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The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) are a competition in orienteering involving competitors either between 14 and 16 or 16 and 18 (M/W 16 and M/W 18).
The current championship events are:
| Year | Date | Place |
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| 2002 | June 21–23 |  Gdynia, Poland [1] |
| 2003 | June 19–22 |  Pezinok, Slovakia [2] |
| 2004 | June 25–27 |  Salzburg, Austria [3] |
| 2005 | June 23–26 |  Šumperk, Czech Republic [4] [5] |
| 2006 | June 29–July 2 |  Škofja Loka, Slovenia [6] |
| 2007 | June 22–24 |  Eger, Hungary [7] [8] |
| 2008 | October 10–12 |  Solothurn, Switzerland [9] |
| 2009 | July 2–5 |  Kopaonik, Serbia [10] |
| 2010 | July 1–4 |  Soria, Spain [11] |
| 2011 | June 23–26 | Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic [12] |
| 2012 | June 28–July 1 |  Bugeat, France [13] |
| 2013 | October 24–27 |  Caldas da Rainha, Portugal [14] |
| 2014 | June 25–28 |  Strumica, Macedonia [15] |
| 2015 | June 25–28 |  Cluj-Napoca, Romania [16] |
| 2016 | 30 Jun – 3 Jul | Jarosław, Poland [17] |
| 2017 | June 29 – July 7 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia [18] |
| 2018 | June 28 – July 1 |  Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria [19] |
| 2019 | June 27–30 |  Grodno, Belarus [20] |
| postponed until 2022 | | |
| 2021 | August 19–22 |  Vilnius, Lithuania [22] |
| 2022 | July 1–4 | Salgotarjan, Hungary [23] |
| 2023 | June 22–25 | Velingrad, Bulgaria [24] |
| 2024 | June 21–24 | Szczecin, Poland |
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. For the purposes of this article, foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but almost any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation with a map is a type of orienteering.
Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who holds the record for gold medals won at the World Orienteering Championships for a male athlete, with 14 gold medals between 2003 and 2017. Gueorgiou has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event a record eight times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009, 2011 and 2017.
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 must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Magne Dæhli is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer, and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His best individual performances include a silver medal in the long distance from the European Orienteering Championships, and a bronze medal in the middle distance from the 2019 World Orienteering Championships.
Mountain bike orienteering is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. Compared with foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail and track network. Navigation tactics are similar to ski-orienteering, where the major focus is route choice while navigating. The main difference compared to ski-orienteering is that navigation is done at a higher pace, because the bike can reach higher speeds. As the biker reaches higher speeds, map reading becomes more challenging.
Linda Antonsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She competed at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, where she placed 11th in the sprint, and won a bronze medal in the relay event together with Birgitte Husebye, Elisabeth Ingvaldsen and Hanne Staff.
Zsuzsa Fey is a Romanian orienteering competitor. She won a gold medal in the relay event at the 1996 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Govora.
Troy de Haas is an Australian tower running, mountain running and orienteering competitor.
The 29th World Orienteering Championships was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 14 to 21 July 2012.
Florian Howald is a Swiss orienteering competitor. At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad he won a silver medal in mixed sprint relay with the Swiss team, along with Rahel Friederich, Martin Hubmann and Judith Wyder.
Andrine Benjaminsen is a Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer.
The World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) were first held in 2004 and annually since them. The majority of the championships have been held in Europe, with 2005 the only exception to date.
Simona Aebersold is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She is the daughter of Christian Aebersold, who won the World Orienteering Championships 3 times.
Karolin Ohlsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor who competes internationally. She became world champion in the sprint relay in 2018.
Kasper Harlem Fosser is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who represents Norwegian club IL Heming and Swedish club IFK Göteborg.
Joey Hadorn is a Swiss orienteering competitor, born in Bern.
Hanna Lundberg is a Swedish orienteering competitor who represents the club OK Renen.
Charlotte Ward is a British orienteering competitor. She was part of the British team that came second in the sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. Her team included Megan Carter Davies, Kris Jones and Ralph Street.
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