Anja Meldo (born 19 April 1945) 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 ...

. She received a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

in the ''

relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switc ...

'' event at the 1966

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 ...

in Fiskars together with

Pirjo Ruotsalainen Pirjo Ruotsalainen (born 24 November 1944 in Viipurin maalaiskunta) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships in Fiskars together with Anja Meldo and ...

and Raila Hovi.

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1945 births Living people Finnish female orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub

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