 Sild at JWOC 2007 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's orienteering | ||
Representing  Estonia | ||
| Junior World Championships | ||
 | 2006 Druskininkai | Relay |
 | 2008 Göteborg | Long |
Timo Sild (born February 26, 1988) is an Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.
| Sild at JWOC 2007 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's orienteering | ||
| Representing Estonia | ||
| Junior World Championships | ||
| 2006 Druskininkai | Relay |
| 2008 Göteborg | Long |
Timo Sild (born February 26, 1988) is an Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.
Timo is the elder son of orienteers Sixten Sild of Estonia and Sarmite Sild of Latvia. His younger brother is called Lauri Sild.
He became Junior World Champion in the relay in Druskininkai in 2006, together with Mihkel Järveoja and Markus Puusepp. [1] [2] He received a silver medal in the long distance in 2008.
Sild has competed in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 World Orienteering Championships, as part of the Estonian relay team as well as in individual distances. [2]
Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who holds the record for gold medals won at the World Orienteering Championships for a male athlete, with 14 gold medals between 2003 and 2017. Gueorgiou has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) middle distance event a record eight times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009, 2011 and 2017.
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.
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Magne Dæhli is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer, and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His best individual performances include a silver medal in the long distance from the European Orienteering Championships, and a bronze medal in the middle distance from the 2019 World Orienteering Championships.
Eveli Saue is an Estonian orienteering competitor and retired biathlete. She is world champion in the combined sport biathlon orienteering.
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Jan Beneš is a Czech orienteering competitor and double junior world champion.
Søren Bobach is a Danish orienteering competitor, and world champion at both junior and senior level. He runs for OK Pan Århus.
Maja Møller Alm is a Danish orienteering and Athletics competitor who has won seven World Championships and two World Games titles. She is especially known for her four gold medals on the sprint distance, where she has won the title four years in a row: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is also a medalist from the Junior World Championships. Since 2006 she has been coached by Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm. Alm is remarkable for her dominant running speed, which gives her a great advantage over other competitors at the sprint distance.
Markus Puusepp is a former Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.
Mikael Boström is a Finnish orienteering competitor, and winner of the first Junior World Orienteering Championships in 1990, both individual and relay.
Michal Smola is a Czech orienteering competitor, silver medalist from the world championships, and junior world champion. He became Junior World Champion in the short distance in Nove Mesto na Morave in 2000, and with the Czech team in relay in 2000 and in 2001. His best achievement by September 2009 is silver medal in the middle distance at the 2008 World Orienteering Championship in Olomouc.
Martin Johansson is a Swedish orienteering, ski-orienteering, and cross-country skiing competitor, a medallist at the orienteering world championships, and a 2004 Junior World Champion in relay. He received bronze medals in sprint at the World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv 2007 and Olomouc 2008. His brother, Lars, is a member of the Rockford Icehogs
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Lauri Sild is an Estonian orienteer.
Mihkel Järveoja is an Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.
Estonia competed at the World Games 2022 in Birmingham, United States, from 7 July 2022 to 17 July 2022.
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