Troy de Haas (born 15 June 1979) is an Australian tower running, mountain running and orienteering

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. In 1999 he won a bronze medal in the long event at the

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries mu ...

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. It was the first ever medal to be won by a non-European at the international level in the sport of

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 ...

. In 2006 he achieved Australia's best ever men's result at a Senior

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 ...

placing 7th in the sprint event in

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, Japan. He was also a member of Australia's relay team that placed 6th at the 2001 World Championships in

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, Finland. The world's biggest relay event,

Jukola 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 northernm ...

, was won by Turun Suunnistajat in 2001 with Troy running the 'long night' leg for the team. He was the first non-European to ever win

. In later years he has placed at national mountain running championships and international tower running races including

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Jukola

Mountain Running

Athletics Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Haas, Troy 1979 births Living people Australian orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers Australian male long-distance runners Australian mountain runners Tower runners 20th-century Australian sportsmen Competitors at the 2005 World Games Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists Place of birth missing (living people)

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