Johan Runesson (born 20 November 1990) is a

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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 ...

"Profile: Johan Runesson"
– World of O Runners (Retrieved on July 3, 2008 ) and World and Junior World Champion. Runesson competed at the 2008

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries mu ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, where he won a gold medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the sprint, and a gold medal in the long distance, as well as participating on the winning Swedish relay team. He competed at the 2012

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 ...

. In the middle distance he qualified for the final, where he placed 18th. At the 2019

he participated in the winning Swedish relay team. Since June 2011, he lives in

. Before he lived in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

.Johan Runesson – ready for a new Gothenburg
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* 1990 births Living people Swedish male orienteers Swedish foot orienteers Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub