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The Orienteering World Cup is a series of 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...

competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation

International Orienteering Federation

The International Orienteering Federation is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Helsinki, Finland....

. 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. From 2004 the World Cup has been held annually.

Hosting nations

Year	Hosting nations	Notes
1986	Norway, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland	8 events
1988	Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Checkoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden	8 events
1990	Poland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, Germany	8 events
1992	Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Canada, USA	8 events
1994	New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic	9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
1996	Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France	10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
1998	Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland	13 events (10 individual, 3 relays).
2000	Japan, Australia, Ukraine, Finland, Portugal	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2002	Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic	17 events (13 individual, 4 relays).
2004	Denmark, Sweden, Germany	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2005	Great Britain, Japan, Italy	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2006	Estonia, Denmark, France	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2007	Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland	10 events
2008	Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland	13 events
2009	Finland, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland	9 events
2010	Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzerland	12 events
2011	Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland	10 events

World Cup overall results

Women

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1986	Ellen Sofie Olsvik Ellen Sofie Olsvik Ellen Sofie Olsvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, world champion in the relay event, and winner of the first overall Orienteering World Cup...	Jorunn Teigen Jorunn Teigen Jorunn Teigen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She finished overall second in the first official Orienteering World Cup in 1986.-World championships:...	Karin Rabe Karin Rabe Karin Rabe is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is four times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1989, as well as having silver medals from 1978 and 1987, and a bronze medal from 1979. She obtained silver in the Individual World Championship...
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross country skier.-Orienteering career:...	Brit Volden Brit Volden Brit Volden is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She won the 1987 Relay Wold Championship, as well as a silver medal in 1979. She also obtained silver medals in the Individual World Championships in 1981 and 1985. She won the overall World Cup in 1983 , and finished second in 1984 and...	Jana Galikova Jana Galiková Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová is an orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia. She received two silver medals and four bronze medals at the 1987, 1989 and 1991 World Orienteering Championships.-References:...
1990	Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bente Andersen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. She won a gold medal in relay at the 1987 World Orienteering Championships, together with Bratberg, Olsvik and Volden. She received a silver medal in relay in 1991, together with Sandstad, Arnesen and...	Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bratberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and cross country skier.-Orienteering career:...	Katarina Borg Katarina Borg Katarina Borg is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She has received two silver medals in the world championships, and finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup two times.-World championships:...
1992	Marita Skogum Marita Skogum Marita Skogum is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, as well as the 1993 Classic distance. She also obtained silver in the Individual course in 1983, and silver in the Short distance in 1993...	Jana Cieslarova Jana Cieslarová Jana Cieslarová is a Czech orienteering competitor, that competed for Czechoslovakia until 1992. She won the 1991 Short distance World Orienteering Championships. She also has a silver medal in the Relay championship from 1989, and bronze medals from 1991, 1993 and 1995.-References:...	Yvette Hague
1994	Marlena Jansson Marlena Jansson Marlena Jansson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is three times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1991, 1993 and 1997, as well as having a silver medal from 1995 and a bronze medal from 1999. She also shared bronze with Anna Bogren in the Short distance...	Yvette Hague	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...
1996	Gunilla Svärd Gunilla Svärd Gunilla Svärd is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1997 and 2004, as well as having silver medals from 2001 and 2003, and a bronze medal from 1999. She obtained bronze in the Short distance World Championship in 2001...	Marlena Jansson Marlena Jansson Marlena Jansson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is three times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1991, 1993 and 1997, as well as having a silver medal from 1995 and a bronze medal from 1999. She also shared bronze with Anna Bogren in the Short distance...	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...
1998	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...	Johanna Asklöf Johanna Asklöf Johanna Asklöf is a Finnish orienteering competitor and World champion.She received a silver medal in the relay event at the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in West Point, USA, together with Kirsi Tiira, Annika Viilo and Eija Koskivaara...	Katarina Borg Katarina Borg Katarina Borg is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She has received two silver medals in the world championships, and finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup two times.-World championships:...
2000	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...	Simone Luder	Heather Monro Heather Monro Heather Monro was the second British female orienteer to win a world championship medal. She came 5th at the World Orienteering Championships in 2001. At the 2003 World Orienteering Championships she was the highest placed British Female coming Fourteenth place over the 11.8 km race...
2002	Simone Luder	Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and 2005, as member of the Swiss winning teams. Also an individual bronze medal from 2005 , and Relay bronze medals from 1997...	Hanne Staff Hanne Staff Hanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Tatiana Ryabkina Tatiana Ryabkina Tatiana Ryabkina is a Russian orienteering competitor.-World championships:...	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won the 2004 Long distance World Orienteering Championships, and has silver medals from 2003 and 2004...
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and 2005, as member of the Swiss winning teams. Also an individual bronze medal from 2005 , and Relay bronze medals from 1997...	Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, World champion and European champion. She took the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup.-World championships:...
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Marianne Andersen Marianne Andersen Marianne Andersen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has received twelve medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships....	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Heli Jukkola Heli Jukkola Heli Jukkola is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won the 2007 Long distance World Orienteering Championships, and finished second in 2005. In the Middle distance she finished second 2007, and third 2003 and 2004...	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken Anne Margrethe Hausken is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, World champion and European champion. She took the overall victory in the 2008 World Cup.-World championships:...	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....	Helena Jansson Helena Jansson Helena Jansson is a Swedish orienteer who became World Champion in the sprint distance in Miskolc, Hungary in 2009...
2009	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Marianne Andersen Marianne Andersen Marianne Andersen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has received twelve medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships....	Helena Jansson Helena Jansson Helena Jansson is a Swedish orienteer who became World Champion in the sprint distance in Miskolc, Hungary in 2009...
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won all four women's competitions at the world championships....	Helena Jansson Helena Jansson Helena Jansson is a Swedish orienteer who became World Champion in the sprint distance in Miskolc, Hungary in 2009...	Maja Alm Maja Alm Maja Alm is a Danish orienteering competitor and medalist from the Junior World Championships. She is since 2006 coached by Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm-Junior career:...
2011	Helena Jansson Helena Jansson Helena Jansson is a Swedish orienteer who became World Champion in the sprint distance in Miskolc, Hungary in 2009...	Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi Minna Kauppi is a Finnish orienteer. Kauppi is an eight-time World Champion, including five golds from relays....	Lena Eliasson Lena Eliasson Lena Marie Eliasson is a Swedish orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor.She received a bronze medal in sprint at the World Orienteering Championships in Kiev in 2007....

