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Ruslan Gritsan (born 7 December 1978) [1] is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering.
At the 1998 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships, Gritsan won gold medals in both the classic distance and the short distance events. [2]
He won a gold medal in the short distance at the 2005 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Levi, sharing the honor with Andrei Gruzdev. Gritsan also won gold medals in the relay with the Russian team in 2002, 2004 and 2005. [3] In 2002, the Russian team, comprising Andrei Gruzdev, Gritsan, Viktor Korchagin and Eduard Khrennikov, won gold ahead of Finland. [4] The 2004 team, consisting of Vasily Glukharev, Andrei Gruzdev, Gritsan and Eduard Khrennikov, won golf ahead of the Norwegian team. [5] In 2005, Gruzdev, Gritsan and Khrennikov won the relay gold medal ahead of Finland. [6]
At the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ballarat, Gritslan placed tenth in the middle, 32nd in the long, and sixth in the relay event. [7] At the 2005 World Championships in Banská Bystrica, he won gold medals in both the middle and long distances, and finished fourth with the Russian relay team. [8] In 2006, at the Championships in Joensuu, Gritslan won a bronze medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the long distance, and a silver medal in the relay with the Russian team, behind Finland. [9] At the 2007 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, he won a gold medal in the long distance, placed fourth in the sprint, 57th in the middle distance, and fourth in the relay. [10] At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ostróda, he won a gold medal in the long distance and a silver medal in the relay. [11] In 2009, in Ben Shemen, he won a silver medal in the long distance, a bronze medal in the sprint, and a gold medal in the relay. [12] At the 2010 World Championships in Montalegre, he won a gold medal with the Russian relay team, together with Valeriy Gluhov and Anton Foliforov. He placed fourth in the middle distance, and tenth in the long distance. [13]
Andrei Viktorovich Gruzdev is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
Kirill Vladimirovich Veselov is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He won a gold medal in the relay event at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Moscow in 2007, together with Andrei Gruzdev and Eduard Khrennikov, and received a silver medal in the long course and a bronze medal in the middle distance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anton Foliforov is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won an individual gold medal at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and won gold medals with the Russian relay team in 2009 and 2010.
Samuli Saarela is a Finnish mountain bike orienteer. He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre.
Rikke Kornvig is a Danish mountain bike orienteer. She won a silver medal in the middle distance, and a gold medal with the Danish relay team at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre.
Jiří Hradil is a Czech mountain bike orienteer. He won a silver medal in the sprint event at the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ostróda. At the 2009 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ben Shemen he won a silver medal in the middle distance, and a silver medal with the Czech relay team.
Lubomír Tomeček is a Czech mountain bike orienteer and ski orienteer. He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2007 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, and a bronze medal at the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ostróda. With the Czech relay team he won medals at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 World MTB Orienteering Championships.
Jaroslav Rygl is a Czech mountain bike orienteer and ski orienteering competitor. He won a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2005 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Banska Bystrica, and a bronze medal in the long distance at the 2007 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave. With the Czech relay team he won medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships.
Sonja Zinkl is an Austrian mountain bike orienteer. At the 2009 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ben Shemen, she won a silver medal in the long distance, and a gold medal in the relay, together with Elisabeth Hohenwarter and Michaela Gigon.
Valeriy Gluhov is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won a gold medal in the relay at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships, together with Ruslan Gritsan and Anton Foliforov, and placed fifth in the middle distance.
Luca Dallavalle is an Italian mountain bike orienteer. He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre. 5 years later, at the 2015 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Liberec, he won 3 medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze, respectively on the sprint, middle and long distance races. In June 2016 he's on the top of males world ranking of MTB-O.
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.
Vasily Glukharev is a Russian ski orienteer. He competed at the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships, where he placed 10th in the middle distance, and participated on the Russian relay team. The Russian team consisted of Glukharev, Andrei Gruzdev, Ruslan Gritsan and Eduard Khrennikov, winning gold medals ahead of the Norwegian team.
