Julia Jakob, formerly Julia Gross (born 15 April 1991) is a Swiss orienteer. She was born in

Richterswil Richterswil (Swiss German: ''Richtischwiil'' ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as ''Richtliswile''. During the 17th Century, a series of peasan ...

and resides in

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. She won a bronze medal in the sprint at the 2014

European Orienteering Championships The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years. Format ...

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. At the

2017 World Orienteering Championships The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017. The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres. Event dates and locations R ...

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

, Estonia, she placed 15th in the long distance, 15th in the sprint final, and fourth in the relay with the Swiss team. She won a gold medal in the relay at the

2018 World Orienteering Championships The 35th World Orienteering Championships were held in Latvia in August 2018. The hosts were Riga, Sigulda and Turaida. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men Women Mixed References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT ...

in Latvia, together with

Elena Roos Elena Roos (born 1991) is a Swiss orienteer. She won her first World Championship medal at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships, receiving a bronze in the Mixed Sprint Relay along with Sabine Hauswirth, Martin Hubmann and Florian Howald. ...

and

Judith Wyder Judith Wyder (born 25 June 1988) is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor and runner. Her achievements include gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships, both individually and ...

. She also won the Venla Relay in 2018 together with

Tove Alexandersson Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Sweden, Swedish Foot orienteering, foot orienteer, ski orienteering, ski orienteer, skyrunner, trail running, trail runner, ski mountaineering, ski mountaineer and SkySnow, skysnow runner. Alexande ...

, Anna Mårsell and Magdalena Olsson.

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* 1991 births Living people Swiss female orienteers Swiss foot orienteers People from Richterswil Sportspeople from Horgen District Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists 21st-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub