List of World Orienteering Championships medalists (women)

See also: List of World Orienteering Championships medalists (men)

This is a list of medalists from the World Orienteering Championships in women's orienteering. ^{[1] [2]}

Individual/Classic/Long

This event was called "Individual" from 1966 to 1989 and "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2001. Since 2003 it is called "Long distance".

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
1966	Ulla Lindkvist	Katharina Perch-Nielsen	Raila Hovi	6.6 km, 6 controls
1968	Ulla Lindkvist	Ingrid Hadler	Kerstin Granstedt	7.8 km, 10 controls
1970	Ingrid Hadler	Ulla Lindkvist	Kristin Danielsen	7.5 km, 10 controls
1972	Sarolta Monspart	Pirjo Seppä	Birgitta Larsson	7.1 km, 12 controls
1974	Mona Nørgaard	Kristin Cullmann	Outi Borgenström	7.9 km, 14 controls
1976	Liisa Veijalainen	Kristin Cullmann	Anne Lundmark	8.9 km, 16 controls
1978	Anne Berit Eid	Liisa Veijalainen	Wenche Jacobsen	8.6 km, 14 controls
1979	Outi Borgenström	Liisa Veijalainen	Monica Andersson	8.3 km, 10 controls
1981	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Karin Rabe	8.7 km, 12 controls
1983	Annichen Kringstad	Marita Skogum	Annariitta Kottonen	8.1 km, 18 controls
1985	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Christina Blomqvist	8.4 km, 14 controls
1987	Arja Hannus	Karin Rabe	Jana Galíková	8.8 km, 15 controls
1989	Marita Skogum	Jana Galíková	Alīda Ābola	9.7 km, 15 controls
1991	Katalin Oláh	Christina Blomqvist	Jana Galíková	10.5 km, 16 controls
1993	Marita Skogum	Annika Viilo	Yvette Hague	8.6 km, 14 controls
1995	Katalin Oláh	Yvette Hague Eija Koskivaara		9.7 km, 21 controls
1997	Hanne Staff	Katarina Borg	Hanne Sandstad	8.7 km, 17 controls
1999	Kirsi Boström	Hanne Staff	Johanna Asklöf	10.3 km, 18 controls
2001	Simone Luder	Marika Mikkola	Reeta-Mari Kolkkala	9.7 km, 17 controls
2003	Simone Luder	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	Brigitte Wolf	11.8 km, 19 controls
2004	Karolina A Höjsgaard	Hanne Staff	Marika Mikkola	11.0 km, 25 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Vroni König Salmi	8.8 km, 21 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Dana Brožková	11.7 km, 24 controls
2007	Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola		Simone Niggli-Luder	11.95 km, 23 controls
2008	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Annika Billstam	11.9 km, 24 controls
2009	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	11.8 km, 27 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Emma Claesson	9.9 km, 23 controls
2011	Annika Billstam	Dana Brožková	Helena Jansson	10.3 km, 21 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Annika Billstam	12.4 km, 23 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Lena Eliasson	13.9 km, 23 controls
2014	Svetlana Mironova	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	11 km, 23 controls
2015	Ida Bobach	Mari Fasting	Svetlana Mironova	9.7 km, 19 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	11.2 km, 18 controls
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	11.4 km, 20 controls
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Sabine Hauswirth	9.9 km, 18 controls
2019	Tove Alexandersson	Lina Strand	Simona Aebersold	11.7 km, 21 controls
2021	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Simona Aebersold	9.5 km, 21 controls
2023	Simona Aebersold	Tove Alexandersson	Andrine Benjaminsen	11.0 km, 23 controls

