Mats Haldin

Last updated

Mats Haldin
World Orienteering Championships 2010 - relay 52.jpg
Haldin at WOC 2010
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Rapperswil-Jona Relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Aarhus Relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Kyiv Relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Miskolc Relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Sümeg Relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Roskilde Relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Roskilde Long distance
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Ventspils Relay

Mats Haldin (born 17 May 1975) [1] is a Finnish orienteering competitor and two-time European champion with the Finnish relay team. He received a silver medal with the Finnish relay team at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships in Rapperswil/Jona, and again in 2006 in Aarhus. [2] He received a bronze medal in relay at the 2007 World Championships in Kyiv. [3] At the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc he won a bronze medal in the relay, together with Topi Anjala and Tero Föhr. [4]

Contents

His wife is Czech orienteer Vendula Klechová. Daughter Hanna was born on 25 May 2011. [5]

Haldin won the Jukola relay three times, in 2003, 2010 and 2011, for Halden SK.

Awards

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pasi Ikonen</span> Finnish orienteering competitor (1980–2024)

Pasi Ikonen was a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the middle distance at the 2001 World Orienteering Championships. His other achievements include two individual silver medals at the world championships, and medals at the World Games and the European championships.

Outi Borgenström is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won the 1979 Individual World Orienteering Championships, and took bronze medal 1974. She is also Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Hubmann</span> Swiss orienteering competitor

Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor. Hubmann is the most successful male Swiss orienteer of all time, with 9 Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. In 2023, with his victory in the relay at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, Hubmann became the oldest competitor to win a gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships, at the age of 40 years and 61 days. Hubmann is currently the third most successful male orienteer of all time, behind Thierry Gueorgiou and Olav Lundanes, and has won more medals in total than any other male orienteer.

Sinikka Kukkonen was a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first World Champion in ski orienteering, in 1975.

Johanna Asklöf is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.

Eija Koskivaara is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal at the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in Detmold with the Finnish relay team. She received a silver medal with the relay team in 1993, and a bronze medal in 1989 (Skaraborg). She received an individual bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships.

Annika Viilo is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal at the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in Detmold with the Finnish relay team. She received a silver medal on the Classic distance at the 1993 World Championships in West Point, and also a silver medal with the relay team, and she received a bronze medal with the relay team in 1989 (Skaraborg).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tero Föhr</span> Finnish orienteering competitor

Tero Föhr is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv. He also participated on the Finnish team that achieved a bronze medal in the championship relay 2007 and 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mårten Boström</span> Finnish orienteering competitor

Mårten Boström is a Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. He won a gold medal in sprint at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti. He reached the podium in the junior race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in 2001, taking the bronze. He received a bronze medal in sprint at the 2004 European Orienteering Championships in Roskilde. He received a silver medal in the classic distance at the 2001 Junior World Orienteering Championships, and a bronze medal in the relay event in 2000. He won Jukola in 2004 and 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Chromý</span> Czech orienteering competitor

Adam Chromý is a Czech orienteering competitor and junior world champion.

Keijo Parkkinen is a Finnish orienteering competitor, four times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships.

Ari Anjala is a Finnish orienteering competitor, three times medalist in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ruslan Gritsan</span>

Ruslan Gritsan is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering.

Jorma Karvonen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkäärelay event with the Finnish team. He also received an individual silver medal in 1975, and a bronze medal at the 1977 World Championships in Avesta.

Jukka Lanki is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor who has represented Finland internationally from 1996. He has achieved silver medals at the world championships, both individually and in the relay. In the World Cup his best overall result is finishing second in 2001, as well as several victories in individual races.

Raila Kerkelä is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She received two medals at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships in Fiskars, a bronze medal in the individual contest, and a silver medal in the relay with the Finnish team. She received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1968 World Orienteering Championships in Linköping, together with Pirjo Seppä and Tuula Hovi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mika Tervala</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christine Schaffner</span> Swiss mountain bike orienteer

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.

Topi Anjala is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He represented Finland at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, where he placed 15th in the long distance, and won a bronze medal in the relay, together with Tero Föhr and Mats Haldin. His career best personal best is seventh place in the long distance at the 2008 World Championships in the Czech Republic. Anjala has won the Jukola relay in 2016 and 2018.

References

  1. "Mats Haldin". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010.
  2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 8 June 2008)
  3. World Orienteering Championships 2007 Relay Result list 25.08.2007 (Retrieved on 8 June 2008)
  4. "World Orienteering Championships 2009". International Orienteering Federation . Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Vendula Klechova aims to do better than before". Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2012.