Eva Svensson (born 27 May 1987) 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 ...

and

ski-orienteering Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical sk ...

competitor, and junior world champion in both sports.

Orienteering

She became Junior World Champion in ''sprint'' in

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in 2007, and received a bronze medal in 2006.Junior World Orienteering Championships
– ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on June 29, 2008)
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on June 29, 2008) She received silver medals in ''relay'' in both the 2006 and 2007 junior world championships.

Ski orienteering

Svensson received four individual gold medals and two bronze medals at the

Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships The Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships (or Ski-JWOC) were first held in 1994. Since 1998, competitions have been held annually. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). Host Towns/Citi ...

in 2005, 2006 and 2007. At the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in

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in 2007, she won a gold medal in the long distance, a gold medal in the middle distance, a bronze medal in the sprint, as well as being part of the Swedish winning team in the relay.

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* * 1987 births Living people Swedish female orienteers Swedish foot orienteers Swedish ski-orienteers Swedish female cross-country skiers Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub