News Archives

12/09/2016 || The IOF Code of Ethics is published ||News||

The Code of Ethics is now published on the IOF Website.

12/09/2016 || SkiO Commission Meeting Minutes ||News||

The Minutes of the recent Ski Orienteering Commission meeting are now available on the Commission’s page.

09/09/2016 || Athlete of the Month is Natalia Gemperle ||News||

IOF Athlete of the Month of August is Natalia Gemperle from Russia. Fresh from her success at the World Orienteering Championships, now is the chance to get to know her a bit better.

07/09/2016 || Meeting minutes published ||News||

The minutes from the recent meetings of the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and IOF Rules Commission are now available on the commissions’ respective pages.

06/09/2016 || General Assembly Minutes Published ||News||

The Minutes of the XXVIII IOF General Assembly are now available. Click here to go straight to the page where you will find the Minutes, along with Appendix I-V. You can also check out this summary of decisions from the General Assembly.

06/09/2016 || Great gathering of young leaders ||News, Newsletter||

Young leaders from five different countries exchanged experiences at a leader camp at WOC in Sweden. An annual event for Nordic countries, but for the first time participants from Portugal, Serbia and Turkey took part.

05/09/2016 || In depth: New IOF President Leho Haldna ||News, Newsletter||

Leho, congratulations on becoming the new IOF President. Can you tell us about your main plans for the IOF during your presidency? I will work on developing and spreading orienteering throughout the world. This includes increasing our focus on regional development, paying special attention to youth and, crucially, increasing the visibility of our sport. I […]

05/09/2016 || WOC Clinic helps smaller nations on their way ||News, Newsletter||

In some countries, the sport of orienteering has a long history. In other, it has almost just started. In conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, nine smaller orienteering nations were gathered participating in a WOC clinic.

02/09/2016 || Anastasia Denisova, first Belarusian WOC medalist ||News, Newsletter||

After Anastasia Denisova met Simone Niggli-Luder at the age of 15, she decided to train hard to improve. Despite her background, coming from a small orienteering nation, she did just that. Now she hopes her results will inspire a new Belarusian generation.