Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km classical interval start event. Pedersen is the oldest woman ever to win a cross country skiing World Cup race, which she did at age 41 in January 2006 in Otepää, Estonia.
Ruslan Gritsan is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering.
Mika Tervala is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor, World Champion and European Champion. He won individual gold medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2007 World Championships, and a gold medal in the relay in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Mika coaches the Finnish national mountain bike orienteering teams since spring 2008.
Päivi Tommola is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor, World Champion and European Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2002 and 2005 World Championships, and gold medals in the relay in 2002, 2004 and 2007.
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020. The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start, and a Relay for both men and women.
Michaela Gigon is an Austrian mountain bike orienteer and several times world champion. She has competed at all World MTB Orienteering Championships from 2002 to 2010, won individual gold medals in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010, and in relay in 2009.
Christine Schaffner is a Swiss mountain bike orienteer and world champion. She has participated in all seven World MTB Orienteering Championships from 2004 to 2010, and won gold medals in the long distance four times, in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Anke Dannowski is a German mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. She won an individual gold medal at the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a gold medal in the relay in 2005.
Jussi Mäkilä is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He won an individual gold medal at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and gold medals in the relay in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Adrian Jackson is an Australian mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He has won individual gold medals at the 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships.
Hana Bajtošová is a Slovak mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. She won an individual gold medal at the 2008 and 2009 World MTB Orienteering Championships.
Torbjørn Gasbjerg is a Danish mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He won an individual gold medal at the 2007 World MTB Orienteering Championships, a gold medal in the relay in 2008, and a gold medal in the middle distance in 2009.
Søren Strunge is a Danish mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He won a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships, as well as a gold medal in the relay together with Lasse Brun Pedersen and Torbjørn Gasbjerg.
Ksenia Chernykh is a Russian mountain bike orienteer and World Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a relay gold medal in 2006.
Marika Hara is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor and world champion.
Ingrid Stengård is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor. She won two individual bronze medals at the 2006 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and won gold medals with the Finnish relay team in 2007 and 2008.
Antje Bornhak is a German mountain bike orienteer. At the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Fontainebleau she won a bronze medal in the long distance, and a bronze medal in the sprint. At the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ballarat she won a bronze medal in the long course. At the 2005 World Championships in Banska Bystrica she won a gold medal in the relay, together with Anke Dannowski and Gerit Pfuhl, and a silver medal in the long distance.
Erik Skovgaard Knudsen is a Danish mountain bike orienteer. He won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre, and a silver medal in the relay, together with Bjarke Refslund and Lasse Brun Pedersen.
Bjarke Refslund is a Danish mountain bike orienteer. He won a silver medal in the relay at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre and a gold medal in the relay at the 2011 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Vicenza, together with Erik Skovgaard Knudsen and Lasse Brun Pedersen.
Maija Lång is a Finnish mountain bike orienteering competitor.
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