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The runner chosen for August is Mats Haldin from Finland. Mats Haldin has been a very important man in Halden SKs Tiomila and Jukola success the last years – and will be missed when he travels over the border to Sweden and IFK Göteborg next year.
Already in 2002 he was 3rd in the overall World Cup…
Mats Haldin has belonged to the absolute World Orienteering Elite for many years, but he is still fighting for his first individual World Championships medal. Already in 2002 he was 3rd in the overall World Cup, falling to a 5th and 6th spot in 2004 and 2005. He has one World Cup victory (2002, Long distance, Czech Republic), and 7 second spots in World Cup races.
Even if Mats has belonged to the World Orienteering Elite for many years – he got his best individual WOC result in 2007 with his 4th place at the WOC in Kiev, Ukraine in 2007. Maybe the change to a new club and a new country is what Mats needs to take that small but important step up to the podium in 2008? Mats Haldin will definitely be an exiting runner to follow in 2008!
See full statistics and pictures for Mats Haldin in World of O Runners.
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About WoO Wall Calendar 2008
This is a preview of World of O Wall Calendar 2008: 12 runners – 12 countries. It will be available for free download as a high-quality PDF-file in January 2008. The preview of the calendar is shown to give organizers time (and motivate them) to add their competitions to World of O Calendar. All international orienteering competitions inside World of O Calendar at January 5th will be included in World of O Wall Calendar 2008. The pictures in the calendar are selected from World of O Runners – choosing 12 runners from 12 different countries to show the spread of orienteering around the world.
