World of O News
[With great video] – His voice rose in excitement as he explained that the key to his dominance in the sport known as orienteering was an innate ability to quickly convert a two-dimensional piece of paper with a variety of symbols on it into a three-dimensional route through the woods, the New York Times writes in a big article about the King of Middle distance – Thierry Gueorgiou.
The article describes how Gueorgiou is preparing for the World Orienteering Championships in Scotland, his obsession with maps – and how he has come to being a “celebrity in orienteering” – and even touches on the French orienteer’s income,
Gueorgiou is the closest thing to a celebrity in orienteering, one of just a few athletes who can make a living as a professional through sponsorships and other agreements. He estimates that he earns about 50,000 euros, or roughly $55,000, per year, which “just about covers all the training and other expenses,” he said.
In the article you can also read about “one of the more significant moments in Gueorgiou’s career” – when he shadowed Annika Billstam on a training camp with the Swedish women team in 2011, leading to a date and before long they were a World Champion couple at the World Championships in France that summer.