Men

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1986	Kent Olsson Kent Olsson (orienteering) Kent Olsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1987 Individual World Orienteering Championships, and also obtained silver medals in 1989 and 1991, as well as silver medal on the Short distance in 1991...	Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, and several times world champion.He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu ....	Michael Wehlin Michael Wehlin Michael Wehlin is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He received silver medals in the relay at the 1985 and 1989 World Orienteering Championships with the Swedish team.-World cup:...
1988	Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon Øyvin Thon is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, and several times world champion.He is married to Brit Volden, also a World Orienteering Champion. In 2005 they both climbed Cho Oyu ....	Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson is one of the most successful Swedish orienteer of all times. Twice a winner of the World Orienteering Championships, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 , 1996 and 1997 . Furthermore, he won the Swedish Championship in Marathon at Stockholm Marathon in 1993...	Håvard Tveite Håvard Tveite Håvard Tveite is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1987 and 1989, and has a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997. He also obtained bronze in the 1989 Individual World Championship....
1990	Håvard Tveite Håvard Tveite Håvard Tveite is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1987 and 1989, and has a silver medal from 1991 and a bronze medal from 1997. He also obtained bronze in the 1989 Individual World Championship....	Niklas Löwegren Niklas Löwegren Niklas Löwegren is a Swedish orienteering competitor.He finished 2nd overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 1990, only 3 points behind winner Håvard Tveite...	Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson is one of the most successful Swedish orienteer of all times. Twice a winner of the World Orienteering Championships, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 , 1996 and 1997 . Furthermore, he won the Swedish Championship in Marathon at Stockholm Marathon in 1993...
1992	Joakim Ingelsson Joakim Ingelsson Joakim Ingelsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won the overall world cup in 1992.-World cup:Ivarsson finished first overall in the 1992 Orienteering World Cup. The cup consisted of eight races in eight different countries, in America and Europe...	Martin Johansson Martin Johansson (orienteering) Martin Johansson is a Swedish orienteering competitor who competed in the 1990s. He obtained a bronze medal in the short distance at the 1991 World Orienteering Championships. He finished 2nd overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 1992, and won a bronze medal in the short distance at the 1993...	Petter Thoresen Petter Thoresen Petter Thoresen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997...
1994	Petter Thoresen Petter Thoresen Petter Thoresen is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1989 Individual World Orienteering Championships, the Short distance in 1993, and the Classic distance in 1997...	Janne Salmi Janne Salmi Janne Salmi is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1997 World Orienteering Championships, Short distance. World champion Relay 2001, silver medal 1995, 1997 and 1998. Married to Swiss orienteer Vroni König-Salmi.-See also:...	Mika Kuisma Mika Kuisma Mika Kuisma was a Finnish orienteering competitor. He died in a car accident.He finished 3rd overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 1994, behind winner Petter Thoresen and Janne Salmi...
1996	Johan Ivarsson Johan Ivarsson Johan Ivarsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won the overall world cup in 1996.-World championships:He participated at the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in Detmold, where he received a bronze medal in the relay event with the Swedish team...	Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson Jörgen Mårtensson is one of the most successful Swedish orienteer of all times. Twice a winner of the World Orienteering Championships, he also won the 5 days O-Ringen in 1981 , 1996 and 1997 . Furthermore, he won the Swedish Championship in Marathon at Stockholm Marathon in 1993...	Timo Karppinen Timo Karppinen Timo Karppinen is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received five medals in the World Orienteering Championships between 1993 and 1997.-See also:Finnish orienteers* List of orienteers* List of orienteering events...
1998	Chris Terkelsen Chris Terkelsen Chris Terkelsen is a Danish orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1997 World Orienteering Championships in Grimstad with the Danish Relay team. He received a silver medal in the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi...	Johan Ivarsson Johan Ivarsson Johan Ivarsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He won the overall world cup in 1996.-World championships:He participated at the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in Detmold, where he received a bronze medal in the relay event with the Swedish team...	Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering...
