Adrian Jackson (orienteering)
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Adrian Jackson is an Australia
n mountain bike orienteering
competitor
and World Champion. He has won individual gold medals at the 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships
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Adrian is sponsored by Merida and is a member of the Merida Flight Centre Racing Team. He rides a Merida NINETY-SIX Team (dual suspension), an 0.NINE(hardtail) and an Scultura EVO SLX Team (road bike).
He is also an elite mountain biker in the Australian domestic racing scene in the cross country, enduro, marathon and stage racing format events.
in Ballarat, where he won his first world championship gold medal by winning the sprint, ahead of Alain Berger
from Switzerland. He won a bronze medal in the long distance, and a bronze medal with the Australian relay team. At the 2005 World Championships in Banska Bystrica
he won a bronze medal in the long distance, placed eighth in the middle distance, and seventh with the Australian relay team. At the 2006 Championships in Joensuu
he placed sixth in the long distance and seventh in the middle distance. At the Oceania MTB Orienteering Championships in Victoria, Australia in 2007 he won gold medals in both the sprint, the middle distance and the long distance. At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships
in Ostróda
, he won a gold medal in the middle distance, placed sixth in the sprint, placed sixth in the long distance, and eleventh in the relay. In Ben Shemen
in 2009 he became world champion in both the sprint, ahead of Lasse Brun Pedersen
, and in the long distance, ahead of Ruslan Gritsan
, and placed fifth in the middle distance. At the 2010 World Championships in Montalegre he won a gold medal in the sprint, ahead of Tõnis Erm
, a silver medal in the middle distance behind Samuli Saarela
, and a silver medal in the long distance behind Anton Foliforov
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n mountain bike orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. Compared to foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail and track network. Navigation tactics are similar to ski-orienteering,...
competitor
Competition
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and World Champion. He has won individual gold medals at the 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships
World MTB Orienteering Championships
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships were first held in 2002, and from 2004 they have been organized every year...
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Adrian is sponsored by Merida and is a member of the Merida Flight Centre Racing Team. He rides a Merida NINETY-SIX Team (dual suspension), an 0.NINE(hardtail) and an Scultura EVO SLX Team (road bike).
He is also an elite mountain biker in the Australian domestic racing scene in the cross country, enduro, marathon and stage racing format events.
Mountain bike orienteering career
Jackson competed at the 2004 World MTB Orienteering ChampionshipsWorld MTB Orienteering Championships
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships were first held in 2002, and from 2004 they have been organized every year...
in Ballarat, where he won his first world championship gold medal by winning the sprint, ahead of Alain Berger
Alain Berger
Alain Berger is a Swiss orienteering competitor. He is two times Relay World Champion, as a member of the Swiss winning teams in 1991 and 1995. He also obtained bronze on the Classic distance in the 1999 World Championship.-References:...
from Switzerland. He won a bronze medal in the long distance, and a bronze medal with the Australian relay team. At the 2005 World Championships in Banska Bystrica
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With 81,281 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia...
he won a bronze medal in the long distance, placed eighth in the middle distance, and seventh with the Australian relay team. At the 2006 Championships in Joensuu
Joensuu
Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...
he placed sixth in the long distance and seventh in the middle distance. At the Oceania MTB Orienteering Championships in Victoria, Australia in 2007 he won gold medals in both the sprint, the middle distance and the long distance. At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships
World MTB Orienteering Championships
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships were first held in 2002, and from 2004 they have been organized every year...
in Ostróda
Ostróda
Ostróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...
, he won a gold medal in the middle distance, placed sixth in the sprint, placed sixth in the long distance, and eleventh in the relay. In Ben Shemen
Ben Shemen
Ben Shemen is a moshav in central Israel. Located around four kilometres east of Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 627....
in 2009 he became world champion in both the sprint, ahead of Lasse Brun Pedersen
Lasse Brun Pedersen
Lasse Brun Pedersen is a Danish mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He won an individual gold medal at the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a gold medal in the relay.-References:...
, and in the long distance, ahead of Ruslan Gritsan
Ruslan Gritsan
Ruslan Gritsan is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering.-Ski orienteering career:...
, and placed fifth in the middle distance. At the 2010 World Championships in Montalegre he won a gold medal in the sprint, ahead of Tõnis Erm
Tõnis Erm
Tõnis Erm is an Estonian mountain bike orienteer. At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ostróda, he won a bronze medal in the sprint event. In Ben Shemen in 2009 he won a silver medal in the sprint.-References:...
, a silver medal in the middle distance behind Samuli Saarela
Samuli Saarela
Samuli Saarela is a Finnish mountain bike orienteer. He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre.-References:...
, and a silver medal in the long distance behind Anton Foliforov
Anton Foliforov
Anton Foliforov is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won an individual gold medal at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and won gold medals with the Russian relay team in 2009 and 2010.-References:...
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