List of orienteers

This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.

A[]

• Alida Abola, Soviet Union
• Christian Aebersold, Switzerland
• Gunborg Ahling, Sweden
• Katarina Allberg, Sweden
• Johanna Allston, Australia
• Maja Alm, Denmark
• Dainora Alšauskaitė, Lithuania
• Svajūnas Ambrazas, Lithuania
• Marianne Andersen, Norway
• Ragnhild Bente Andersen, Norway
• David Andersson, Sweden
• Monica Andersson, Sweden
• Ari Anjala, Finland
• Topi Anjala, Finland
• Liisa Anttila, Finland
• Linda Antonsen, Norway
• Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard, Sweden
• Heidi Arnesen, Norway
• Peter Arnesson, Sweden
• Johanna Asklöf, Finland
• , Brazil
• Anna-Lena Axelsson, Sweden

B[]

• Martin Bagness, United Kingdom
• Hana Bajtošova, Slovakia
• Yvette Baker, United Kingdom, won World Orienteering Championships short distance 1999 in Inverness
• Ruth Baumberger, Switzerland
• Eugenia Belova, Russia
• Jan Beneš, Czech Republic, became Junior World Champion in the middle distance in Druskininkai in 2006
• Anne Benjaminsen, Finland
• Vidar Benjaminsen, Norway
• Stig Berge, Norway
• Alain Berger, Switzerland
• Morten Berglia, Norway
• Claes Berglund, Sweden
• Annika Billstam, Sweden
• Hanne Birke, Denmark
• 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
• Bernt Bjørnsgaard, Norway
• Carl Henrik Bjørseth, Norway
• Claus Bloch, Denmark
• Grant Bluett, Australia
• Christina Blomqvist, Sweden
• Sören Bobach, Denmark
• Marianne Bogestedt, Sweden
• Anna Bogren, Sweden, won the 1993 short distance World Orienteering Championships
• Stefan Bolliger, Switzerland
• Chris Bonington, United Kingdom
• Katarina Borg, Sweden
• Outi Borgenström-Anjala, Finland
• Zoltán Boros, Hungaria
• Kirsi Boström, Finland
• Mårten Boström, Finland
• Mikael Boström, Finland
• Irene Bucher, Switzerland
• Thomas Bührer, Switzerland
• Chris Brasher, United Kingdom
• Ragnhild Bratberg, Norway
• Dana Brožková, Czech Republic
• Radka Brožková, Czech Republic
• David Brickhill-Jones, United Kingdom
• Lucie Böhm, Austria

C[]

• Astrid Carlson, Norway, relay silver at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships
• Lennart Carlström, Sweden
• Sten-Olof Carlström, Sweden
• Adam Chromý, Czech Republic
• Ksenia Chernykh, Russia, individual gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships
• Barbora Chudíková, Czech Republic
• Jana Cieslarová, Czech Republic
• Nicolo Corradini, Italy
• Laure Coupat, France
• Kristin Cullman, Sweden
• ,^[1] Spain, finalist in World Orienteering Championships in Finland 2013^[2]

D[]

• Kalle Dalin, Sweden
• Luca Dallavalle, Italy
• Kristin Danielsen, Norway
• Anke Dannowski, Germany
• Marian Davidik, Slovakia
• Maxim Davydov, Russia
• Sergey Detkov, Russia
• Troy de Haas, Australia
• Tomáš Dlabaja, Czech Republic
• Jon Duncan, United Kingdom
• Magne Dæhli, Norway
• Sigurd Dæhli, Norway

E[]

• Elise Egseth, Norway
• Roman Efimov, Russia
• Anne Berit Eid, Norway
• Silje Ekroll Jahren, Norway
• Lena Eliasson, Sweden
• Babben Enger-Damon, Norway
• Bo Engdahl, Sweden
• Emma Engstrand, Sweden
• Josefine Engström, Sweden
• Håkan Eriksson, Sweden

F[]

• Beata Falk, Sweden
• Mari Fasting, Norway
• Zsuzsa Fey, Romania
• Mette Filskov, Denmark
• Jan Fjærestad, Norway
• Urs Flühmann, Switzerland
• Aila Flöjt, Finland
• Ivar Formo, Norway
• Petri Forsman, Finland
• Per Fosser, Norway
• Torunn Fossli Sæthre, Norway
• Jon Fossum, Norway
• Martin Fredholm, Sweden
• , Sweden
• Hanni Fries, Switzerland
• Bernt Frilén, Sweden
• Martina Fritschy, Switzerland
• Tero Föhr, Finland

