Leonid Novikov (born 10 January 1984) is a Russian orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2013

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 ...

. and a silver medal in the long distance at the 2017 world championships. He was born in Belgorod and represents the club Spartak.World of O
/ref> Leonid is the younger brother of fellow orienteer Valentin Novikov. Novikov won the

Jukola relay The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between 13 and 19 June in sites around Finland. The northern ...

in 2008.

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* 1984 births Living people Russian male orienteers Russian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Belgorod 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-orienteering-bio-stub