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
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and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on January 24, 2008) He won a gold medal in the 1997
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 ...
in
Grimstad
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with the Danish relay team (
Carsten Jørgensen
Carsten Jørgensen (born 25 October 1970) is a Denmark, Danish orienteering Competition, competitor and World champion.Chris Terkelsen and Allan Mogensen).
See also
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Danish orienteers
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
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* Culture of Denmark
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List of orienteers
This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
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* Alida Abola, Soviet Union
* Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
* Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
* Katarina Allberg, Sweden
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List of orienteering events
This is a list of all orienteers events found in Wikipedia and which are notable within the orienteering sport.
Foot Orienteering Championships World Championships
* World Orienteering Championships
* Junior World Orienteering Championships
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