G[]

• Alain Gafner, Switzerland
• Svatoslav Galík, Czechoslovakia
• Jana Galíková, Czech Republic
• Torbjørn Gasbjerg, Denmark
• Emy Gauffin, Sweden
• Michaela Gigon, Austria
• François Gonon, France
• Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz, Poland
• Anette Granstedt, Sweden
• Kerstin Granstedt, Sweden
• Stina Grenholm, Sweden
• Graham Gristwood, United Kingdom
• Ruslan Gritsan, Russia
• Andrei Gruzdev, Russia
• Thierry Gueorgiou, France
• Linnea Gustafsson, Sweden
• Maria Gustafsson, Sweden
• Anders Gärderud, Sweden

H[]

• Paula Haapakoski, Finland
• Troy de Haas, Australia
• Ingrid Hadler, Norway
• Åge Hadler, Norway
• Kerstin Haglund, Sweden
• Mats Haldin, Finland
• Steven Hale, United Kingdom
• Øystein Halvorsen, Norway
• Arja Hannus, Sweden
• Astrid Hansen, Norway
• Atle Hansen, Norway
• Dorthe Hansen, Denmark
• Anna Hanzlová, Czechoslovakia
• Lena Hasselström, Sweden
• Anders Hauge, Norway
• Svetlana Haustova, Russia
• Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norway
• Ágnes Hegedűs, Hungaria
• András Hegedus, Hungaria
• Fabian Hertner, Switzerland
• Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik, Norway
• Lars Holmqvist, Sweden
• Bodil Holmström, Finland
• Mária Honzová, Czech Republic
• Michal Horáček, Czech Republic
• Magda Horváth, Hungaria
• Holger Hott, Norway
• Sandy Hott, Canada
• Daniel Hotz, Switzerland
• Raila Hovi, Finland
• Tuula Hovi, Finland
• Martin Howald, Switzerland
• Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland
• Dieter Hulliger, Switzerland
• Dominik Humbel, Switzerland
• Ruth Humbel, Switzerland
• Jarkko Huovila, Finland
• Birgitte Husebye, Norway

I[]

• Pasi Ikonen, Finland
• Ulf Forseth Indgaard, Norway
• Joakim Ingelsson, Sweden
• Elisabeth Ingvaldsen, Norway
• Lena Isaksson, Sweden
• Peter Ivars, Finland
• Johan Ivarsson, Sweden
• Egil Iversen, Norway

J[]

• Adrian Jackson, Australia
• Svein Jacobsen, Norway
• Wenche Jacobsen, Norway
• Helena Jansson, Sweden
• Marlena Jansson, Sweden
• Jaroslav Jašek, Czechoslovakia
• Michal Jedlička, Czech Republic
• Karin Jexner, Denmark
• Sonja Johannesson, Sweden
• Egil Johansen, Norway, Sweden
• Helle Johansen, Norway
• Arne Johansson, Sweden
• Birgitta Johansson, Sweden
• Erik Johansson, Sweden
• Jenny Johansson, Sweden
• Karl Johansson, Sweden
• Martin Johansson (born 1984), Sweden
• Martin Johansson (born c1970), Sweden
• Sofie Johansson, Sweden
• Karl John, Switzerland
• Erja Jokinen, Finland
• Heli Jukkola, Finland
• Niclas Jonasson, Sweden
• Anssi Juutilainen, Finland
• Virpi Juutilainen, Finland
• Carsten Jørgensen, Denmark

K[]

