Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of 31,949 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland,in the heart of the Saimaa lake region,which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikkeli,it is one of the largest towns in the South Savonia region and one of the concentrations in the region's hospital districts. The town is internationally known for its medieval St. Olaf's Castle and the annual Savonlinna Opera Festival. It encircles the municipality of Enonkoski.
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.
Liisa Anttila is a Finnish orienteering and ski-orienteering champion.
Arja Nuolioja is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
Virpi Juutilainen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
Matti Keskinarkaus is a Finnish ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering competitor. He is ski-O world champion and winner of the overall ski-O world cup year 2001.
Olga Shevchenko is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the relay event at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Moscow in 2007,together with Natalia Tomilova and Tatiana Vlasova. She received a bronze medal in the long distance in Levi in 2005.
Olga Novikova is a Kazakhstani ski-orienteering competitor. She was born in Kazakhstan,and later moved to Russia. She is Junior World Champion from 2004. She won a silver medal at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in 2007,competing for Russia. Competing for Kazakhstan,she placed third overall in the World Cup in 2010,and won four gold medals at the 2011 Asian Winter Games.
Kjersti Reenaas is a Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor,and world champion in the sport.
Staffan Tunis in Vöråis a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the middle distance and a bronze medal in the sprint at the 2007 World Ski Orienteering Championships. He finished 5th with the Finnish relay team at the 2007 world championships.
Arto Lilja is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships. He placed third in the overall World Cup in 2003.
Anne Benjaminsen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion.
Tove Alexandersson is a Swedish foot orienteer,ski orienteer,skyrunner,trail runner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 19 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships. In 2018,she won the Sky Marathon event at the Skyrunning World Championships,in her second skyrunning race ever. In 2021,she won the combined discipline at the World Championships of Ski Mountaineering,and in 2023 she won a silver medal in the up and down discipline at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. She competes for Stora Tuna OK in orienteering and Alfta-Ösa OK in ski orienteering. Alexandersson holds the record for the number of gold medals in a row at the World Orienteering Championships,winning 11 in a row between 2018 and 2022.
Judith Wyder is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor and runner. Her achievements include gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships,both individually and with the Swiss relay team.
Annika Virpi Irene Saarikko is a Finnish politician and minister who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2020 to 2023. On 5 September 2020,she was elected as the leader of the Finnish Centre Party.
Iivo Henrik Niskanen is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a three-time Olympic champion.
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020. A member of the Centre Party,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015.
Johanna Katariina Matintalo is a Finnish cross-country skier and former track and field athlete. She set Finnish age group records as a middle-distance runner and was national champion in the women's 800 metres in 2013,but injuries and stagnating results led her to concentrate on skiing. As a skier,she won silver in the women's skiathlon at the 2017 World U23 Championships and has represented Finland in the 2017,2019 and 2021 World Championships as well as the 2018 Winter Olympics in cross-country skiing,winning her first and to date,only medal in the 4 ×5 kilometre relay in the 2021 World Championships in Oberstdorf.
Andrine Benjaminsen is a Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer.
Hanna Lundberg is a Swedish orienteering competitor who represents the club OK Renen.
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