Gunilla Svärd (born 26 March 1970)[1] is a Swedish orienteering competitor.[2][3] She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1997 and 2004,[4] 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. Svärd won in the Overall World Cup in 1996, and she has obtained three victories in individual World Cup races. She also has a gold medal from 2002 in the European Orienteering Championships (Middle distance), and more than twenty-five medals from the Swedish Championships.

Gunilla Svärd
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Grimstad Relay
Gold medal – first place 2004 Västerås Relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tampere Relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Rapperswil/Jona Relay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Inverness Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Tampere Middle
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Älvsbyn Relay

References edit

  1. ^ "Gunilla Svärd". Park World Tour. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005.
  2. ^ Svenska Orienteringsforbundet - Gunilla Svärd Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 2 December 2007)
  3. ^ World of O Runners - Gunilla Svärd (Retrieved on 2 December 2007)
  4. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 2 December 2007)

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