Giedrė Voverienė (born 5 February 1968
in
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
) is a
Lithuania
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n
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
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. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.
Format
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in
Sümeg
Sümeg () is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. Sümeg is mostly known for Sümeg Castle. It is north of Lake Balaton.
Twin towns – sister cities
Sümeg is twinned with:
* Aichtal, Germany
* Sovata, Romania
* Tapolca
Tapolca (; ) is a t ...
, together with
Vilma Rudzenskaitė
Vilma Rudzenskaitė (born December 13, 1966) is a Lithuanian orienteering Competition, competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Giedrė Voverienė and Ieva Sarga ...
and
Ieva Sargautytė
Ieva Sargautytė (born 1981 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in ''relay'' at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Giedrė Voverienė and Vilma Rudzenskaitė. .
[European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-]
(Retrieved on 14 June 2008) The same team finished 4th at the
2003 World Orienteering Championships
The 2003 World Orienteering Championships, the 20th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon ...
in
Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, Rapperswil-Jona also includes Bollinge ...
.
[World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006](_blank)
(Retrieved on 14 June 2008)
Voveriene finished 5th in the ''short distance'' at the 2000 European championships in
Truskavets
Truskavets (, ; ) is a city in Drohobych Raion, western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast (region), near the border with Poland. It hosts the administration of Truskavets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately
Tru ...
.
References
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vilnius
Lithuanian orienteers
Female orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Games medalists in orienteering
World Games silver medalists for Lithuania
Medalists at the 2001 World Games
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