Damien Renard is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 competitor

Competition

Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

. He has received silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships.

He competed at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships

World Orienteering Championships

The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 . Since 2003, competitions have been held annually....

 in Aichi, where he finished 12th in the middle distance, and received a silver medal in relay with the French team.

He received a silver medal in the relay event at the 2006 European Orienteering Championships

European Orienteering Championships

The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.The current championship events are:* Relay - for three-person teams* Long distance* Middle distance* Sprint-Host towns/cities:...

 in Otepää

Otepää

Otepää is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it's the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Town has a population of 2,189 . Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia...

, and finished 4th in the middle distance.

He finished 15th overall in the Orienteering World Cup

Orienteering World Cup

The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The first official World Cup was held in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004...

 in 2004, 15th in 2005, 13th in 2006, and 7th in 2007.

Club comptetitions

In the 2008 season Renard is a member of the Norwegian club Kristansand OK, and won the Tiomila

Tiomila

Tiomila or 10 Mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945. It is a 10 man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of 5 daylight legs....

relay with this club in 2008.