Alūksne
Alūksne () is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in the Vidzeme region of Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of the Alūksne municipality. Alūksne is the highest elevated Latvian city, located in East Vidzem ...
) is a Latvian orienteering competitor and world champion. He won the middle distance at the 2012
World Orienteering Championships
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in
Lausanne
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, five seconds ahead of silver medalist
Valentin Novikov
Valentin Yuryevich Novikov (; born 1 October 1974) (Retrieved on June 18, 2008) is a Russian