Annika Viilo (born 12 November 1965) 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 ...

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and world champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on January 25, 2008) She won a

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at the 1995

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with the Finnish

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. She received a

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on the Classic distance at the 1993

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, and also a

with the

, and she received a

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with the

in 1989 ( Skaraborg). After retiring, Viilo has been working as a middle school teacher, teaching health education and P.E. In 2016 she won a gold medal at the World Masters Orienteering Championships in

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on long distance in W50 category.

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* * 1965 births Living people Finnish female orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub

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