The World Orienteering Championships is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considered to be the most prestigious competition in competitive orienteering. The races are contested between members of the IOF, which are each aligned to a National Olympic Committee.
Egil Johansen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and coach. He was two times individual world champion in orienteering, and later coached the Norwegian national team.
Åge Hadler is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1966 and 1972 individual World Orienteering Championships, relay champion from 1970, and individual bronze medalist from 1968.
Ingrid Hadler is a former orienteering competitor and cross-country skier from Norway. She is individual world champion in orienteering, as well as relay champion.
Ragnhild Bratberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and a cross-country skier. In orienteering, she won the overall Orienteering World Cup in 1988, and represented Norway several times in the World Orienteering Championships relays, winning medals in 1985, 1987 and 1991. In ski orienteering she won four individual gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Championships, and once in the relay. She was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1988.
Jan Fjærestad is a retired Norwegian orienteering competitor and athlete. His achievements in orienteering include an individual silver medal at the 1974 World Orienteering Championships and a world championship title in the relay in 1978. He won three national titles in marathon.
Ola Skarholt, was a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He became Relay World Champion in 1970 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which also consisted of Stig Berge, Per Fosser and Åge Hadler. Skarholt placed fourth in the individual contest.
Per Fosser is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1970, as a member of the Norwegian winning team, which consisted of Ola Skarholt, Stig Berge, Fosser and Åge Hadler. He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1968 World Championships, again with Skarholt, Berge and Hadler on the team.
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.
Tore Sandvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian Relay team.
Rolf Erlend Vestre is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skaraborg with the Norwegian Relay team. He received a silver medal in the 1991 World Orienteering Championships in Mariánské Lázně.
Astrid Vigenstad was a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion.
Marianne Andersen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has won twelve individual medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships. In 2017 she won a silver medal in the middle distance after seven years without a medal.
Juhani Salmenkylä was a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion, basketball player, coach, referee and contributor. He was born in Helsinki. In orienteering he won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.
The Swedish Orienteering Federation is the national orienteering association in Sweden. It is recognized as the national federation for Sweden by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.
The Hungarian Orienteering Federation is the governing body for orienteering in Hungary. It is recognized as Hungary's national orienteering association by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), of which it is a member.
Dagfinn Olsen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He won a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships in Fiskars together with Ola Skarholt, Åge Hadler and Stig Berge, and placed fourth in the individual contest.
Per Kristiansen is a former Norwegian orienteering competitor who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, and later served as an official for the sport at a national level. He became National Champion both individually and in relay, and was twice the individual medal winner at the Scandinavian Championships. He participated at the two first European Orienteering Championships, with a silver medal in relay as his best result.
Sportsklubben Freidig is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim.
Stig-André Berge is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestling coach and former wrestler, who competed in the categories between 59–63 kg. He is a three-time Olympian and won a bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Berge is also a World Championships bronze medallist and three-time European Championships silver medallist.
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