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Riccardo Scalet is an Italian orienteering competitor [1] and medalist in the Junior World Championships. [2] He now lives in Transacqua.
In 2021, Scalet became one of the first Italian orienteers to receive a medal in a World Cup event. In the World Cup Finals, held in Cansiglio in northern Italy, Scalet came third behind Kasper Harlem Fosser and Matthias Kyburz. [3]
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. For the purposes of this article, foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but almost any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation with a map is a type of orienteering.
The World Orienteering Championships is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003. Since 2003, competitions have been held annually. Participating nations have to be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Allan Mogensen is a Danish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1993 World Orienteering Championship, the first male Danish orienteer to win an individual World Championship. He was also a member of the Danish gold-winning team in 1997, and finished 3rd in World Cup 2000.
Jani Lakanen is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 2006 World Orienteering Championships.
Liisa Peltola is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won the 1976 Individual World Orienteering Championships, and took silver medal 1978 and 1979. She is also three times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Finnish winning team 1972, 1978 and 1979.
Brit Volden is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay World Championship, as well as a silver medal in 1979. She also obtained silver medals in the Individual World Championships in 1981 and 1985. She won the overall World Cup in 1983, and finished second in 1984 and 1988.
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.
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.
The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004. From 2004 the World Cup has been held annually.
The Italian Orienteering Federation is the national orienteering federation of Italy. It is a full member of the International Orienteering Federation.
Belgian Orienteering Federation ABSO-BVOS is the national Orienteering Association in Belgium. It is recognized as the orienteering association for Belgium by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.
The Český svaz orientačních sportů (ČSOS) is the national Orienteering Association in Czech Republic. It is recognized as the orienteering association for the Czech Republic by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.
The Danish Orienteering Federation is the national Orienteering Association in Denmark. It is recognized as the orienteering association for Denmark by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.
Arja Nuolioja is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.
Vesa Mäkipää is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and two times winner of the overall world cup.
Markus Puusepp is a former Estonian orienteering competitor and junior world champion.
Sixten Sild is an Estonian orienteering competitor, bronze medallist for the Soviet Union in the world championships, and later competing for Estonia.
David Brickhill-Jones is a British orienteer. He was on the British Orienteering Federation's Senior squad in 2008. His best performance was at a 2005 World Cup sprint race, where he achieved a silver medal. At the European Orienteering Championships in 2002 he came fourth in the Sprint race. He reached a career-high ranking of 30th place on the International Orienteering Federation rankings. He is currently part of the British Orienteering squad, which is run by the British Orienteering Federation. He runs for Halden SK in Norway and Interlopers in the UK.
Judith Wyder is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor and runner.
The 2014 Orienteering World Cup was the 20th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2014 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 14 events, all individual competitions. The events were located in Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy and Switzerland. The 2014 European Orienteering Championships in Palmela, Portugal and the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Venezia and Trentino, Italy were included in the World Cup.
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