Minna Kauppi and Daniel Hubmann have been awarded with “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ titles in the womens and mens class, respectively! Among the women, Minna Kauppi got 29.4% of the votes – winning ahead of Vroni König-Salmi with 23.7% of the votes. The mens class saw a very clear ...
Read More »Vroni König-Salmi and Thierry Gueorgiou …
… got nearly to the top in the “Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ – both getting the second place in the women and men category, respectively. Vroni König Salmi had the comeback of 2008 in international orienteering with her silver medal in the WOC 2008 Middle Distance – an achievement valued ...
Read More »Anne Margrethe Hausken and Michal Smola …
… start our countdown on the podium in the “Orienteering Achievement of 2008″. Anne Margrethe Hausken’s great achievements in 2008 – dominating the sprint distance in international orienteering and winning the overall World Cup – gave her the third position with 18 % of the votes in the womens class. ...
Read More »Achievement of 2008: 16 hours to vote!
Still the fight for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ is not decided – you now have only 16 hours left to place your vote if you have not voted yet. The poll closes at midnight CET tonight. Please help spreading the news – and give all these great achievements by ...
Read More »2500 votes – 49 countries – 6 days to vote
The fight for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ is very tight in the women class with 6 days to vote. Three women are within around 50 votes – YOUR vote can decide who will win! In the men class, one athlete has taken a larger lead – but nothing is ...
Read More »Vote for the Orienteering Achievement of 2008!
Voting for the “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ has now opened – and will be open from November 28th until December 9th. The past week all nominated runners have been presented at World of O and Ultimate Orienteering – and now everything is ready to name the Orienteering Achievement of ...
Read More »Francois Gonon: Presentation
– Actually I’m not sure if my biggest achievement was to get a bronze medal in long distance in the World Champs or “almost” manage to reach a 4000m legendary summit in the French Alps. Both experiences were extremely challenging and I was immediately thinking to try again with “better ...
Read More »Jamie Stevenson: Presentation
– Running up the finish straight at the WOC Relay with my team and meeting our coach and friend Dave Peel was the highlight of the season, Jamie Stevenson tells us in this interview. Stevenson took home the victory for Great Britain in one of the most special orienteering thrillers ...
Read More »Runesson and Falk: Ultimate Junior Orienteers of 2008!
Johan Runesson and Beata Falk – both from Sweden – have been named “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ in the mens and womens class, respectively! Runesson took 40% of the votes – nearly twice as many as Timo Sild in second spot. In the womens class it was a ...
Read More »Dana Brozkova: Presentation
– It was a great chance, but there was also a big pressure from myself and from the fans. I am really happy that I managed to win the gold medal. It was like a dream, Dana Brozkova says in this interview. Her Gold medal at the World Orienteering Champs ...
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