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WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS Contact- [email protected] PARIS JULY 2 - 8, 2022 SPRINT KO SPRINT RELAY SPRINT www.woc22.fr www.woc2022.fr 2 | WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018 PREFACE WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS WOC 2022 From July 2. to 8., 2022 PARIS Sprint KO sprint Sprint relay Orienteering is about nature; nevertheless it is ticed by everyone and everywhere: this is why the also practised in the cities ! organizers of these championships will propose at the same time as the World Orienteering Championships, For 250 athletes from 50 different countries, World competitions for the general public. Thus, it will al- Orienteering Championships 2022 will be an event not low everyone to access and compete in an interna- to be missed: it will be an opportunity for them to meet tionally renowned competition at their own pace. and confront the best in this discipline. These cham- pionships will mainly take place in the heart of Paris. It will also be a way for all those who wish, to take part They will offer France an international visibility of its his- in one of the prestigious competitions that exists in torical, cultural and natural heritage. This will also allow orienteering. orienteering to prove that it is not confined to the natu- ral environment, but it is also practiced in urban areas. Orienteering is defined as a sport that can be prac- WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018| 3 CONTENTS Editorial : Paris 2024 goal............................................. P. 5 About orienteering..................................................... P.6-10 Competitions formats................................................. P.11 The French orienteering elite.................................... P.12 Thierry GUEORGIOU : 14 times world champion....... P.13 Paris, a world-class city............................................... P.14-18 WOC 2022 program.................................................... P.19-20 Organizers........................................................ P.21 Useful links.................................................................. P.22 4 | WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018 EDITORIAL Orienteering on the way to Paris 2024. Orienteering is an outdoor activity that combines reflection and physical commitment. This sport, which is practiced alone, or as a family activity, from children to veterans, allows you to discover different terrains in each race and to propose a new adventure to everyone’s pace. Orienteering is one of the outdoor activities taught in the school environment, and is highly appreciated by the various school sports federations such as UNSS, USEP and UGSEL with which the French Orienteering Federation (FFCO) has partnership agreements. Michel Ediar, President of the FFCO (left) with Tony Major Orienteering events are currently being prepared in Paris, with ESTANGUET, 2024 Olympic Game Organizing Comitee President (right) the Olympic Games of 2024 in mind, for which orienteering is officially nominated to become one of the 5 additional sports that will join the official program. In autumn 2019, the first edition of the Paris Orienteering City Race will take place in the center of Paris during the «Day without cars». It will be a great event for all audiences that will discover Paris in another way, with their map in hand, looking for the tags that must be found in an imposed order, while discovering hidden facets of the fantastic Parisian heritage. This event should take place every two years. But the biggest challenge is the bid for the organization of the World Orienteering Championships 2022 for what will be its second edition in urban format. So we fully rely on your support for help us in this project that will show Paris in the eyes of the world in a way never proposed before. Michel EDIAR, FFCO President Orienteering in Ile de France, an ideal terrain to develop its different formats: sprint, relay, middle and long distance... At first sight, Ile de France, and in particular Paris, could seem a territory unfit for the deve- lopment of so-called outdoor activities. And yet! For a long time now, the Region has been known for orienteering, for the technical nature of its forests, especially in the Fontaine- bleau massif. In recent years, clubs in Paris and the suburbs of Ile de France have seized the opportunities offered to develop urban races. Thanks to the help of the Region, the Regional Olympic and Sports Committee of Ile de France and the Regional Direction of Youth, Sports and Social Cohesion, the Ile de France Orienteering League values all ac- tions as close as possible to the public: development of accessible equipment (maps); agreements between clubs and schools, with the Regional University Sports Federation; organization of events. For some years now, Ile de France clubs have used to organize major urban events, including the Paris O ‘Tour in 2014 and the Paris City Race in 2017, which allowed riders from all over the hexagon and foreign countries, to walk down , day or night, map in hand, the prestigious places of Paris and its surroundings to find at the corner of an alley, a staircase...the tag as much sought while discovering, through the