World Orienteering elite meets in Colombia in two weeks
Posted on | July 19, 2013 | Category: News

Opening Ceremony at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.
The countdown to The World Games 2013 has started!
In 14 days, the top orienteers of the world will fight for medals in Sprint, Middle distance and Sprint relay in Cali, Colombia. The previous World Games in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei in 2009 were a huge success, and we are aiming to make the orienteering competitions in this 2013 edition of The Games an even bigger event.
You will be able to follow the events online throughout the week, in prime time in Europe. Online TV, tracking, and chat will be available through the IOF website.
In Colombia:
Organisers
Event Director: Erik Nielsen (DEN)
Competition Manager: José Fernando Gómez Rueda (COL)
Venue Manager: Luis Guillermo Navarro (COL)
Technical Manager: Kell Sonnichsen (DEN)
Head of Map Production: Paul Pacqué (BEL)
Course Planner: Mike Dowling (AUS)
National Controller: José Fernando Gómez Rueda (COL)
Senior Event Adviser: Christine Brown (AUS)
Participants
Australia
Kathryn Preston
Austria
Anna Nilsson-Simkovics
Gernot Kerschbaumer
Robert Merl
Ursula Kadan
Brazil
Leandro Pereira Pasturiza
Franciely De Siqueira Chiles
Cleber Baratto Vidal
Tânia Maria Jesus de Carvalho
Bulgaria
Kiril Nikolov
China
Qiaoping Li
Yingwei Wang
Mingyue Zhu
Xiyuan Liang
Colombia
Jhenny Carolina Pinilla Moya
John Jairo Cardenas Carreño
Mariana Stella Torres Pinto
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Sanabria
Czech Republic
Jan Procházka
Tereza Novotna
Vojtech Kral
Iveta Duchova
Denmark
Rasmus Thrane Hansen
Ida Bobach
Tue Agner Hjort Lassen
Maja Alm
Estonia
Annika Rihma
Finland
Minna-Mari Kauppi
France
Amélie Chataing
Lucas Basset
Celine Dodin
Frédéric Tranchand
Great Britain
Tessa Hill
Murray Strain
Scott Fraser
Catherine Taylor
Hungary
Ildikó Szerencsi
Zsolt Lenkei
Ádám Kovács
Fanni Gyurkó
Latvia
Aija Skrastina
Inga Dambe
Kalvis Mihailovs
Martins Sirmais
Edgars Bertuks
Lithuania
Kristina Rybakovaitė
Aušrinė Kutkaitė
Jonas Vytautas Gvildys
Vilius Aleliūnas
New Zealand
Rachael Smith
Tane Cambridge
Georgia Whitla
Christopher Forne
Norway
Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
Carl Godager Kaas
Mari Fasting
Poland
Monika Gajda
Anna Morawska
Russia
Ekaterina Savkina
Andrey Khramov
Anastasia Tikhonova
Gleb Tikhonov
South Africa
Michael Crone
Sweden
Anders Holmberg
Tove Alexandersson
Annika Billstam
Jerker Lysell
Switzerland
Matthias Kyburz
Judith Wyder
Fabian Hertner
Daniel Hubmann
Sara Lüscher
Ukraine
Nadiya Volynska
Oleksandr Kratov
United States of America
Samantha Saeger
Eric Bone
Alison Crocker
Ross Smith


















