Eivor Steen-Olsson
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Eivor Steen-Olsson is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 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...

. She is two times Relay World Champion
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....

 as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.

She won a gold medal in the first official relay at the 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 Le Brassus
Le Brassus
Le Brassus is a village in the Vallée de Joux in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is part of the municipality Le Chenit.-References:...

 in 1964, together with Ann-Marie Wallsten
Ann-Marie Wallsten
Ann-Marie Wallsten is a Swedish orienteering competitor and European champion. She received a silver medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the relay event at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.-References:...

 and Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist is a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships., and finished second 1970...

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She competed at the very first 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 Fiskars
Pohja
Pohja is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 and covered a land area of...

 in 1966, where she won a gold medal in the relay together with Kerstin Granstedt
Kerstin Granstedt
Kerstin Granstedt is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She became Relay World Champion in Fiskars in 1966, as a member of the Swedish winning team, with Eivor Steen-Olsson and Gunborg Åhling...

 and Gunborg Åhling
Gunborg Ahling
Gunborg Åhling is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She competed at the very first World Orienteering Championships, in Fiskars in 1966, where she won a gold medal in the relay together with Kerstin Granstedt and Eivor Steen-Olsson, and placed tenth in the individual contest.-References:...

, and placed fifth in the individual contest.

At the 1970 World Orienteering Championships in Friedrichroda
Friedrichroda
Friedrichroda is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the north foot of the Thuringian Forest, 21 km by rail southwest of the town of Gotha. It is surrounded by fir-clad hills and possesses numerous handsome villa residences, a Kurhaus and a sanatorium...

 she won a gold medal in the relay for Sweden again, this time with Birgitta Larsson
Birgitta Larsson
Birgitta Larsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is a two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1970 and 1974, as well as having a silver medal from 1972. She won bronze in the Individual World Championship in 1972....

 and Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist
Ulla Lindkvist is a Swedish orienteering competitor, and the first individual female world champion in this sport. She won the 1966 and 1968 Individual World Orienteering Championships., and finished second 1970...

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