Mats Haldin (born 17 May 1975) 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 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 ...

and two-time European champion with the Finnish

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. He received a

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with the Finnish

at the 2003

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 ...

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

/ Jona, and again in 2006 in

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.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 8 June 2008) He received a

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at the 2007

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.World Orienteering Championships 2007 – Relay – Result list 25.08.2007
(Retrieved on 8 June 2008) At the 2009

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he won a bronze medal in the relay, together with

Topi Anjala Topi Anjala (born 5 July 1984) is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He represented Finland at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 15th in the long distance, and won a bronze medal in the ''relay'', together wit ...

and Tero Föhr. His wife is Czech orienteer Vendula Klechová. Daughter Hanna was born on 25 May 2011. Haldin 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 ...

three times, in 2003, 2010 and 2011, for

Halden SK Halden Skiklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Halden, founded on 12 January 1891. It has sections for orienteering, skiing, and cycling. The orienteering in Halden was first organized in the multi-sports club Halden IL, founded 1912. Among its ...

Awards

*Finnish Orienteer of the Year 2002.

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* * 1975 births Living people Finnish male orienteers Finnish foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Swedish-speaking Finns Competitors at the 2001 World Games {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub

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