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Angelniemen Ankkuri
Angelniemen Ankkuri is an orienteering club in Salo, Finland, Salo, Finland. It was founded in 1946 as club for sports and gymnastics, but nowadays it has only orienteering. Its members have won 17 medals in Finnish championships. It has won Tiomila, the Venla relay and the Jukola relay. The club came second in 25-manna in 1994 when Johan Ivarsson (orienteer), Johan Ivarsson managed to keep the distance to Pekka Pallaspuro. The orienteers Johanna Asklöf, Kirsi Boström, Ari Kattainen, Mika Kuisma, Marika Mikkola, Matti Mäkinen and Seppo Väli-Klemelä have run for the club. Halikko relay The club has organised the Halikko relay in late autumn since 1989. The teams are composed of 15 runners. References Orienteering clubs in Finland Salo, Finland Sport in Southwest Finland {{Orienteering-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find Control point (orienteering), control points. Originally a training exercise in Land navigation (military), land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. For the purposes of this article, foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but almost any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation with a map is a type of orienteering. Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including the World Games (see Orienteering at the World Games) and World Police and Fire Games. History The history of ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Asklöf
Johanna Asklöf (née Tiira, born 25 August 1972) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) She received a in the '''' event at the 1993 in |
Seppo Väli-Klemelä
Seppo Väli-Klemelä (born 13 November 1949) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1974 World Orienteering Championships in Viborg, together with Hannu Mäkirinta, Markku Salminen and Risto Nuuros. He won the 1973 Jukola relay. See also * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport. Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships * World Orienteering Championships * Junior World Orienteering Championships * ... References Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 1949 births 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Mäkinen
Matti Mäkinen (born 18 January 1947 in Paimio) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1976 World Orienteering Championships in Aviemore, together with Hannu Mäkirinta, Markku Salminen and Kimmo Rauhamäki. He won the Jukola relay in 1973. See also * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport. Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships * World Orienteering Championships * Junior World Orienteering Championships * ... References 1947 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marika Mikkola
Marika Mikkola is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 25 January 2008) She won a at the 2001 in and a in |
Mika Kuisma
Mika Kuisma (1967 – 11 January 1995) was a Finnish orienteering competitor. He died in a car crash. He finished 3rd overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 1994, behind winner Petter Thoresen and Janne Salmi.World Cup 1994 – ''IOF'' (Retrieved on 20 June 2008) He finished 25th in the World Cup 1992. He competed at the 1991 in , where he finished 8th in the ''short course'', and 17th in the ''classic distance''. At the 1993 |
Ari Kattainen
Ari Kattainen (born 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skövde, together with Keijo Parkkinen, Peter Ivars and Reijo Mattinen. See also * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport. Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships * World Orienteering Championships * Junior World Orienteering Championships * ... References 1958 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsi Boström
Kirsi Boström (née Tiira; born 20 May 1968, in Parikkala) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion. She won the 1999 Classic distance World Orienteering Championships.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 25 November 2007) She won a at the 1995 in with the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Pallaspuro
Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland. The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th of June on the orthodox calendar. It originated as a variation of the name Peter (''Pietari''). Notable people with this name include: * Pekka-Eric Auvinen (1989-2007), perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting in 2007 * Pekka Haavisto (born 1958), Finnish politician and minister * Pekka Harttila (born 1941), Finnish diplomat and a lawyer * Pekka Heino (television presenter) (born 1961), Swedish television host and presenter * Pekka Heino (singer) (born 1976), Finnish metal singer * Pekka Himanen (born 1973), Finnish philosopher * Pekka Huhtaniemi (born 1949), Finnish diplomat * Pekka Koskela (born 1982), Finnish speed skater * Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist * Pekka Lagerblom (born 1982), Finnish footballer * Pekka T. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salo, Finland
Salo () is a town in Finland, located in the southwestern interior of the country. The population of Salo is approximately , while the Salo sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the 24th most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Salo is located in the Southwest Finland. Salo covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The name ''Salo'' means woodland, backwoods, but also a wooded island in Finnish. It is believed that Salo originally referred to an island located south of the current town over a thousand years ago, which is now a hill due to post-glacial rebound, and not even close to the sea today. Salo is a small city located between the capital Helsinki ( away) and the provincial capital Turku ( away). The city's proximity to these larger cities h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Ivarsson (orienteer)
Johan Ivarsson (born 16 March 1967) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won the overall world cup in 1996. World championships He participated at the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in Detmold, where he received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' with the Swedish team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on June 18, 2008) He received a as part of the Swedish team in the '''' also at the 1999 |
Jukola Relay
The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between 13 and 19 June in sites around Finland. The northernmost location has been 50 km north of the Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circle of latitude, circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the Antarctic Circle. The Arctic Circl .... The name Jukola is a family name in the classic Finnish novel, " Seven Brothers". The women's relay, known as the Venla Relay, is a daytime race on the Saturday afternoon. It is named after the main female character from the novel. The Jukola relay has seven legs with varying distances. The starting time is around 11 pm when the sun sets. Runners for the first three legs usually wear headlights, depending on the geographica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