• Carl Waaler Kaas, Norway
• Simona Karochová, Czech Republic
• Timo Karppinen, Finland
• Jorma Karvonen, Finland
• Ari Kattainen, Finland
• Minna Kauppi, Finland
• Raila Kerkelä, Finland
• Mattias Karlsson, Sweden
• Matti Keskinarkaus, Finland
• Seppo Keskinarkaus, Finland
• Ernst Killander, Sweden
• Björn Kjellström, Sweden
• Jan Kjellström, Sweden
• Andrey Khramov, Russia
• Eduard Khrennikov, Russia
• Emma Klingenberg, Denmark
• Signe Klinting, Denmark
• Štěpán Kodeda, Czech Republic
• Erkki Kohvakka, Finland
• Reeta-Mari Kolkkala, Finland
• Hannu Koponen, Finland
• Viktor Korchagin, Russia
• Vladislav Kormtshikov, Russia
• Natalia Korzhova, Russia
• Rolf Koskinen, Finland
• Eija Koskivaara, Finland
• Hanna Kosonen, Finland
• Annariitta Kottonen, Finland
• Hannu Kottonen, Finland
• Magdolna Kovács, Hungaria
• Petr Kozák, Czech Republic
• Tatiana Kozlova, Russia
• Anastasia Kravchenko, Russia
• Annichen Kringstad, Sweden
• Ragnhild Kristensen, Norway
• Øystein Kristiansen, Norway
• Per Kristiansen, Norway
• Vojtěch Král, Czech Republic
• Simonas Krėpšta, Lithuania
• Marcela Kubatková, Czech Republic
• Ada Kuchařová, Czech Republic
• Mika Kuisma, Finland
• Urho Kujala, Finland
• Sinikka Kukkonen, Finland
• Sirpa Kukkonen, Finland
• Ivan Kuzmin, Russia
• Olle Kärner, Estonia
• Vroni König-Salmi, Switzerland

L[]

• Jani Lakanen, Finland
• Andrey Lamov, Russia
• Jukka Lanki, Finland
• Björn Lans, Sweden
• Jan Martin Larsen, Norway
• Ann Larsson, Sweden
• Birgitta Larsson, Sweden
• Marc Lauenstein, Switzerland
• Kjell Lauri, Sweden
• Bengt Leandersson, Sweden
• Bengt Levin, Sweden
• Arto Lilja, Finland
• Katri Lindeqvist, Finland
• Ulla Lindkvist, Sweden
• Pete Livesey, United Kingdom
• Petr Losman, Czech Republic
• Vladimír Lučan, Czech Republic
• Marie Lund, Sweden
• Olav Lundanes, Norway
• Anne Lundmark, Sweden
• Susanne Lüscher, Switzerland
• Lars Lystad, Norway
• Magne Lystad, Norway
• Tomas Löfgren, Sweden
• Barbro Lönnkvist, Sweden
• Jenny Lönnkvist, Sweden
• Lars Lönnkvist, Sweden
• Fredrik Löwegren, Sweden
• Niklas Löwegren, Sweden

M[]

• Valborg Madslien, Norway
• Helena Mannervesi, Finland
• Michael Mamleev, Italy and Russia
• Daniel Marston, United Kingdom
• Bernard Marti, Switzerland
• Reijo Mattinen, Finland
• Stig Mattsson, Sweden
• Annelies Meier, Switzerland
• Anja Meldo, Finland
• Hans Melin, Sweden
• Naďa Mertová, Czechoslovakia
• Matthias Merz, Switzerland
• Marika Mikkola, Finland
• Pepa Milusheva, Bulgaria
• Eva Moberg, Sweden
• Johan Modig, Sweden
• Allan Mogensen, Denmark
• Heather Monro, United Kingdom
• Sarolta Monspart, Hungary
• Anders Morelius, Sweden
• Jonathan Musgrave, United Kingdom
• Lea Müller, Switzerland
• Agneta Månsson, Sweden
• Kerstin Månsson, Sweden
• Jörgen Mårtensson, Sweden
• Matti Mäkinen, Finland
• Jussi Mäkilä, Finland
• Vesa Mäkipää, Finland
• Hannu Mäkirinta, Finland
• Ulla Mänttäri, Finland
• Willi Müller, Switzerland

N[]

• Simone Niggli-Luder, Switzerland
• Kiril Nikolov, Bulgaria
• Cecilia Nilsson, Sweden
• Kajsa Nilsson, Sweden
• Anders Nordberg, Norway
• Björn Nordin, Sweden
• Bertil Nordqvist, Sweden
• Sivar Nordström, Sweden
• Bertil Norman, Sweden
• Valentin Novikov, Russia
• Olga Novikova, Russia
• Julia Novikova, Russia
• Petra Novotná, Czech Republic
• Radek Novotný, Czech Republic
• Arja Nuolioja, Finland
• Simo Nurminen, Finland
• Risto Nuuros, Finland
• Gun-Britt Nyberg, Sweden
• Sanna Nymalm, Finland
• Olle Nåbo, Sweden
• Mona Nørgaard, Denmark