Short/Middle

This event was first held in 1991. The format was changed and renamed "Middle Distance" in 2003 with the introduction of the Sprint discipline.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
Short distance
1991	Jana Cieslarová	Ada Kuchařová	Marita Skogum	5.5 km, 9 controls
1993	Anna Bogren	Marita Skogum	Eija Koskivaara	3.7 km, 11 controls
1995	Marie-Luce Romanens	Yvette Hague	Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren	4.6 km, 14 controls
1997	Lucie Böhm	Hanne Sandstad	Hanne Staff Marie-Luce Romanens	3.3 km, 13 controls
1999	Yvette Baker	Lucie Böhm	Frauke Schmitt Gran	3.6 km, 13 controls
2001	Hanne Staff	Jenny Johansson	Gunilla Svärd	3.6 km, 11 controls
Middle distance
2003	Simone Luder	Hanne Staff	Heli Jukkola	4.5 km, 18 controls
2004	Hanne Staff	Tatiana Ryabkina	Heli Jukkola	5.3 km, 16 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Jenny Johansson	Minna Kauppi	4.1 km, 13 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.2 km, 22 controls
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Marianne Andersen	5.08 km, 14 controls
2008	Minna Kauppi	Vroni König-Salmi	Radka Brožková	4.8 km, 23 controls
2009	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Simone Niggli-Luder	5.34 km, 22 controls
2010	Minna Kauppi	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	4.53 km, 16 controls
2011	Helena Jansson	Ida Bobach	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 16 controls
2012	Minna Kauppi	Tove Alexandersson	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.5 km, 18 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Merja Rantanen	5.0 km, 15 controls
2014	Annika Billstam	Ida Bobach	Tove Alexandersson	5.0 km, 16 controls
2015	Annika Billstam	Merja Rantanen	Emma Johansson	5.3 km, 21 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Heidi Bagstevold	Natalia Gemperle	5.1 km, 21 controls
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Marianne Andersen	Venla Harju	5.1 km, 21 controls
2018	Natalia Gemperle	Marika Teini	Isia Basset	4.8 km, 17 controls
2019	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	Venla Harju Natalia Gemperle	5.5 km, 20 controls
2021	Tove Alexandersson	Andrine Benjaminsen	Simona Aebersold	4.5 km, 20 controls
2023	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Hanna Lundberg	4.8 km, 19 controls

Sprint

This event was first held in 2001.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2001	Vroni König-Salmi	Johanna Asklöf	Simone Luder	2.24 km, 10 controls
2003	Simone Luder	Marie-Luce Romanens	Jenny Johansson	2.6 km, 17 controls
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Karolina A Höjsgaard	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	2.6 km, 11 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Heather Monro	2.1 km, 12 controls
2006	Hanny Allston	Simone Niggli-Luder	Kajsa Nilsson	2.7 km, 15 controls
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Lena Eliasson	2.47 km, 14 controls
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Minna Kauppi	Helena Jansson	2.5 km, 17 controls
2009	Helena Jansson	Linnéa Gustafsson	Simone Niggli-Luder	2.6 km, 18 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Helena Jansson	Marianne Andersen	2.6 km, 21 controls
2011	Linnea Gustafsson	Helena Jansson	Lena Eliasson	2.2 km, 19 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	Annika Billstam	3.7 km, 19 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Annika Billstam	Venla Niemi	3.4 km, 21 controls
2014	Judith Wyder	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	4.05 km, 18 controls
2015	Maja Alm	Nadiya Volynska	Galina Vinogradova	3.8 km, 21 controls
2016	Maja Alm	Judith Wyder	Anastasia Denisova	3.6 km, 20 controls
2017	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	Galina Vinogradova	3.4 km, 13 controls
2018	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 17 controls
2021	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Maja Alm	3.5 km, 20 controls
2022	Megan Carter Davies	Simona Aebersold	Alice Leake	3.8 km, 19 controls
2024	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	Natalia Gemperle	3.8 km, 18 controls

Knock-out Sprint

This event was first held in 2022.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2022	Tove Alexandersson	Megan Carter Davies	Eef van Dongen	2.4 km, 11 controls
2024	Tove Alexandersson	Karolin Ohlsson	Simona Aebersold

