Marika Teini
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Marika Teini (born 31 January 1989) is a Finnish
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. At the
2016 World Orienteering Championships The 33rd World Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the 13th World Trail Orienteering Championships was held in Strömstad and Tanum, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located ...
in
Strömstad Strömstad is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 6,288 inhabitants in 2010. For historical reasons, Strömstad is called a Stad (Sweden), ''city'' despite its small popu ...
she placed 6th in the middle distance, and won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team. She repeated her relay bronze medal in 2017, before winning the gold medal at the 2018 European Orienteering Championships in
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, ahead of
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
runner
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 ...
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* 1989 births Living people Finnish female orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Competitors at the 2017 World Games 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub