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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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| 1 | 2002 | June 21–23 |  Gdynia, Poland [1] |
| 2 | 2003 | June 19–22 |  Pezinok, Slovakia [2] |
| 3 | 2004 | June 25–27 |  Salzburg, Austria [3] |
| 4 | 2005 | June 23–26 |  Šumperk, Czech Republic [4] [5] |
| 5 | 2006 | June 29–July 2 |  Škofja Loka, Slovenia [6] |
| 6 | 2007 | June 22–24 |  Eger, Hungary [7] [8] |
| 7 | 2008 | October 10–12 |  Solothurn, Switzerland [9] |
| 8 | 2009 | July 2–5 |  Kopaonik, Serbia [10] |
| 9 | 2010 | July 1–4 |  Soria, Spain [11] |
| 10 | 2011 | June 23–26 | Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic [12] |
| 11 | 2012 | June 28–July 1 |  Bugeat, France [13] |
| 12 | 2013 | October 24–27 |  Caldas da Rainha, Portugal [14] |
| 13 | 2014 | June 25–28 |  Strumica, Macedonia [15] |
| 14 | 2015 | June 25–28 |  Cluj-Napoca, Romania [16] |
| 15 | 2016 | 30 Jun – 3 Jul | Jarosław, Poland [17] |
| 16 | 2017 | June 29 – July 7 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia [18] |
| 17 | 2018 | June 28 – July 1 |  Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria [19] |
| 18 | 2019 | June 27–30 |  Grodno, Belarus [20] |
| - | postponed until 2022 | | |
| 19 | 2021 | August 19–22 |  Vilnius, Lithuania [22] |
| 20 | 2022 | July 1–4 | Salgotarjan, Hungary [23] |
| 21 | 2023 | June 22–25 | Velingrad, Bulgaria |
| 22 | 2024 | June 21–24 | Szczecin, Poland |
| 23 | 2025 | July 17-20 | Brno, Czech Republic [24] |
Orienteering is a group of sports that involve 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).
Pasi Ikonen was a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the middle distance at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships. His other achievements include two individual silver medals at the world championships, and medals at the World Games and the European championships.
Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor. Hubmann is the most successful male Swiss orienteer of all time, with 9 Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. In 2023, with his victory in the relay at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, Hubmann became the oldest competitor to win a gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships, at the age of 40 years and 61 days. Hubmann is currently the third most successful male orienteer of all time, behind Thierry Gueorgiou and Olav Lundanes, and has won more medals in total than any other male orienteer.
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.
Troy de Haas is an Australian tower running, mountain running and orienteering competitor.
Matthias Kyburz is a Swiss competitor in orienteering and athletics. In orienteering, Kyburz has attained gold medals in the Junior World Orienteering Championships, European Orienteering Championships and the World Orienteering Championships. In athletics, Kyburz is a long-distance specialist; Kyburz attained the world record in 50 km on a treadmill of 2:56:35 on 16 April 2020, breaking a record held by Florian Neuschwander. On 7 April 2024 Kyburz ran 2:07:44 in his Marathon debut, becoming the third fastest Swiss athlete of all time over the distance after Tadesse Abraham and his coach Viktor Röthlin, and achieving the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games. In the Olympic Marathon, Kyburz finished in 30th place.
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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.
Eskil Kinneberg is a Norwegian orienteer. In addition to winning individual gold medal at the Orienteering World Championships and individual silver medal at the European championships, he has won eight medals with Norwegian teams in the relays at the world and European championships, including several victories.
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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.
Ralph Street is a British orienteering competitor. He was part of the British team that came second in the sprint relay at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships. His team included Megan Carter Davies, Kris Jones and Charlotte Ward.
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