O[]

• Ingrid Ohlsson, Sweden
• Marie Ohlsson, Sweden
• Mirja Ojanen, Finland
• Dagfinn Olsen, Norway
• Tommy Olsen, Norway
• Jörgen Olsson, Sweden
• Kent Olsson, Sweden
• Katalin Oláh, Hungaria
• Ellen Sofie Olsvik, Norway
• Yuri Omeltchenko, Ukraine, winner of the 1995 World Orienteering Championships short distance

P[]

• Keijo Parkkinen, Finland
• Stephen Palmer, United Kingdom
• Lars Palmqvist, Sweden
• Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Norway
• Lasse Brun Pedersen, Denmark
• Juha Peltola, Finland
• Katharina Perch-Nielsen, Switzerland
• Raino Pesu, Finland
• Anna Persson, Sweden
• Lina Persson, Sweden
• Gert Pettersson, Sweden
• Håkan Pettersson, Sweden
• Rolf Pettersson, Sweden
• Marja Liisa Portin, Finland
• Dana Procházková, Czechoslovakia
• Mirja Puhakka, Finland
• Markus Puusepp, Estonia
• Pekka Pökälä, Finland
• , Brazil

R[]

• Karin Rabe, Sweden
• Katja Rajaniemi, Finland
• Helena Randáková, Czech Republic
• Merja Rantanen, Finland
• Kimmo Rauhamäki, Finland
• Kjersti Reenaas, Norway
• Marte Reenaas, Norway
• Damien Renard, France
• Marianne Riddervold, Norway
• Baptiste Rollier, Switzerland
• Marie-Luce Romanens, Switzerland
• Björn Rosendahl, Sweden
• Erik Rost, Sweden
• Irén Rostás, Hungaria
• Jørgen Rostrup, Norway
• Rudolf Ropek, Czech Republic
• Vilma Rudzenskaitė, Lithuania
• Johan Runesson, Sweden
• Marita Ruoho, Finland
• Pirjo Ruotsalainen, Finland
• Tatiana Ryabkina, Russia
• Seppo Rytkönen, Finland
• Astrid Rødmyr, Norway

S[]

• Tore Sagvolden, Norway
• Kari Sallinen, Finland
• Raili Sallinen, Finland
• Juhani Salmenkylä, Finland
• Leena Salmenkylä, Finland
• Janne Salmi, Finland
• Markku Salminen, Finland
• Hanne Sandstad, Norway
• Tore Sandvik, Norway
• Lena Samuelsson, Sweden
• Eveli Saue, Estonia
• Ieva Sargautytė, Lithuania
• Sanna Savolainen, Finland
• Christine Schaffner, Switzerland
• Karin Schmalfeld, Germany
• Ruth Schmid, Switzerland
• David Schneider, Switzerland
• Alex Schwager, Switzerland
• Frauke Schmitt Gran, Germany
• Pirjo Seppä, Finland
• Olga Shevchenko, Russia
• Maria Shilova, Russia
• , Estonia
• Sixten Sild, Estonia
• Timo Sild, Estonia
• Kaija Silvennoinen, Finland
• Leena Silvennoinen, Finland
• Ivan Sirakov, Bulgaria
• Martins Sirmais, Latvia
• Aliya Sitdikova, Russia
• Elin Skantze, Sweden
• Anders Skarholt, Norway
• Ola Skarholt, Norway
• Lars Skjeset, Norway
• Marita Skogum, Sweden
• Torben Skovlyst, Denmark
• Hanne Sletner, Norway
• Bill Smith (Fell runner), United Kingdom
• Peter Snell, New Zealand
• Michal Smola, Czech Republic
• Hanne Staff, Norway
• Markus Stappung, Switzerland
• Eivor Steen-Olsson, Sweden
• Marta Štěrbová, Czech Republic
• Jamie Stevenson, United Kingdom
• Søren Strunge, Denmark
• Kine Hallan Steiwer, Norway
• János Sotér, Hungary
• Örjan Svahn, Sweden
• Olavi Svanberg, Finland
• Eva Svensson, Sweden
• Harald Svergja, Norway
• Šárka Svobodná, Czech Republic
• Gunilla Svärd, Sweden
• Helene Söderlund, Sweden
• János Sőtér, Hungary

