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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  | ||
| Women's Ski-orienteering | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1998 Austria | Relay |
 | 1996 Lillehammer | Relay |
| World Cup | ||
| 1997 | Overall WC |
Terhi Holster is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor.
Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skiing skills with the ability to navigate and make the best route choices while skiing at a high speed.
She competed at the 1996 World Ski Orienteering Championships at Lillehammer, where she placed fifth in the long distance, 8th in the short distance, and won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team, together with Virpi Juutilainen and Arja Nuolioja. [1] She finished third overall in the World Cup in Ski Orienteering in 1997. [2] At the 1998 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Windischgarsten, Austria, she placed 14th in the long distance, sixth in the short distance, and won a gold medal in the relay with the Finnish team. [3]
The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering. The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women. The first Ski-WOC was held in 1975.
Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of 2018, the population of the town of Lillehammer was 28 034. The city centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Before Oslo's withdrawal from consideration, it was included as part of a bid to host events in the 2022 Winter Olympics if Oslo were to win the rights to hold the Games.
Virpi Juutilainen is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
In foot orienteering, she competed at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships in Rapperswil/Jona, where she placed 13th in the long distance. [4] [5] [6] With her club Turun Suunnistajat, she won first place in the women's Jukola relay (the Venla Relay) in 2002 (running the third leg), along with team members Bohdana Terova, Vroni König-Salmi and Simone Luder. [7] [8]
The 2003 World Orienteering Championships, the 20th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Rapperswil and Jona, Switzerland, 3 –9 August 2003.
The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. Jukola is the biggest orienteering relay event in the world. The race takes place on a Saturday between the 13th and 19th of June in different sites around Finland. The northernmost location has been 50 km north of the Arctic Circle. The name Jukola is a family name in the classic Finnish novel, "Seven Brothers". The women's relay, known as the Venla Relay, is a daytime race on the Saturday afternoon. It is named after the main female character from the novel.
Vroni König-Salmi is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and 2005, as member of the Swiss winning teams. Also an individual bronze medal from 2005, and Relay bronze medals from 1997 and 2006. Married to Finnish orienteer Janne Salmi.
