Marlena Jansson (born 20 November 1970) is a Swedish

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 ...

.World of O Runners - Marlena Jansson
(Retrieved on 2 December 2007) She is three times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1991, 1993 and 1997,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 2 December 2007) as well as having a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

from 1995 and a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...

from 1999. She also shared bronze with Anna Bogren in the Short distance

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

in 1995. She obtained the first place in the Overall

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

in 1994 and second one in 1996. She is five times individual Swedish Champion (1987, 1990, 1995, 1997 and 1998), and Nordic Relay Champion from 1992.

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* * 1970 births Living people Swedish female orienteers Swedish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub