Martin Regborn

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Martin Regborn
Martin Regborn 2024 09.jpg
Personal information
Born (1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 32)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • Hagaby GoIF
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Men's orienteering
World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Individual
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rakvere Long
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Jeseník Long
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Edinburgh Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Kuopio Long

Martin Regborn (born 10 December 1992) is a Swedish orienteer. He won a gold medal in the long distance event at the 2022 European Orienteering Championships in Rakvere, Estonia. [1] [2]

Regborn won a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic. [3] At the 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, he placed ninth in the long distance, [4] and seventh in the sprint final. [5]

He won a gold medal in sprint at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, ahead of Tino Polsini and Emil Svensk. [6] The win was Regborn's first medal in the world orienteering championships. [7] He also qualified for the final in the knockout sprint at the world championships, where he placed fifth. [8] In 2025, he won a silver medal in the long distance at the 2025 World Orienteering Championships in Kuopio. [9]

As of 2024, Regborn was based in Örebro and was coaching orienteering at a high school in Hallsberg. Regborn named Emil Wingstedt as one of his orienteering idols growing up. [10]

References

  1. "Martin Regborn". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. Ekström, Albin (4 August 2022). "Svenskens revansch: EM-guld i orientering" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. "Official results for Long final". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. "Official results for Long". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  5. "Official results for Sprint Final". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. "Dubbelt svenskt på pallen i orienterings-VM – Martin Regborn vann guld överlägset". svt.no (in Swedish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  7. "WOC: Regborn and Alexandersson take first golds in Edinburgh". orienteering.sport. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. "Official results for World Orienteering Championships 2024 - Knock out sprint". eventor.orienteering.org. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. "Live Results- Long 2025". online-live.tulospalvelu.fi. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  10. Barrable, Nick (11 July 2024). 40th World Orienteering Championships Souvenir Programme. Edinburgh: CompassSport Magazine. pp. 10–20.