Emil Wingstedt (born 9 May 1975) is a Swedish

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 specia ...

competitor Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

. He won the 2005 and 2006 Sprint

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considere ...

,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 30 December 2007) 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 2004 and 2006. He is a four-time European Champion, winning the Sprint distance in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. He won the classical relay race

Tiomila Tiomila or 10-mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945, usually in late April or early May. It is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of five daylight legs. Tiomila attracts c ...

in 2006, 2007 and 2012 with his club team

Halden SK Halden Skiklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Halden, founded on 12 January 1891. It has sections for orienteering, skiing, and cycling. The orienteering in Halden was first organized in the multi-sports club Halden IL, founded 1912. Among its ...

. He has been ranked no. 1 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking (in 2001).IOF World Ranking – Emil Wingstedt
(Retrieved on 30 December 2007)

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* * 1975 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games bronze medalists for Sweden World Games medalists in orienteering 21st-century Swedish people Medalists at the 2001 World Games {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub