Bengt Levin (30 September 1958 – 1 January 2020)Tillminne.se death notice
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. He won a silver medal in the ''relay'' event at the 1981

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...

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, along with

Lars-Henrik Undeland Lars-Henrik Undeland (born 5 July 1954) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1981 World Orienteering Championships in Thun, together with Bengt Levin, Jörgen Mårtensson and Lars Lönnk ...

Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson (born 4 December 1959) is one of the most successful Swedish orienteer of all times. Twice a winner of the World Orienteering Championships, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 (at age 21), 1996 and 1997 (at age 37). Fur ...

and

Lars Lönnkvist Lars Lönnkvist is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1979, as a member of the Swedish winning team.

. At the 1983 World Championships in

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he placed 14th in the classic distance, and won a bronze medal with the Swedish relay team.

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1958 births 2020 deaths Swedish orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub