| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's orienteering | ||
Representing  Sweden | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1989 Skövde | Relay |
Kerstin Haglund is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1989, as a member of the Swedish winning team. [1] [2]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's orienteering | ||
| Representing Sweden | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1989 Skövde | Relay |
Kerstin Haglund is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is Relay World Champion from 1989, as a member of the Swedish winning team. [1] [2]
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.
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bike orienteering, ski orienteering, and trail orienteering.
The World Orienteering Championships is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considered to be the most prestigious competition in competitive orienteering. The races are contested between members of the IOF, which are each aligned to a National Olympic Committee.
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Kent Olsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1987 Individual World Orienteering Championships, and also obtained silver medals in 1989 and 1991, as well as silver medal on the Short distance in 1991. Participated on the Swedish team that obtained bronze medals in 1983 and 1987, and silver medal in 1989.
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Events from the year 1989 in Sweden.
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