Gustav Bergman (born 4 December 1990) is a Swedish orienteering competitor.
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in relay events at the

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, and four medals in individual events.

Career

At the

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, Bergman won two gold medals in 2009 in the Relay and the Long at the championships in Italy and a silver medal in the Relay with Sweden in 2010 before becoming part of the Swedish senior squad. After a disappointing year in 2011 (his first year as a senior), in which Bergman was not selected for the Swedish national team, in 2012 Bergman made his breakthrough to the senior team and came 5th at the

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in his first senior appearance for Sweden. In 2013, Bergman won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2013

. In 2014, Bergman was one of the favourites to win the World Championships Middle Distance in

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, but finished in a disappointing 9th place; following this, Bergman had one of the best performances of his career in the Relay event, in which he ran away from seasoned orienteering stars Thierry Gueorgiou and Matthias Kyburz to win the relay for Sweden- his first gold medal at the World Championships. Following this, Bergman became a fixture in the Swedish orienteering relay team. At the 2014

, Bergman won a gold medal in the relay with Sweden as well. As of 2024, this was his only gold medal at the European Championships. At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in

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he won a bronze medal in relay with the Swedish team, along with Fredrik Bakkman and William Lind, as well as a bronze medal in the mixed sprint relay. He repeated the bronze medal in the relay the following year at the World Championships. At the 2019 World Orienteering Championships in

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he won a silver medal at the middle distance and a gold medal in the relay with the Swedish team, along with Johan Runesson and Emil Svensk. Bergman won the 2019

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, becoming the first orienteer apart from

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or Matthias Kyburz to win since 2007. Bergman had another successful season in 2021, winning two gold medals in the relay events and a silver medal in the Middle Distance at the 2021 World Orienteering Championships. In 2022, Bergman won a surprise silver medal in the Sprint at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships, a discipline in which he had not competed at the World Championships since 2013. At the

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in Flims-Laax he won a bronze medal as a member of the Swedish team in the relay along with Albin Ridefeldt and Emil Svensk. Competing at the

2024 World Orienteering Championships The 2024 World Orienteering Championships was held from 12 to 16 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The championships consisted of 5 days of races, plus a warm-up event one day prior to the start of the competition. Schedule Medal summary M ...

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, he placed fourth in the sprint final, two seconds behind bronze winner Emil Svensk.

Results

World Championship results

World Cup victories

Personal life

He was born in

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, represents OK Ravinen, and is married to Helena Jansson. Bergman lives in Bagarmossen.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Gustav 1990 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Competitors at the 2017 World Games Sportspeople from Stockholm Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish sportsmen