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The British Orienteering Championships are the highest level of competition in Orienteering in the United Kingdom, along with the JK Orienteering Festival. 1967 saw the first British Championships, held in Hamsterley Forest. Since then, 4 further disciplines have emerged: the Relay, Night, Middle and Sprint Championships.
August 5–11: North American Orienteering Championships (Senior, Junior, Youth) 2024 in Ottawa; August 16–20: European Orienteering Championships 2024 (as part of World Cup round) in Mór; October 11–14: South American Orienteering Championships in Colombia; December 20–26: Asian Orienteering Championships 2024 in Thailand
Non-exhaustive list of foot orienteering events that are open to everyone: O-Ringen , The largest five-day event in Sweden . In 2022 more than 20,000 orienteers participate
The British Orienteering Federation Limited, generally known and branded as British Orienteering, is the national sports governing body for the sport of orienteering in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] The federation was founded in June 1967, and is a member of the IOF .
Graham did a masters at Sheffield Hallam University and ran for Sheffield University Orienteering Club. In 2010 he was part of the winning JK and Harvester relay teams. Currently he runs for Forth Valley. Gristwood became only the second man after Chris Hirst to win the British Orienteering Championships four times in a row, between 2014 and ...
Jamie Stevenson (born 25 March 1975) is a British orienteering champion. In 2003 he won the gold medal in the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Championships.He was the first and, to-date, the only British male orienteering world champion (Yvette Baker won the short distance race at the 1999 world championships).
Jimmy Birklin, Sweden, winner of the 2001 Sprint World Orienteering Championships; Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen, Norway; Sture Björk, Sweden; Anders Björkman, Sweden; Ida Marie Bjørgul, Norway, received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia; Kjetil Bjørlo, Norway
In orienteering, Kyburz has attained gold medals in the Junior World Orienteering Championships, European Orienteering Championships and the World Orienteering Championships. In athletics, Kyburz is a long-distance specialist; Kyburz attained the world record in 50 km on a treadmill of 2:56:35 on 16 April 2020, breaking a record held by Florian ...