Relay

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Sweden Kerstin Granstedt Eivor Steen-Olsson Gunborg Åhling	Finland Anja Meldo Pirjo Ruotsalainen Raila Hovi	Norway Astrid Hansen Ragnhild Kristensen Ingrid Thoresen
1968	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Astrid Hansen Ingrid Hadler	Sweden Gun-Britt Nyberg Kerstin Granstedt Ulla Lindkvist	Finland Pirjo Seppä Tuula Hovi Raila Kerkelä
1970	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Hungary Magda Horváth Ágnes Hegedűs Sarolta Monspart	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler
1972	Finland Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Birgitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson	Czechoslovakia Naďa Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Hanzlová
1974	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Monica Andersson Kristin Cullman	Norway Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler Linda Verde	Czechoslovakia Dana Procházková Anna Handzlová Renata Vlachová
1976	Sweden Ingrid Ohlsson Kristin Cullman Anne Lundmark	Finland Outi Borgenström Sinikka Kukkonen Liisa Veijalainen	Hungary Irén Rostás Magdolna Kovács Sarolta Monspart
1978	Finland Outi Borgenström Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Eva Moberg Karin Rabe Kristin Cullmann	Switzerland Ruth Baumberger Ruth Humbel Hanni Fries
1979	Finland Leena Silvennoinen Leena Salmenkylä Liisa Veijalainen	Norway Anne Berit Eid Astrid Carlson Brit Volden	Sweden Anna-Lena Axelsson Karin Rabe Monica Andersson
1981	Sweden Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad	Finland Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström	Switzerland Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel
1983	Sweden Karin Rabe Marita Skogum Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Czechoslovakia Iva Knapová-Kalibánová-Kusynová Eva Bártová Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová Ada Kuchařová	Denmark Mette Filskov Hanne Birke Karin Jexner Dorthe Hansen
1985	Sweden Karin Rabe Christina Blomqvist Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Hilde Tellesbø Helle Johansen Ellen Sofie Olsvik	Switzerland Susanne Lüscher Frauke Sonderegger Brigitte Zürcher Ruth Humbel
1987	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ellen Sofie Olsvik Brit Volden	Sweden Arja Hannus Katarina Borg Marita Skogum Karin Rabe	Czechoslovakia Iva Knapová-Kalibánová-Kusynová Iva Slaninová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková
1989	Sweden Karin Rabe Arja Hannus Kerstin Haglund Marita Skogum	Czechoslovakia Petra Wagnerová Jana Cieslarová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková	Finland Marja Liisa Portin Ulla Mänttäri Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara
1991	Sweden Arja Hannus Christina Blomqvist Marlena Jansson Marita Skogum	Norway Hanne Sandstad Heidi Arnesen Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Czech Republic Marcela Kubatková Jana Galíková Ada Kuchařová Jana Cieslarová
1993	Sweden Anette Nilsson Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren Marita Skogum	Finland Johanna Tiira Kirsi Tiira Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1995	Finland Kirsi Tiira Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Eija Koskivaara Annika Viilo	Sweden Anette Granstedt Maria Gustafsson Anna Bogren Marlena Jansson	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1997	Sweden Anna Bogren Gunilla Svärd Cecilia Nilsson Marlena Jansson	Norway Torunn Fossli Sæthre Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Marie-Luce Romanens Vroni König Sabrina Meister-Fesseler
1999	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Finland Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Sanna Nymalm Kirsi Tiira Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Marlena Jansson Anette Granstedt Gunilla Svärd
2001	Finland Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Liisa Anttila Marika Mikkola Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Jenny Johansson Cecilia Nilsson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Birgitte Husebye Linda Antonsen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2003	Switzerland Birgitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Luder	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff
2004	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Jenny Johansson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	Finland Marika Mikkola Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2005	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Norway Marianne Andersen Marianne Riddervold Anne Margrethe Hausken	Sweden Jenny Johansson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Emma Engstrand
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Jenny Johansson Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	Switzerland Martina Fritschy Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder
2007	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Norway Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien Marianne Andersen Anne Margrethe Hausken
2008	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Russia Galina Vinogradova Yulia Novikova Tatiana Ryabkina	Sweden Annika Billstam Sofie Johansson Helena Jansson
2009	Norway Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Karolina A. Höjsgaard Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson	Finland Bodil Holmström Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Norway Elise Egseth Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Claesson Helena Jansson
2011	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Czech Republic Martina Zvěřinová Eva Juřeníková Dana Brožková	Sweden Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson Annika Billstam
2012	Switzerland Ines Brodmann Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder	Sweden Annika Billstam Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Norway Silje Ekroll Jahren Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken
2013	Norway Heidi Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Marghrete Hausken Nordberg	Finland Venla Niemi Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder
2014	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Tove Alexandersson
2015	Denmark Maja Møller Alm Ida Bobach Emma Klingenberg	Norway Heidi Østlid Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Emma Johansson
2016	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	Denmark Signe Klinting Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2017	Sweden Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	Finland Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2018	Switzerland Elena Roos Julia Jakob Judith Wyder	Sweden Helena Bergman Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Tatyana Riabkina Natalia Gemperle
2019	Sweden Lina Strand Tove Alexandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Switzerland Sabine Hauswirth Simona Aebersold Julia Jakob	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Tatiana Ryabkina Natalia Gemperle
2021	Sweden Lisa Risby Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson	Switzerland Elena Roos Sabine Hauswirth Simona Aebersold	Norway Marie Olaussen Kamilla Steiwer Andrine Benjaminsen
2023	Sweden Hanna Lundberg Sara Hagström Tove Alexandersson	Switzerland Elena Roos Natalia Gemperle Simona Aebersold	Norway Marianne Andersen Marie Olaussen Andrine Benjaminsen

