Anders Morelius (born 20 March 1940) is a

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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 ...

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. He is Relay World Champion from 1966, as a member of the Swedish winning team in the very first World Orienteering Championships, held in

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, Finland.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 30, 2007) He also earned a

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in the 1966 Individual World Orienteering Championship.1966 World Orienteering Championships
(Retrieved on December 30, 2007) Han also won 10-mila representing

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in 1965.

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1940 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub