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Yvette Baker (born Yvette Hague, 1968) is Britain's most successful orienteer. At the 1999 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in
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she won the short-distance event.


Orienteering

Already at the early age of 15, she won the Elite class of the
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Trophy in 1983. The same year she was a member of the British relay team at the
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 ...
, making her possibly the youngest WOC participant ever. During the following years' WOC, she always had promising qualification results in the top 10, but could not match them in the finals. It was not until 1993, when she won Britain's first world championship medal coming third over the ''classic distance''. In 1995, she won silver medals in the short and classic distances, again not matching her 1st place of the qualification. After another 1st place in the qualification of 1997, in 1999 she won the short-distance event to become World Orienteering Champion. In 2001, after a winning her fourth consecutive qualification (1995/97/99/2001), she retired from the WOC with an 11th place in the long-distance event. Between 1983 and 2001, she took part in all 11 WOC. In domestic competition, she won both the
British Orienteering Championships The British Orienteering Championships are the highest level of competition in Orienteering in the United Kingdom, along with the Jan Kjellström International Festival of Orienteering, JK Orienteering Festival. 1967 saw the first British Champion ...
and the JK Orienteering Festival multiple times. The annual Yvette Baker Trophy and Shield inter-club junior orienteering competition in the UK is named for her.


Fell running

Baker represented England at mountain running and was a successful fell runner, winning races including the Edale Skyline, Duddon Valley, the Three Shires, the
Langdale Horseshoe The Langdale Horseshoe is an annual Lake District fell running, fell race that starts and finishes at the Old Dungeon Ghyll. The course climbs to Stickle Tarn, Langdale, Stickle Tarn before heading to Thunacar Knott, Esk Hause shelter, Bowfell, Cri ...
and the
Carnethy 5 The Carnethy 5 is an annual hill race held in February, taking place in the Pentland Hills to the south of Edinburgh. Starting in a field near Silverburn, the route climbs five hills: Scald Law, South Black Hill, East Kip and West Kip are tackl ...
.Graham Breeze, "Equi ad Circos (Classic Fell Races Part 3)", ''The Fellrunner Magazine'', Feb 2003, 24-26
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Personal life

She was born in the U.S. to British parents. She grew up in England and then lived for several years in Denmark before moving to New Zealand. She attended the
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and was a member of
Edinburgh University Orienteering Club Edinburgh University Orienteering Club is the most successful University Orienteering Club in the United Kingdom, winning the JK or British relays 15 times in total. It's also recognised by the abbreviation EUOC. Students from Edinburgh Universit ...
; she was inducted into the Edinburgh University Hall of Fame in 2011.


See also

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British orienteers British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
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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


Article about Yvettes WOC history
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Yvette 1968 births Living people British orienteers Female orienteers Foot orienteers British fell runners World Orienteering Championships medalists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Keele University