routes taken, the unsuspected faces of past or present heritage. With the major organizations planned in the coming years, the Ile de France Orienteering League is acqui- ring the necessary skills to host the WOC 2022 and hopes to be able to count on the support of the Paris region and of all the French orientors to help to promote Paris and Ile de France, even beyond the orienteering activity. Dominique BRET, President of the Ile de France Orienteering Regional Federation WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018| 5 ABOUT ORIENTEERING FOOT ORIENTEERING Orienteering: a sporting activity for the head and the legs! Foot orienteering is a sport recognized in France since the creation of the French Orienteering Federation in 1970. Orienteering is practiced in leisure, in ride or in competi- tion. A person practicing this activity is called an orienteer. It is about individual or col- lective races, against the clock, on familiar In France, the French Orienteering Federation ground or not, with different beacons on counts approximately 10 000 license holders it that the competitors has to discover in a for a competitive practice. The IOF (Interna- imposed order or not : It chooses itself its tional Orienteering Federation) coordinates route by using a map and a compass. the world development of this sport which is dominated by the Scandinavian countries but Orienteering seduces all the nature lovers, which seduces also a large number of practi- of reflection and of sporting activities. This cioners in other countries (Italy, Egypt, Great discipline, which can be practiced from Britain…) the youngest age and until more than 80 The traditional form of orienteering is foot years, as well by competitors lovers or as orienteering no matter the ground, but others simple activity of leisure or to maintain forms of orienteering were born over the their health, is very appreciated by fami- years, in particular mountain bike orienteering lies in search of friendly moments that will and ski orienteering, and also different others satisfy all the members of the family. Eve- specialties. ryone can choose what corresponds them the most: alone, with friends or in family. 6 | WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018 ABOUT ORIENTEERING FOOT ORIENTEERING oot orienteering is the major discipline of for route selection and memorization. It is also F necessary for high performance athletes to de orienteering. It is practiced as well in a natural set - - monstrate good adaptive skills: orienteering in ting (in the forest for example) as in an urban envi - - ronment. Orienteering is an endurance sport that volves moving through different environments attracts both enthusiast orienteers and runners. and adapting routes according to map directions. Orientation skills are important and necessary WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018| 7 ABOUT ORIENTEERING ORIENTEERING IS CANDIDATE TO BECOME AN ADDITIONAL SPORT TO PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 On 6 December 2017, the French Orienteering Fede- cation process. ration officially announced its bid to make Orientee- By 2024, the new generation orienteers will be able ring an Olympic sport within the Paris 2024 program. to take example of several French champions ran- This initiative was supported by the International ked among the best on the international level. Not Orienteering Federation (IOF). surprising that France is a strong orienteering na- tion. Indeed, the most successful orienteer in the Orienteering is a sport practiced on five continents world level is none other than the French Thierry and a growing number of countries are seduced by GUEORGIOU, with 14 titles of world champion! this sport. Orienteering is practiced by people of all ages and it is particularly present in the school envi- Thierry GUEORGIOU is not the only French ath- ronment. Indeed, orienteering is an educational sport lete to raise the French tricolour flag on the po- in its own right. Moreover, a convention has been sig- diums of major competitions. Frédéric TRANCHAND ned with the UNSS (National Union of School Sport). or Lucas BASSET are also orienteers who have Thus, several million students practice orienteering in won several medals at the world championships! the school environment and this figure is in increase: over the 2016/2017 season, orienteering has seen the The criteria to be fulfilled for orienteering to claim number of its stu- to become an Olym- dents increasing pic sport in the Olym- by an average of pic Games 2024 are 24.5% compared notably the chances to the 2015/2016 of medals, the prac- season. tice of orienteering at a global level or Laurent PETRYN- its attractiveness KA, President of among young people. the International School Sport Fe- Orienteering is well on deration (ISF) also its way to become a gave his fullest new Olympic sport and support to the for French orienteering FFCO in his appli- to win medals at home! 8 | WOC 2022 | ffco - 2018 ABOUT ORIENTEERING ORIENTEERING IS CANDIDATE TO BECOME AN ADDITIONAL SPORT TO PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 Before the momentous occasion of the Olympic Games, several large-scale events, including international events, will take place in France.
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