T[]

• Veijo Tahvanainen, Finland
• Olli-Markus Taivainen, Finland
• Silja Tarvonen, Finland
• Heimo Taskinen, Finland
• Jorunn Teigen, Norway
• Hilde Tellesbø, Norway
• Chris Terkelsen, Denmark
• Ekaterina Terekhova, Russia
• Mika Tervala, Finland
• Aimo Tepsell, Finland
• Margrit Thommen, Switzerland
• Harald Thon, Norway
• Øyvin Thon, Norway
• Petter Thoresen, Norway
• Jan-Erik Thorn, Sweden
• Pertti Tikka, Finland
• Vadim Tolstopyatov, Russia
• Natalia Tomilova, Russia
• Päivi Tommola, Finland
• Eivind Tonna, Norway
• Hannele Tonna, Finland
• Marcel Tschopp, Liechtenstein
• Dmitriy Tsvetkov, Russia
• Staffan Tunis, Finland
• Tuomo Tompuri, Finland
• Jon Tvedt, Norway
• Håvard Tveite, Norway

U[]

• Kjetil Ulven, Norway
• Siri Ulvestad, Norway
• Lars-Henrik Undeland, Sweden

V[]

• Maret Vaher, Estonia
• Géza Vajda, Hungary
• Indrė Valaitė, Lithuania
• Bjørnar Valstad, Norway
• Pekka Varis, Finland
• Liisa Veijalainen, Finland
• Linda Verde, Norway
• Kirill Veselov, Russia
• Rolf Vestre, Norway
• Annika Viilo, Finland
• Galina Vinogradova, Russia
• Renata Vlachová, Czechoslovakia
• Tatiana Vlasova, Russia
• Brit Volden, Norway
• Giedrė Voverienė, Lithuania
• Edgaras Voveris, Lithuania
• Matti Väisänen, Finland
• Mervi Väisänen, Finland
• Seppo Väli-Klemelä, Finland

W[]

• Ann-Marie Wallsten, Sweden
• Michael Wehlin, Sweden
• Eystein Weltzien, Norway
• Emil Wingstedt, Sweden
• Brigitte Wolf, Switzerland
• Dieter Wolf, Switzerland
• Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien, Norway

Z[]

• Annika Zell, Sweden

Å[]

• Gunborg Åhling, Sweden
• Tobias Åslund, Sweden

Ā[]

• Valters Āboliņš, Latvia

Ö[]

• Peter Öberg, Sweden
• Göran Öhlund, Sweden
• Gunnar Öhlund, Sweden
• Kaspar Öttli, Switzerland

Ø[]

• Marit Økern, Norway
• Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, Norway

By country[]

• Australian orienteers
• Austrian orienteers
• British orienteers
• Bulgarian orienteers
• Czech orienteers
• Czechoslovak orienteers
• Danish orienteers
• Estonian orienteers
• Finnish orienteers
• French orienteers
• German orienteers
• Hungarian orienteers
• Italian orienteers
• Latvian orienteers
• Lithuanian orienteers
• New Zealand orienteers
• Norwegian orienteers
• Polish orienteers
• Romanian orienteers
• Russian orienteers
• Slovak orienteers
• Soviet orienteers
• Swedish orienteers
• Swiss orienteers
• Ukrainian orienteers

Innovators[]

• Chris Brasher, one of the pioneers of orienteering in Britain and can claim the first public mention of the sport in an article in The Observer in 1957
• Ernst Killander, one of the people who made the sport of orienteering popular in Scandinavian countries
• Björn Kjellström, orienteering champion and co-founder of the compass manufacturing company Silva Sweden AB
• Jan Kjellström, played an important role in the development of the sport of orienteering in Great Britain
• Per Kristiansen, involved in orienteering training in Norway and also written several books on handbook on training and competition
• Martin Kronlund, introduced and developed the sport of orienteering in Spain
• Jan Martin Larsen, pioneer in the development of the specialized orienteering map

References[]