2000	Jani Lakanen Jani Lakanen Jani Lakanen is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 2006 World Orienteering Championships ....	Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik Tore Sandvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian Relay team.-International results:...	Allan Mogensen Allan Mogensen Allan Mogensen is a Danish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1993 World Orienteering Championship , the first male Danish orienteer to win an individual World Championship...
2002	Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad Bjørnar Valstad is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won 4 World Orienteering Championships gold medals.He retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where he became world champion in both the long and relay events, despite this he failed to make the Orienteering...	Michael Mamleev Michael Mamleev Michael Mamleev is an ex-Russian orienteering competitor and European champion.-Results for Russia:He received a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships...	Mats Haldin Mats Haldin Mats Haldin is a Finnish orienteering competitor and two times European champion with the Finnish relay team. He received a silver medal with the Finnish relay team at the 2003 World Orienteering Championships in Rapperswil/Jona, and again in 2006 in Aarhus.He received a bronze medal in relay at...
2004	Holger Hott Johansen Holger Hott Johansen Holger Hott, formerly Holger Hott Johansen, is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won two individual long distance bronze medals in the World Championships in 2004 and 2005. He was part of Norway's relay team that took gold in the World Championships in Japan in 2005...	Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007...	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kvaal Østerbø is a Norwegian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor. He finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup in 2004, and has a silver medal in relay from the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships.-World cup, orienteering:Østerbø finished third overall at the 2004...
2005	Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov Andrey Khramov is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is winner of the 2005 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance, and finished third in 2006, and second in 2007...	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...
2006	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Valentin Novikov Valentin Novikov Valentin Novikov is a Russian orienteering competitor.-World championships:He finished second in the 2004 World Orienteering Championships, Middle distance, and third in 2007...
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Anders Nordberg Anders Nordberg Anders Nordberg is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 World Orienteering Championship, and again a bronze medal in 2007. He finished second in the overall World Cup 2007.-Biography:...	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...
2008	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Matthias Merz Matthias Merz Matthias Merz is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, Long distance, and also obtained a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005 Relay Championships in Aichi, Japan, as...
2009	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Peter Öberg Peter Öberg Peter Öberg is a Swedish orienteering competitor and European champion.He received a gold medal in relay at the European Orienteering Championships in 2006 in Otepää, together with Niclas Jonasson and David Andersson....
2010	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Matthias Muller Matthias Müller Matthias Müller is a German experimental filmmaker and curator, often working in the field of found footage films. From 1994 to1997 he worked as Guest Professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , and from 1998 to 1999 at the Dortmund Fachhochschule...	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...
2011	Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in the long course and winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup in 2008.-2009:...	Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou Thierry Gueorgiou is a French orienteer who has won more than 20 gold medals in international competitions, including the World Orienteering Championships middle distance event seven times: 2003–2005, 2007–2009 and 2011.-Clubs:Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French NO St-Etienne...	Matthias Merz Matthias Merz Matthias Merz is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev, Ukraine, Long distance, and also obtained a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005 Relay Championships in Aichi, Japan, as...

Hosting nations

World Cup overall results

Women

Men

See also