Medal table

Women's orienteering. Does not include mixed events. Updated following the 2024 World Orienteering Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	46	37	32	115
2	Switzerland	29	13	22	64
3	Finland	18	21	20	59
4	Norway	11	26	19	56
5	Denmark	7	7	3	17
6	Russia (1993–present)	3	7	10	20
7	Hungary	3	1	1	5
8	Great Britain	2	3	3	8
9	Czech Republic (1993–present)	2	2	4	8
10	Czechoslovakia (1966–91)	1	4	6	11
11	Austria	1	1	0	2
12	Australia	1	0	0	1
13	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
14	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (1966–91)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		124	123	125	372

Multiple medalists

Updated following the 2025 World Orienteering Championships.

Rank	Athlete	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	2011	2025	23	10	3	36
2	Simone Niggli	Switzerland	2001	2013	23	2	6	31
3	Minna Kauppi	Finland	2004	2013	9	5	3	17
4	Maja Alm	Denmark	2012	2021	7	7	3	17
5	Marita Skogum	Sweden	1983	1993	6	3	1	10
6	Annichen Kringstad	Sweden	1981	1985	6	-	-	6
7	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	2011	2018	5	3	4	12
8	Helena Bergman	Sweden	2012	2018	4	6	8	18
9	Hanne Staff	Norway	1997	2004	4	4	4	12
10	Liisa Veijalainen	Finland	1972	1981	4	4	-	8

Best performers by country

Including mixed events. Updated to following the 2025 World Orienteering Championships

Country	Athlete	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sweden	Tove Alexandersson	2011	2025	23	10	3	36
Switzerland	Simone Niggli-Luder	2001	2013	23	2	6	31
Finland	Minna Kauppi	2004	2013	9	5	3	17
Denmark	Maja Alm	2012	2021	7	7	3	17
Norway	Hanne Staff (by the gold first ranking system)	1997	2004	4	4	4	12
	Marianne Andersen (by total number of medals)	2005	2023	1	9	5	15
Russia	Natalia Gemperle	2016	2021	2	4	5	11
Czech Republic	Dana Brožková	2006	2011	2	2	1	5
Hungary	Katalin Oláh (by the gold first ranking system)	1991	1995	2	-	-	2
	Sarolta Monspart (by total number of medals)	1970	1976	1	1	1	3
United Kingdom	Yvette Baker	1993	1999	1	2	1	4
Czechoslovakia   Czech Republic	Jana Cieslarová	1989	1995	1	1	3	5
Czechoslovakia (as such only)	Jana Cieslarová	1989	1991	1	1	1	3
Austria	Lucie Böhm*	1997	1999	1	1	-	2
Australia	Hanny Allston*	2006	2006	1	-	-	1
Ukraine	Nadiya Volynska*	2015	2015	-	1	-	1
Belarus	Anastasia Denisova*	2016	2016	-	-	1	1
Germany	Frauke Schmitt Gran*	1999	1999	-	-	1	1
France	Isia Basset *	2018	2018	-	-	1	1
Netherlands	Eef van Dongen *	2022	2022	-	-	1	1
Soviet Union	Alīda Ābola*	1989	1989	-	-	1	1

An asterisk (*) marks athletes who are the only representatives of their respective countries to win a medal.

References

1. "Results Archive at World of O Runners". runners.worldofo.com. World of O. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. "World Orienteering Championships Medals 1966-2014" (PDF). www.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links

• International Orienteering Federation
• World Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1966–2005