2 017 Contents 5 A Word from the President 6 World Orienteering Day 10 Foot Orienteering 12 Thierry Gueorgiou’s Final Triumph 14 World Orienteering Championships in Estonia 15 Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Tove Alexandersson 20 Ski Orienteering 23 Gold medal shower for Tove Alexandersson 24 MTB Orienteering 27 Emily Benham Kvåle: A Very Special Year 28 Trail Orienteering 30 Pinja Mäkinen, Finland: Mother of Three and World Championships Medallist 32 IOF Member Federations 34 Around the World 38 IOF Major Events 2018–2021 40 Inside the IOF: Regional and Youth Development Commission 41 The Athletes’ Commission: From the Runners' Point of View 42 Focus on Anti-Doping: First Case for the IOF Regimantas Kavaliauskas, Lithuania, on a hilly Middle Distance course at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo: Donatas Lazauskas 2 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 3 A Word from the President 2017 will be remembered as a success- organised the World Military Winter Games on all levels - international, national and lo- ful year for international orienteering. in Sochi, Russia, hosting competitions in cal. One of the challenges we are now facing Together, we have invested in the visi- seven winter sports including Ski Orienteer- is to define a new format and test it and for bility of orienteering and also received ing. The ISF Orienteering Championships in it to be successful at the Sprint WOC. recognition from our partner organisa- Italy were a great success, with over 600 In October 2018, the IOF General Assem- tions. The IOF is a strong organisation youngsters taking part. bly will take place in Prague. From 2018 on- and we have ambitious plans for the wards, our Congress is disconnected from coming years. Strengthening the IOF organisation WOC and I hope to see our Member Federa- At the IOF General Assembly in 2016, an tions’ presidents attending our most impor- Significantly increased visibility IOF Council was elected for a 4-year term tant event. Preparing for GA2018 is the IOF We have significantly increased our visibility for the first time, instead of the 2-year pe- Council’s main task for the year, and on top on TV, and 2017 was the best year so far riods in the past. It gives the Council more of traditional agenda items, the IOF Gener- for our TV audience. Starting from the very time to build up an organisation to support al Assembly will decide on the IOF Strategic successful World Ski Orienteering Champi- the IOF goals over a longer period of time. Directions for 2018–2024. The preparation onships, followed by the World Cup, World Our organisation is bigger than ever, with process of the IOF Strategic Directions, in- Championships (WOC) and World Games the total number of Commission and Coun- cluding our Vision, Mission, Values, Working events in FootO, there were altogether thir- cil members and Office personnel reaching Methods, Main Goals and Activity Plan, is teen days of high quality international TV almost 90 people, from 29 countries. We making good progress and includes wider broadcast from our events. Thirteen days of have a lot of clever and enthusiastic peo- than ever consultation rounds with mem- live orienteering carries a lot of cost, and ple in our organisation, it’s not a secret. bers and other stakeholders. Hopefully, the the IOF is very thankful to members, spon- The challenge for the President and Coun- final result of our common work will be suc- sors and viewers who have supported our cil is to keep everyone working towards the cessful, and the IOF Strategic Directions for ambitions. We increased our visibility, and same goals, and to implement the decisions 2018–2024 will receive wide political sup- the live broadcast or the half hour summ- of the IOF General Assembly together. My port from the General Assembly. ary from WOC reached 142 countries. I’m personal feeling is that during this year we confident that LIVE Orienteering, our main have acted more as a team, the IOF team. channel for following orienteering online, Our discussions have been more open, and has been established on the market and consultation with different target groups, in- has good chances to be recognised also by cluding our members, on various issues has a wider audience. reached a wider base. The policy of wider World Orienteering Day, WOD, is one of consultation and discussion is very impor- our flagship products helping us to create tant for better quality of Commission pro- global visibility amongst the younger genera- posals and Council decisions. tions. We had 288 007 WOD participants in Tricky TempO final at the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2017, with events held in 79 countries and Looking into 2018 and beyond in Vazgaikiemis, Lithuania. Photo: Donatas Lazauskas territories. 90 % of all participants in WOD There are several important highlights for 2017 were under 23 years old. But we won’t the IOF to look forward to in 2018. stop here, our goal is to have 500 000 WOD WOD will have a slightly new format in participants in 2018! 2018, and whilst World Orienteering Day will Contacts: be held on May 23rd, we will offer more flexi- Partnership and international recognition bility and allow all events taking place during Published by: Contributors to this edition: Front cover: Matias Salonen The IOF is not alone in the international the week following May 23rd to be counted International Orienteering Federation (IOF) Clive Allen, Erik Borg, Mårten Lång, Malin Fuhr, Back cover: Malin Fuhr Drottninggatan 47 31/2 Tr Donatas Lazauskas and Kirsty McIntyre world of sports. We have signed Partner- as WOD events as well. The IOF is focusing SE-65225, Karlstad, SWEDEN ship Agreements or Memorandums of Un- on global participation in WOD and therefore Layout: derstanding with several different organisa- some flexibility is given because of different orienteering.org Martin Hammarberg, Adshape tions, including the International University local conditions around the world. [email protected] Sports Federation (FISU), the International The World Orienteering Championships Twitter: @IOFOrienteering Printer: Military Sports Council (CISM) and the In- at the beginning of August in Latvia will be Facebook: www.facebook.com/IOFArena BML Printers Ltd ternational School Sport Federation (ISF). the very last WOC organised under the cur- YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/IOFOrienteering Romsey, Great Britain For the IOF, looking to be included into Olym- rent challenging programme. Starting from Instagram: IOF_orienteering pic Games, our partners’ events and mul- 2019, we will use the split WOC model de- worldorienteeringday.com Orienteering World is the official journal of the Interna- ti-sport games are extremely important. It’s cided upon at the Extraordinary General As- Facebook: www.facebook.com/Worldorienteeringday tional Orienteering Federation (IOF). Permission from a perfect place to showcase our sport and sembly in 2015. The new model will start Instagram: worldorienteeringday the editor-in-chief should be sought prior to repro- duction of articles. we are delighted that one of our major part- with WOC 2019 in Norway, followed by the Editor-in-chief and editor: ners, FISU, recognised our long-time good first Sprint WOC in Denmark in 2020. The Malin Fuhr, Communications Officer IOF Next issue: January 2019 cooperation by awarding the IOF the FISU IOF also decided in 2015 to introduce a [email protected] Orienteering World is printed on 100% recycled paper award for “Best International Sports Feder- completely new sprint format, which should Leho Haldna ation”. Our partner in military sports, CISM, be attractive for participants and organisers IOF President 4 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 5 World participants: 288 007 14 % increase in participation from 2016 Female participants 51 % Young participants (0–23 years) 90 % Participants under 12 years 45 % On Wednesday May 24th 2017 the second World Orienteering Day took place all over the world The goals of World Orienteering Day are: • Increasing the visibility and accessibility of orien- teering to young people • Increasing the number of participants in school and club activities in all National Federations, and getting new countries to take part in orienteering • Helping teachers to implement orienteering in a fun and educational way worldorienteeringday.com Be part of something bigger #worldorienteeringday So far, over 1800 posts have been shared under – Colour the World the hashtag #worldorienteeringday on Instagram 6 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 ORIENTEERING WORLD • 2017 7 Use the Evacuation Plan for Orienteering! 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