David Schneider (born 27 April 1981) is a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

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 ...

. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1996

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries mu ...

in Govora. He finished 4th in the ''relay'' with the Swiss team at the 2003

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 Rapperswil/Jona (with

Thomas Bührer Thomas Bührer (born 30 January 1968) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2003 World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which h ...

and Marc Lauenstein), and sixth in the ''sprint distance'' the same year. He finished 4th in the ''long distance'' at the 2005

in Aichi.

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* * * * 1981 births Living people Swiss male orienteers Swiss foot orienteers Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub