker run
Scoutcraft orienteering
- wilderness

Competitions

Foot orienteering	World Championships Junior Masters University World Cup World Games European Championships Youth University North American Championships Open events O-Ringen Jukola Tiomila Kainuu Orienteering Week Jan Kjellström Festival
Ski orienteering	World Championships Junior World Cup
Mountain bike orienteering	World Championships
Trail orienteering	World Championships

Category
WikiProject

References

^ es:Alicia Cobo
^ "Alicia Cobo Caballero".