Silja Tarvonen (born 4 April 1985)
is a
Finnish 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 ...
and junior world champion.
She became
Junior World Champion in the ''
relay
A relay
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An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off
A relay is an electrically operated switc ...
'' in
Põlva
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Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Music Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a sm ...
in 2003, and in the ''long course'' in
Gdańsk
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in 2004.
[Junior World Orienteering Championships]
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on July 8, 2008)
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 8, 2008)
See also
*
Finnish orienteers
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
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List of orienteers
This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
A
* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
* Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
* Katarina Allberg, Sweden
* Johanna ...
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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
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Finnish female orienteers
Finnish foot orienteers
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists
21st-century Finnish sportswomen
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