Eivor Steen-Olsson
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Eivor Steen-Olsson (born 5 January 1937) is a Swedish
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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. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
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She won a gold medal in the first official relay at the European Orienteering Championships, in Le Brassus in 1964, together with Ann-Marie Wallsten and
Ulla Lindkvist Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,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 ...
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in 1966, where she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' together with Kerstin Granstedt and Gunborg Åhling, and placed fifth in the individual contest. At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in Friedrichroda she won a gold medal in the ''relay'' for Sweden again, this time with Birgitta Larsson and
Ulla Lindkvist Ulla Lindkvist (30 August 1939 – 6 August 2015) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships,1937 births Living people Swedish female orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub