Irene Bucher 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 ...

. She won a bronze medal in the ''relay'' at the World Orienteering Championships in

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in 1981, together with Ruth Schmid, Annelies Meier and Ruth Humbel.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Swiss female orienteers Swiss foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub