Johan Runesson
Encyclopedia
Johan Runesson (born 20 November 1990) is a Swedish
orienteering
competitor
and Junior World Champion.
Runesson competed at the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships
in Gothenburg
, where he won a gold medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the sprint, and a gold medal in the long distance, as well as participating on the winning Swedish relay team.
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...
and Junior World Champion.
Runesson competed at the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships
Junior World Orienteering Championships
The Junior World Orienteering Championships are an orienteering competition held every year. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition...
in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, where he won a gold medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the sprint, and a gold medal in the long distance, as well as participating on the winning Swedish relay team.