# List of orienteers

This is a list of all orienteering competitors found in Wikipedia and notable within the orienteering sport.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Ā
* Ö
* Ø
* By country
* Innovators

## 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
* 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, Hungary
* 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
* 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
* Alicia Cobo, Spain, finalist in World Orienteering Championships in Finland 2013

## D

* Kalle Dalin, Sweden
* Luca Dallavalle, Italy
* Kristin Danielsen, Norway
* Anke Dannowski, Germany
* Marian Davidik, Slovakia
* 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
* 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, Hungary
* András Hegedus, Hungary
* Fabian Hertner, Switzerland
* Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik, Norway
* Lars Holmqvist, Sweden
* Bodil Holmström, Finland
* Mária Honzová, Czech Republic
* Michal Horáček, Czech Republic
* Magda Horváth, Hungary
* 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 1964), 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, Hungary
* 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
* Alice Leake, United Kingdom
* 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, Hungary
* 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

## 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, Hungary
* 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
* Lauri Sild, Estonia
* Sixten Sild, Estonia
* Timo Sild, Estonia
* Kaija Silvennoinen, Finland
* Leena Silvennoinen, Finland
* Ivan Sirakov, Bulgaria
* Martins Sirmais, Latvia
* Aliya Sitdikova, Russia
* 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