François Gonon (born 23 April 1979)[1] is a French orienteering competitor. He has received gold and silver medals with the French relay team in both world championships and European championships. He currently competes for the French orienteering club O'JURA and for the Swedish orienteering club IFK Göteborg.
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Biography edit
He competed at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, where he received a silver medal in relay with the French team.[2] He received a silver medal in the relay event at the 2006 European Orienteering Championships in Otepää, together with Damien Renard and Thierry Gueorgiou. He finished 6th overall in the Orienteering World Cup in 2007.[3] He received a bronze medal in the long distance event at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc.[4] He received a gold medal in the relay event and a bronze medal in the long distance event at the 2011 World Orienteering Championships in Savoie.
References edit
- ^ "François Gonon". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005.
- ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 14 July 2008)
- ^ "Profile: François Gonon" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 14 July 2008)
- ^ "Profile: François Gonon" – World of O Runners (Retrieved on 27 August 2009)
External links edit
- François Gonon at the International Orienteering Federation
- François Gonon at World of O
- François Gonon at ITRA
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