Petri Forsman

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Petri Forsman
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 West Point Relay

Petri Forsman (born 13 December 1968) is a Finnish Adventure Racing World Champion (2001), and a successful orienteering competitor and bronze medalist in orienteering in relay at the World Championships (1993).

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Forsman's elite-level career has spanned nearly four decades, starting with his first Jukola relay victory at the age of 18 in 1987, and culminating in his ARWS Hall of Fame nomination in 2025 at the age of 56. He is one of the very few endurance athletes in the world to have remained internationally competitive for such a long period of time.

Petri Forsman won the Adventure Racing World Championship in 2001 (at age of 33 years), and as the captain of the Team Nokia [1] from Finland. Forsman's team members were Jukka Pinola, Mika Hirvinen, and Elina Maki-Rautila and they did win the first ever Adventure Racing World Championship in Switzerland in 2001.

Adventure Racer Petri Forsman was nominated for the ARWS Hall of Fame 31 August 2025 (at age of 56 years) [2] [3] by ARWS during the AR European Championships in 2025.

In addition, Forsman is orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1993 (at the age of 25 years) World Orienteering Championships in West Point, together with Keijo Parkkinen, Mika Kuisma and Timo Karppinen. [4]

Forsman won the Jukola relay three times, of which the first gold medal at the age of 18 in 1987:

- in 1987 (Finnish team Hiidenkiertäjät)

- in 1991 (Swedish team IKF Södertälje), and

- in 1994 (Finnish team Turun Suunnistajat). [5]

In addition, Forsman has won the Tiomila relay twice:

- in 1992 (Swedish team IFK Södertälje) and

- in 1994 (Finnish team Turun Suunnistajat). [6]

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References

  1. Adventure Racing World Champions https://arworldseries.com/world-championship/previous-winners
  2. ARWS & Endurance Quest in the 2025 European Championships: Petri Forsman into the Adventure Racing Hall of Fame https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1202255061930925&set=a.566268322196272
  3. ARWS: Petri Forsman, living legend in the adventure racing community, got nominated for the ARWS Hall of Fame on 31 August 2025 https://www.instagram.com/p/DOBwE6RjQt5/
  4. "World Orienteering Championships". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  5. "Jukola Relay winners 1949-". Jukola.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiomila