Olavi Svanberg (December 10, 1941, Sysmä, Finland – August 25, 2002, Lake Ladoga, Russia) was a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and world champion.[1] He received an individual gold medal at the first World Ski Orienteering Championships in Hyvinkää in 1975, and also won the first gold medal in the relay event with the Finnish team (Pekka Pökälä, Heimo Taskinen, Jorma Karvonen and Olavi Svanberg).[2] He was again world champion in 1982 in Aigen.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Finland | ||
| Men's ski orienteering | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1975 Hyvinkää | Individual |
| 1975 Hyvinkää | Relay |
| 1982 Aigen | Individual |
 | 1980 Avesta | Relay |
 | 1982 Aigen | Relay |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Olavi Svanberg katosi Laatokalla" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 2002-08-27. Retrieved 27 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ World Ski Orienteering Championships Deprecated link archived 2007-06-17 at archive.today – International Orienteering Federation (Retrieved on 27 October 2008)
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